THE SAP-FEl':i)JNG BEETLES. 039 



1226 ( ). Epur.'ea duryi sp. nov. 



Broadly oval, subdepressod. Unifonn i)ale yellow, 

 sparsrly puhcscciit, distinclly shiiihig. Head finely and 

 siiarsely puiuMate. Thorax two-thirds wider than long, 

 widest at middle, the sides thence converging and nearly 

 str;iij;]it to apex, feebly curved to base; disk finely and 

 liiliier sparsely punctate, broadly and shallowly im- 

 pressed near the hind angles. Elytra together a little 

 longer than wide, tips snbtruneate ; disk finely and rather 

 spar><(My imnetate. Abdomen finely granulate-punctate. 

 Intercoxal jiroeess rather broad, but .acute at apex. Length 

 3.5-4.7 mm. (Fig. 240.) 



Crawford County; rare. June 27-Jiine 28. Taken also by 

 Chas. Diiry near Cincinnati and named in his honor. The largest 

 species taken in the State. 



1227 (3709). Ephj.ka tiu:ivcatei.i,.\ Mann., Bull. Mosc, II, 1846, 514. 

 Elongate. i);)rallel. Pieeous-brown to nearly black, sparsely pubescent. 



Thorax one-tliii'd wiihn- than long, sides feebly curved and obliquely nar- 

 r(iw(>d on basal third; hind angles subrectangular, margins narrowly fiat- 

 tened : surface densely punctate. Elytra slightly narrowed near tips, loss 

 densely punctured than thorax. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



T.awrence County; rare. April 13. Taken from decaying 



t'nniii. 



Group B. 



In this group the tibiie present no sexual cliai-acters whatever. 

 Two of the seven species comprising the group have been taken, 

 while another may occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF GROUP B. 



(/. Process of abdomen between the hind coxte, broad, obtuse. 



h. Elytra narrowly margined; hind femora of male simple; color dark 

 reddish-brown, the margin of thorax yellowish translucent. 



1228. OVATA. 



bi!;. Elytra widely margined; hind femora of male obtusely subangulate; 

 piceous. the elytra each with four paler spots. peltoides. 



(t(i. Process of abdomen triangular, more or less acute ; color pale reddish- 

 yellow. 1229. i^BiLis. 



1228 (3711). EpuR.iiA ovATA Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, VII, 1879, 298. 

 Broadly oval. Piceous, moderately shining; margins of thorax and 



elytra paler. Thorax twice as wide as long; apex narrower than base and 

 deeply emarginate; sides strongly curved, suddenly sinuate near the hind 

 angles, which are rectangular; margins widely flattened and moderately 

 refiexed; surf.ice. as well as that of elytra, rather densely punctate. Ely- 

 tra very little longer than wide at base; sides curved and gradually nar- 

 rowing to the tips, which are rounded; margin narrowly reflexed. Length 

 2.5 3 mm. 



Steuben, Kosciusko, Ptitnam and IMarion counties; scarce. 

 L41— 23402] ; 



