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Ki:V I'd INDIANA SIM'X'IK.S Ol' OI.Ol'I HUM. 



a. TlKirax twic-e as wide as long, sidfs bi^adly rounded into hasc and 

 apex ; length 5-0 mm. ■'-•"■• oisrian m. 



fl«. Thorax sulxiuadrato. sides snbpMr.-illel. llie Iroid .-ingles obliiiuely trun- 

 cate; length 4.;Vr. nun. kotundicolle. 



!»1';! (2S2S). Oi-oi'iiHiM oiMDciiM I'^riclis.. (it-n. S|>ec. Staph.. 1S40, SCm. 



Ohlong-oval. convex, rniforni piceous. sinning; aulenna% legs and very 

 narrow margin of thorax redilisli Prowii. llcid rather coarsely and closely 

 I)Mnetate. with two shallow triangular impressions on vertex. Thorax 

 coarsely, evenly, not densely punctate, often with a faint rounded impres- 

 sion at nuddle of hase. Elytra scarcely wider and nearly three times longer 

 t han thorax, densely, rather coarsidy and evenly punctate. Abdomen smooth, 

 its apex paler. Length 5 (> nun. 



Throiiii'hoiit the ?ltato; coiniiioti. April T-November 28. Oc- 

 cui-s on fungi and beneath bark and h>aves. 



0. rotunrlicolle Sahib., is a boreal species reported from Cin- 

 cinnati. 



I'lliiKKiltipta hiridn (iyll.. obldug, convex, brownish- 

 ])ice(iiis. 2.S nnn. in hMigtli, is also recorded from tho 

 same locality. 



LXXXIII. HoMALit-M Ci-av. 1802. (Gr., "even or 

 smooth.") 



Fig. 170. Homalium 



Small elongate or oblong, subdepressed species (Pig. lUffusumVauv. xio. 



A L;ike Superior spe- 



170"), having the joints of hind tarsi very short and des. 

 ecinal. tibia' with fine si)ines; maxillary palpi with last joint longer 

 than third; elytra reaching to or beyond the middle of abdomen. 

 The following have been taken or perhaps occur in Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF IIOMALIUM. 



(/. Thorax even, or sometimes with two more or less obsolete impressions 

 on the disk. 

 I). Sides of thorax not angnlate at middle. 



c. Thorax very even, strongly convex ; length 2..3 mm. 024. hamatum. 

 ec. Thorax with a faint impression each side of disk. 

 (1. Elytra convex. 



e. Similler. :*> mm.; black or piceous; alidoinen almost smooth; 



elytra not struilate. m mekosum. 



ce. Larger. 4 mm.; reddish-brown: alidoiuen strongly and densely 



punctate; elytra striolate. punctiventbe. 



<l(J. Elytra suixlciiressed ; tlioi-;ix short, hind angles obtuse. 



925. florale. 

 hb. Sides of thorax angnlate at middle; head and thorax shining, dis- 

 tinctly imnctate. !»2ti. fuactum. 

 (lit. Thorax uneven, the disk with two distinct fovete. 

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