'1111'. lllSTi:i< HKK'I'I.KS. 



Giy 



//. r.v.icidiiim iini ;:i'(H.\r.l. 



(/. Fdiirtli (l(irs;il and sulural uuiU'd, lli(> latter stn.ngly iiupri'sscd 

 at liasc. 

 /(. Outer siil)luimeral stria short, distinct. 11SS. confokm is. 

 /(//. Outer snitlmiiieral stria (Mitirely absent. 



/. Fcmiii (liTsal stria nearly as loni; as tirst; length 4- 



_| .- ,11,11. ^\i<^. SIMULATUS. 



//. I'".Mn-lli (hirsal dislinctly slnirler tlian tirsi ; len;;-tli less 



than 2.5 mm. 1190. mini irs. 



(/</. Fniirth dorsal anlied al base; siiliiral stria very foehle, inter- 



milled at li;ise and apex; length ."..•-; mm. II'.H. oviiokm is. 



ll.SL* i:;.")TIi. Sai'Uims uoi iNDAiis KiiLcel. Scliiieider MniX.. Ill, IT'.tJ. .".(II. 

 r.niadh <i\al. I'lceoiis or black, sliiniiiu : leu's and antenna' bmwnisb 

 red. 'I'lKirax ratiier coarsely punctate over its entire surface. IMylra willi 

 first dorsal entire but very tine beyond the middle; secmid. I bird and I'oni'th 

 nearly tMHial. reacbiim middle: littb represented only by a short basal are. 

 sometimes nnitin.^^ tlH> ronrtli and sntnral. the latter very short, on basal 

 fourth only; surface sjiarsely punetured on si<les and base, more densely 

 on apical third. Front tibiie with five teeth. Length 2.5-3.5 nnu. 



Clarion. Vit-'o and ( "fawfiu'd eoniitios; raro. .May !.")-( )etol)er 0. 

 Taken from deeayiiii;' fiiiioj at haso of oak stumps. 



11S3 (3579). Saprims i'ostiu .mi s INFars., Monog. Hist., 1S(;2. 4()0. 



Broadly oval. Black, strongly shining. Thorax with middle sparsely. 

 sides and base more densely and coarsely, imnctnred. Elytra with tirst 

 dorsal extending three-fourths to apex, second, third and fourth subequal. 

 reaching middle, the fourth arched at base and .ioining the sutural. whi<-h 

 extends nearly to apex: surface of apical third coarsely but rather sparsely 

 punctvu-ed. the punctures extending from tbe tii'st sti'ia to the suture. Front 

 tibite with a number of tine teeth. Length :*. :!.5 mm. 



Mar-shall, Tippecanoe, rntiiam an(i Posey counties: scarce. 

 ]\ray 8-Oetober 17. 



11S4 (;i5S:;). SavuiiMs i,r(;i:NS l''richs.. .lalirii.. 1s:M. isl. 



r.i-oadly oval. Black, modeiately sbiiiiim. 'I'liorax fe<'iily impressed on 

 e;icli side near tbe front angles, disk sniootb. sides wilb pnncnired space 

 broader in front and at base, narrower along the bas.al margin. I'^dy- 

 tra with .a large, well defined scntellar space and a much smaller sul»- 

 humeral one sniootb: remainder of surface densely iMinctnred : tirst and 

 second dorsal striie extending two-thirds to ai)ex. third and fourth a little 

 shorter and nearly equal, the fourth slightly arched: the sutural absent 

 on basal fiiird. l^'ronl tibi.-r wilii a number of tine teeth. Length 4 •> mm, 



T.al\e Couiil.N-: i"ii'c. .luiie 4. Not before recorded east of the 

 Mississi])pi River. l)ttl said to l)e abundant at the eastern ba«e of 

 the Rockv I\rountains and westward. 



