■I'liK f'l.K'K ui'MrriJ'.s. 725 



]\r;u'i()ii. l*iilii;iiii .ni(i L;i\\ rciicc rouiitios; rjirc. M;iy 24 •liiiic 

 20. Bt^atcii fi-nin V('<i'('l;i1i(iii near walcr. 



1364 (10,053). riYPNOiurs melsiikimkki Horn., 'Prans. Aiiu-r. lOiil. Soc, 



XVIII, 1891, 11). 

 Obion;;, moderately convex. Plceous Itlaek. sliiniiij,'. sparsely aiul liiiely 

 pubescent ; elytra each with :i humeral and subapical yellow spot; anlenme 

 fuscous, joints 2 and 3 paler; lei,'s reddish-yellow. Thorax wider than 

 long, nan-owed in {"ronl ; sides curved, straight on basal third; hind angles 

 broad, acute at tii). the carina long; disk convex, (piite smooth near the 

 base. Elytra as wide at base as thorax, sides nearly parallel, narrowed 

 on apical third; disk striate, striie very tinely punctured; intervals slightly 

 convex, sparsely and minutely punctulate. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Putiiaiii Couiily; rnrc. Mai'ch 2n^April 11. Taken by sifting 

 the debris of a locust stiuii{>. 



//. cucullatus lloi'ii. l)hick. ('I\ ti-a b'cbly bronzed, length :}.5 lum., 

 is recorded fi'oiii Ohio, Texas and I'tali. 



1365 (4164). Hypxoidls .kstivis Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 1871, 304. 

 Elongate-oblong, subconvex. I'iceous, moderately shining, sparsely pu- 

 bescent; basal joints of antenna', hind angles of thorax, legs, a humeral and 

 subapical spot on each elytron, dull yellow. Thorax not longer than wide, 

 slightly narrowed in front, widest a little in front of middle ; sides curved, 

 distinctly sinuate in fnmt of hind angles, which are slender, acute and dis- 

 tinctly divergent, with short carina ; disk spar.sely and finely punctate. Ely- 

 tra with sides feebly curved, disk striate, striaj punctured; intervals slightly 

 convex, punctured as the thorax. Length 4-5 mm. 



Floyd and Posey connties: scarce. May l^lMnne 2:}. 



136G (4165). IlYPNOinrs rERri.Exus Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 1871, 

 304. 

 Resembles ccstiius but smaller, with the thorax distinctly longer than 

 wide, the median smooth line more evident. The elytra have only a humeral 

 pale spot, and are more distinctly striate. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Vigo County; rare. jNIay 14. 



*1367 (4161). ITypnoiuus pectoualis Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. VI, 

 L836, 173; ibid. II, 008. 

 Oblong, feebly convex, subopaque, sparsely and tinely pubescent. Color 

 variable from entirely dull yellow to wholly piceous; often piceous with a 

 humeral space on elytra paler, or dull yellow with a transverse fuscous 

 band behind the middle of elytra and extending narrowly along the suture 

 to apex; antenn;e and legs pale yellow. Thorax as wide as long, slightly 

 narrowed in front, widest at middle, sides curved; hind angles small, acute, 

 not divergent, the carina short ; dislv convex, very distinctly and rather 

 closely punctate. Elytra slightly wider than thorax, sides curved, disk with- 

 out strife; surface less distinctly punctate than thorax. Length 1.5-2.5 nnu 



Lake, Vigo and Harrison counties: scarce. January 7-June 24. 

 ITibcrnat(^s beneatli chunks and bai'k. 



