TlfK CLICK BEKTI.KS. 737 



Thi'dutiiioiil lli(>Sl;it('; rr('(|U(>iit. .luiic:!!) Sc|»lciiil)('i- 2(i. One 

 was ii(i(('(l ('iii('i-L;iii^' t'l'oni pupnl slnijc im Ihc foniicr djitc ()('('ui's 

 hciicnth l);irk ol' dccjiN iim' wjilinil. iiiii11)cit\' niid otlici- sliiiiins jiiid 



1393 (4275). Lrnirs Aiuui'irs Say, /or. cit., i;.'):'. ; ibid. I. :'.sn. 



Elongate. iiuKU'ralcly robust. Black, sliliiiii.ic, clot lied witb tine black, 

 silky pubescence; auteiuue and legs piccons, the former reacliing tips of 

 hind angles of thorax in male, shorter in female. Thorax as wide as long, 

 female, somewhat narrower, male; sides curved and narrowing to the 

 front; hind angles scarcely divergent, carimite; disk convex, shining, rather 

 coarsely, not closely punctate. Elytra not wider than thorax, sides grad- 

 ually curved and narrowing to apex, the tips together rounded; surface 

 substriate, finely and densi'ly punctured. Sides of mesosternal cavity 

 strongly convergent behind, not elevated. Length 15--0 mm. 



Starke, ]*utiiani and Lawrence- counties; rai'c July -l-Aii- 

 iiust 7. 



XXIX. OuTiiosTETiit's Tjac. ^S^)1. (dr., "straiii'ht ])renst.") 



This genus is represented in the southern Atlantic States aiul 

 southern Indiana l)y the single large species: 



i;504 (42TS). Orthostethus infuscatus Germ., Zeitschr., V, 1844, 1S.">. 



Elongate, strongly attenuate behind the middle. Uniform dark reddish 

 or sooty brown, densely clothed with brownish-yellow prostrate hairs. An- 

 tennfe with second joint less than half the length of third, the latter shorter 

 and much narrower than fourth. Thorax slightly longer than wide, sub- 

 convex, sides rounded on apical third, straight and parallel on basal two- 

 thirds ; hind angles long, acute, divergent, strongly and obliquely carinate; 

 surface rather densely and hnely punctate. Elytra gradually tapering from 

 base to apex, obsoletely striate, more densely punctate than thorax. Length 

 2U-30 mm. 



Lawrence and Crawford counties; scarce. July 2-July 26. 

 Occurs ])eneath loose l)ark of old snags, on high wooded hills. A 

 typical example of the Austrori])arian fauna of the soulhei'u third 

 of the State. 



Suhtrihe B. ((\)in'MPJTiNT.) 



In tiiis snhlrihe the hind coxal i)l;!tcs are gradually, sonuitiiiies 

 scarccl.w widened on the iinici- side, the liind margin being nearly 

 straight, and often not toothed over tlu' insertion of the thighs. 

 The claws an' serrate or pectinate in .-'evci-al of the genera. Of the 

 2(1 Xorlh Amei'ican genera compi.sing the suhtrihe 14 are known to 

 l)e re])resen1ed in Indiana, while Iwo others perhaps occur. 



