THE CLICK i!i:i;ri-KS. '^^^ 



,,,,, ,„,,,iaM sul.us: si.lrs nearly sln.i.hl. snrfa.v <l<M,sHy an.1 <-uarse y 

 tZZl K.ytra .radually UU n.-..ly na.-n.vnl .n.n. haso t.. l.P- n-.soly 

 and rat lior coarsely imn.'( a If. l.."ni,Mli ir,-17.r. mm. 



Tln-uuul.nul llu' State; freqmmt. Occurs l)cnoatli Lark cF .lead 

 trees iisuallv in low, damp woods. Often gregarious. A,.nl 4- 

 Angust 10. Our largest and 1)roadest species of the genus. 



*ri40 (407(n. AnKUH•l.:^.^ i.iscoii.ka Wvh.. Obs. KnI.. isol, 77. 



Obion.. snlHlopvosson. I'la.K. ..vhly shinin,: l.ca.l and l.roa.1 mar^n 



of thorax' densely covered with narrow .olden yellow scales thorax ol- 



nl with n rather deep .nedian sul.ns; sides nearly stnu.ht, <a,rve<l on 



:;.l ronrth; snrface. as well as that ot elytra, densely and ---'y •--; 



Uu-ed. Tarsal groove long, shallow, parallel to the autennal groove. T. n„lh 



S-lt nnn. 



Throuuh.mt the State; frequent. January lS-I)cce,nl)cr 20. 

 Hibernates beneath bark and logs: nn^st c.mnnon m April and Ma.N. 



A. nmculata Lee.. ])lnck, le.igih l:^ nun., is n>cordcd fn>.a near 

 Ciucinnati Dur^• has also wrongly recorded A. aurorata Say from 

 there, the specimens being arita. A. hrevkonris Lee. sooty-brown 

 thickly and irregularly blotched m ith whitish scales, length U-17 

 nun., is known from Micliigan and Wisconsin. 



1350 (40S0). ADELOCER.V AViTA Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, VI, 18:50, 182; 

 ibid. 11. niiO. 

 Elongate, slender, subeonvex. Dark reddish-brown, sparsely covered 

 with elongate yellow scales; legs and antenn.^ paler. Thorax oblong, eon- 

 -ex Sides Sinuate in front of hind angles, thence slightly curved o apex 

 disk distinctly sulcate ..n basal half, often with a shal ow -"^^ ;-- 

 each side near base. Elytra convex, irregularly and densely but less 

 coarsely punctate than thorax. Eength 12-14 mm. 



Putnam and Crawford counties; scarce. July 1-July 2. De- 

 scribed from Posey County. Resembles imiyrcssicolUs but larger, 

 more convex, and with tarsal grooves wholly absent. 



1351 (4081). ADELOCF.HA oirrECTA Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, VI, 1836, 

 181 ; ibid. IT. ni8. 



Elongate, suhdepressed. Piceous or very dark reddish-brewn. with 

 sparse, widely scattered pale scales. Tlx.rax oblong, sides feebly curved 

 from near hind angles to apex, margins rather broadly flattened : d,sk . h 

 H wide and deep median groove, hind angles rather broad an.l d.sfn.tl. 

 divergent. Elytra wit), iwn indistinct elevated lines on basal hall, one o 

 which extend; beynnd .be unddl-: snrface. as that of thorax, densely and 

 (•(.arscly pnnctiu'ed. l.eiigtii \'> nun. 



Steuben and Marshall counties; rare. A northern sncjies whudi 

 belongs to the Transition life /.one of the State. July 6-July 30. 



