398 PA.MILV XI. SI' Al'll VI.IN'IDJ?:. 



Southfi'ii half of S^tate; scarce. Api'il 22-Jun(' 2. Talcon by 

 siriiiijj (If l»y hcaliiiii' low herbs. 



771 (227S). Xantiiomm.s im sum s S;iclist'., Stell. Vm\. Zeit, 1S52, 12-1. 

 Kldiiyalc. \ci\ slcridcr. paiallcl. Head black; abdoiueii and under siir- 



I'ace piceous; tlioi-ax, elyir.i nud Iciis rcddish-browu. Head bvit. little longer 

 than wide; t-oarsely .ind r.itlier cldsely punctate on the sides above, more 

 linely and si^arsely iteneatii. Tliorax one-half longer than wide, slightly 

 narrower than head, sides almost straight; dorsal rows with about eight 

 rather tine inuurtures, the ones on sides with five or six. Elytra slightly 

 wider and one-fourth longer than thorax, each with two discal rows of 

 rather tine punctures and numerous coufused ones near the suture. Abdo- 

 men finely and sparsely punctate. Length 4^5.5 mm. 



Putiiaiti routity ; rare. April 22. 



XXWIll. Leptolinus Kraatz. 1S57. (Gr.. "slender.") 



Very slenilei- species liaving- the thii'd .joint of maxillary palpi 

 swollen and ohconieal. llie last .ioint very small and awl-shaped. 

 One of Ihe two speeies oceurs in the State. 



772 (22.S2K Leptolinus kibripennis Lee, Trans. Amer. Knt. Soc, VIII, 



18S0, 171. 

 p]longate. slender. Head, thorax and abdomen brownish-ltlack, sub- 

 opaque: antenna', legs and elytra dull red, the latter dusky about the scu- 

 tellum. Mead nearly twice as long as wide, finely and densely strigose- 

 Ituuctale; antenna' reaching middle of thorax, the outer joints nearly twice 

 as wide as long. Thorax as long as and a little narrower than head, finely 

 and densely ])uiict:ite, with a narrow, smooth median line. Elytra slightly 

 wider and more s|iarsely and finely i)unctured than thorax. Abdomen very 

 finely and densely punctate, wider at apex than base, the tip paler. Male 

 with last ventral acutely notched and grooved lengthwise. Length 6- 

 <!..") mm. 



Lake, Posey and Dubois counties; rare. April 19-May 28; 

 Sifted from woody debris. Easily known l)y the dense sculpture 

 of head and thorax. 



XXXi.X. bioi'TACiM s Krichs. 18:57. fUr.. "slender,") 



Klono-atc slender species haviniz' Ihc last joint of palpi awl- 

 shaped; middle coxu' widely sejjarated ; frotil lai-si not dilated. Of 

 the twelve species known from North .Vmei-ica. the foUowinii' have 

 been taken or perhaps occur in Indiana: 



KEY -I'O INDIANA SPEflES OF I.EPTACINVS. 



(I. I'oiii-lli Jiiiiit 111' inaxiiliiry |ial|M slender, scarcely shcnter th.-in third: 

 niiUT side margin of lli«ira\ .■iciile in Irnnt nf middle, not united with 

 tbe liiwer <ii- iimer lim . 773. i.i.avipes. 



