■nil': CMOK liKi'ri'i.i'.s. 



735 



()hli<liiii.; S;iy. dt'scrilicd in lS:?(i. The foi-iii willi yellow spare at 

 apex el' el,\if;! was descrilietl 1)\- liiiu as arcohihis \'A years previous, 

 and lienee th:i1 name has |)rioi'it>'. 



1890 (4248). Ei.ati;k pi sio Germ., Zoitschr., Y. 1S44, ICO. 



Elon.sate-ohldii.i:, snltcdiivox. imhescont with rather h^iii; yellmvish hairs. 

 Head, tlierax .and under p. iris ihUl I'echlisli-yellow ; elytra reddish limwii. 

 Thorax broader than h)ni;, hul sliudilly narrowed in troiil ; liiiid aii.^les 

 short, aeiite, feebly diver,;;en( ; surface very hnely and siiarsely jnuutiired. 

 lOlytrnl stri;e feebly impressed with rather coarse itunetures; intervals tinely 

 and sparsely imnetulate. T.eiifjth 3 o.5 mm. 



Kosciusko. Tosey and ("rawfoi'd counties; scai'ce. .luue 124- 

 ■ lulv 11. I>ealen Froiii vegetal ion. Our smallest species oT the 

 Lieinis. 



XXVTT. Drastkkh'S Eseli. 182!). (Or., "aetive.") 



In this si'enus the dilated part ol" v 

 the hind coxa is truncate and not 

 emargiuate in front of the trochanter; 

 antenna^ feehly serrate, the third joint 

 l('n<.rer than s(H'ond, the two together 

 longer than the fourth. For a synop- 

 tical table and notes on the eight 

 known North American species, see 



LeContc. — Trans. Amer. Ent. So- 

 ciety, XII, 1884. 4-6. 



But one species has been taken in 

 Indiana, though another one probal)ly ^ 

 occurs. 



1391 (4253). Drasterius elegans Fab., 

 Ent. Syst., I, ITOS. 230. 

 Elongate-oblong, subconvex. Dull red- 

 dish-brown, finely and sparsely pubescent ; 

 head, median spot or stripe on thorax, scutellum, spot before the middle on 

 each elytron and subapical crossbar, black. Thorax slightly longer than 

 wide, feebly narrowed in front; hind angles acute, prominent; surface 

 rather finely but very distinctly punctured. Elytral striie with rather 

 coarse punctures; intervals slightly convex, sparsely and finely puuctulate. 

 Length 6-7 nun. (Fig. 2.S2.) 



Throughout the State; frtMiuent. February 12-December 2B. 

 Hibernates beneath rubbish in satne localities as Monocvcpidin^ 

 aurifufi and often confused with that species. The black discal 

 spot of thfU'a.x is sonietinies reduced to a mere point. 

 [47—2.3402] 



Fis. 282. X 7J. (After Forbes.) 



