'I'lii; iiis'n;iv r.i;i';'i'i,i';s. (Id!) 



1 ir>.". (.'uiDTj. llisiKi; i;i.\iA( 1 i.Airs l/mii.. S.vsl. X;i(.. XI. HCT. 



()l>loiii;-(>v.ilt', convex. I^l.vtra bl;u'k, with lli*.' (HiU'r di.ii^oiiiil linir 

 i.i'.-iiiu'' rcil. 'riiiii;i\ Willi line tine luarj^iiiiil stria, ahltrcviatcd at, tiii; (lisl< 

 iiiimitcly piiiKl iiialc ami with a liroad shallow impression on cadi side ne.-ir 

 the fi-ont angles. lOlyda with live entire strije, the sutural e.Ktending in 

 li'iuil ol" the middle; Hie suliliiniieral absent. Front til>i:e with three teeth; 

 luesoslenmiii Iniiirate. I.eiiLith l.-'i mm. 



\'ie-() ( 'oiiiil y ; I'at'c. A pril 1 ;{. 



liriii (.'i.jOr)). lIiSTEB SKDECiMSTRiATi\s Say, Jouni. I'liil. Acad. .\at. Sci.. 

 y. lS2r). ;W; ibid. II. 2(r.. 

 Komuled oval, convex, 'riiora.x with inner mai-j;in.il stria cnlii-e. onti'r 

 wholly abseid. lOlylia wiili li\(' eidire dorsal stri;e, the lit'th arching; at 

 base and joinin.i; the siiiiii;il. and with two snbhiniierals, the onter entire, 

 I he inner mi aiiical hall' only. i'"ronl tibia' with three teeth, the apical one 

 linely bitid. Lenyth 1 5 mm. 



Southern half of State; friMiuciil. .May "i-Septeiuhcf 10. A 

 jirt'ttily and well mai'kod six'cics. coniiiKiii locally hcncatli can'ioti 

 and in exci'eiiu'iit. 



*lir.7 {?>~)07) . IIiSTER AMEiucANUS Pnyk., Mono.L,'raiili Hist.. 1811, :;i. 



Itonnded (.val. moderately convex. Thorax with inner stria entire, the 

 (lUcr \aryiiii:- irnm a mere arc at front angle to nearly entire. Elytra with 

 ii\(' entire stri;e, the fifth curved at base and often joining the sutural; sub- 

 liuiueral absent. Uiiper surface smooth. Front tibite with three teeth, the 

 aiiical one prominent and finelj' bifid. Length 3-4 mm. 



'riirouii'hont tlie State; one of the most eoninion of the family, 

 llilicrnates. Jainiavy (J-October !). Occni's usually beneath loo-s or 

 bai'k in low moist woods. Tloni says that the fifth dorsal ver>' 

 rarely joins the sntiiral but in one-third of the 25 or more specimens 

 at hand the two are uiiitxHl, while in one specimen they unite on one 

 side and nol on the other. 



1158 (3508). HisTER perpeexis Lee, New Spec. N. Anier. Col., I. ISC.:'., 01. 

 Closely allied to amcricanus but larger, more oblong and distinctly but 

 sparsely and finely jmnctured. Elytral striae more strongly imiu-essed and 

 punctured, the fifth joining the sntnr.il. Length 4-5 nun. 



Lake. ! apoi'te. Kosciusko. jMarion. l*utnam and Posey counties; 

 scarce. April lS--7une !). Occurs in same localities as anirri- 

 canus and. as Horn su,o-o(i.sts. it will probably prove only a better 

 developed g:eograi)hical i-ace of that species. In one spcciinen at 

 hand, with surface dislinctly punctured, the elytral stria' are not 

 |>unctured and the fifth does not .join the sutural. In aimlher the 

 outer thoracic stria is very fine and entire. 



