V)14 ^^\^^L^ xxxi. — mi.MMiiD.K. 



narrow, lil.icU, slii^litly olevuted lines and a double row of small i^rayisli 

 siH)ts ari'anjied (•rosswis<'. Just behind tlie middle. lA'ngtli 4.5 5 nun. 



(Crawford Counly; rare. July 25. 



IV. LiMNiCHUS Latr. (Gr., "a pool or marsh + love. ") 



Here belong nearly a score of very small species having the la- 

 brnm distinet; anteniuv ins(M'ted at the sides of the front; head 

 strongly retracted, the eyes, labrnm and mandibles concealed in 

 repose. They are found ;dong the boi'ders of streams and lakes 

 where they bnrro-w in the gr(»nnd and emerge when water is thi'<iwn 

 on the banks. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF LIMNICHUS. 



a. Body beneath densely and coarsely i)unctnred; blackish-bronzed, densely 

 clothed with yellowish pubescence. 1202. punctatcs. 



aa. Body beneath finely, in ])art sparsely puin-tured. 



1). Under surface shining; abovi' black, shining, very sparsely clothed 



with grayish pubescence. 129;'>. nitiduli's. 



1)1). Under surface opatpie; above dark brown to piceous, rather densely 



clothed with ])ale brown or yellowish pubescence. 1204. ovati s. 



1202 (aOOl). LiMNiCHis PI NiTATCs Lec. Broc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. YII, 

 1854, 110. 

 Oval, convex. Blackish-bronzed, densely covered with golden gray pu- 

 bescence. TlK.rax more than twice as wide as long, sides feebly and evenly 

 curved; surface, as well as that of elytra, coarsely and densely punctate; 

 median groove fine, distinct. I'rosternum coarsely punctate, and with a 

 wide and deep longitudinal groove. Abdomen coarsely and densely punc- 

 tured. Length 1.8-2 mm. 



Thronghont the State; frefiuent. Hibernates. ]May 5-Decem- 

 ber 7. In October I once found a inimber of this species sunning 

 themselves on the vertical cliffs of sandstone along the Ohio River 

 at Cannelton, Perry County. 



120."> (:1007). LiMNiciius NiTiDUi.vs I>ec.. /or. cit.. p. 117. 



Oval, narrowed before and behind. Black, shining, vei-y sparsely clotlicil 

 with yellowish pubescence. Thorax sparsely and linely punctate, medi;iu 

 groove short but distinct; sc\itellum one-third longer than wide at base, 

 highly polished. lOlyIra sparsely and feebly punctured. Ilic punctures on 

 side and near suture semi-obsolete. Brostci-uum sparsely iiunctate, median 

 groove distinct except on apical fourtli. .Mxlouicn tiucly and rather si)arsely 

 punctate. Length 1.7 mm. 



Shores of Bass Lake. Starke County; fre(|uent locally; also in 

 Webster cdllcclion Fi-oin Indiana. M;\y IS-Angust 20. Known 

 heretorore (iidv From (leorgia. 



