■nil': iiis'I'i;k i'.i;i:'n,i;s. 



ll.'id (."tr.lO). llisiKH Ar.i!i;i;\ lA ri s Fab.. Syst. i:iil., IT'.'S. ."(.■; 



r.i-'.;i(ll.\ <iv;(l. ctiiixt'x. Tliorax with inner siria cii' 



tir'i'. (iiilcr 'isuaily (wlciuliiii; to iniddlo. til'tuu slmrlcr; 



sui-rar»' lincly puiictulatc. h'-lytra with 1\vn subhunu'rals. 



Ilic iniuT apiial. Ilic mitcr hasal. Ilu^ two witli tlicir ends /] 



ovorlai)|>in.i; iicn- iniddii': cnlirt' dursal slri.r. lour, slrmii,'- 



ly punctured, lit'tli sliort. apical, sutural rt'achin^ nnddle. 



l'yi:idiuni finely and si)arscly punctate. Fnmt tibia' with 



riiur li'ciilc tiH'lli. tiu^ ai)ical one hilid. T.cn.iith 3.5 T)..^) mm. 



I ri-. S.U.) 



1-iK. 231. • J. 



'I'lwduoiiiml the Stale; rm|iiein. Api-il Ti-Oe- (Original.) 



tdhcr !). Occurs especially beneath dead fisli and turtles alon^ sandy 

 iiiai'oins of lalcos and ponds; also rafcly in finmi. cow dnnp'. etc. 



I ir.l CUtn ). llTSTEU civii.i.s Lee., r.ost. Jouin. Nat. Hist.. Y, 1845. 55, pi. :?. 

 fig. 5. 

 ()lilonj,M>val, subdepressed. TlKirax with inner stria entire, the outer 

 ri'presented only by an arc at front angle. Elytra without subhumeral and 

 with oidy three dorsal stri.r. the fourth existing merely as a tr.-tee at api'x. 

 l'roi)ygidiuni coarsely and very sparsely, pygidium more linely. punctured. 

 Front tiliia' with very tin(> teeth or none at all. Length 4 nun. 



\'io() County; rai'c •Iuih' 11. One sju'cinicn from hcucalli a 

 chunk in dry n|)land woods. 



//. s( misculj'l US Lcc.. form ohlonji', is known from Illinois. //. 

 (lispar T.ec. also willi three dorsal sti-iic. occurs in Geoi'^ia, Illinois 

 and Kansas. 



ll.'L' ( ). HiSTEK OSCULATIS Sp. UOV. 



r.roadly oval, convex. Thorax with iinier stria entire, close to margin, 

 outer one wholly absent ; disk coarsel.v and rather sparsely i)unetate on 

 sides, smooth at nnddle. Elytra with four entire dorsal stria', a trace of 

 fifth near apex, sutural on ajiieal thii'd Imt not reachini; apex; iinier sub 

 humeral deeply impressed on apical third, outer absent. rroi>.vgidium and 

 p.vgidium sparsely and finely punctate. Front iWniQ with three teeth, the 

 middle one the largest. Notch of mesostei'num r.-Uher deep and bi-oadly 

 rounded. Length 5.5 mm. 



I'osey Counly; rare. May ".!.'•. The absence of oulei- thoracic 

 stria, the coarse ])nnctiires on sides of thorax and the presence of 

 fotir entire dorsals, readily distinotiisli this ri(»m all other members 

 of the depuraior jj:ronp of ITorti. 



115:', r:;4!(4i. Histku i>i:im iia loit Say. .[onrn. riiil. .\e.id. Xaf. S<-i.. V. 1SL*5. 



:;:;; ibi.i. ii. L'r.i. 



r>i-oad]y ovale, convex, 'riiorax with tiie inner stria entire, (inter vai'i- 

 .able, usually reaching; nnddle or beyond, l^lylra uilli three i-ntire dorsal 

 stri;e. fourth apical, rarely half the length of elylr.i. tiftli .a mere trace, 

 sutural reaching nnddle; innei- subhumeral moder;itely impressed at apex, 



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