THE CLICK BKKTI.KS. . 765 



;it the same place on llircc (linVrcnl xcars. only on snnny (la\s. wlirn 

 lh('\- llcw 1(» tli(> I'acc (>r Ihc l)ank and ol'tcn cr'awlcd inio small opm- 

 iim's. They cvi.lcnlly piipalc in ])nn-o\vs in such banks and in Ihc 

 earth clinjiinii' to the roots of uprooted tr(H's. 



1454 (4450). ('oKYMiniKS tausalis Mc^lsli.. Proe. I'liil. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 



1SII. 1). l.-.T. 

 Kleii,!j;alc. ratliiM- slender. Jtlaek, sparsely and linely pnhoscent; elytra, 

 «>xcept llie very iiair-w snfural and side margins, dull yellow; legs roddisli- 

 l.rown. .\ntennie lialf tlie length of body, second joint very small, obconic, 

 third as wide as and slightly longer than fourth. Thorax one-half longer 

 than wide; sides nearly straight, feebly curved on apical third; disk mod- 

 erately convex, rather densely and finely punctured; hind angles obtuse, 

 slightly cxcui-ved and divergent, not carinate. Elytra with sides nearly 

 parallel to ai»ical third, thence converging to the acute tips; striie feebly 

 impressed. i>nnetate; intervals snlx-onvex, densely punctulate. Length 10.5- 

 11 mm. 



Starke and I'osey ccninties: scarce. IMay 19-June 11. Beaten 

 iVoiii blossoms of cherry trees. 



1455 (4448). Corymbites signaticollis Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



II, 1845, 216. 



Oblong, rather slender. Black, shining; labrum and thorax red, the 

 latter with a broad median black stripe. Antennae strongly serrate, with 

 second joint small, obconic; third as long and nearly as wide as fourth. 

 Thorax slightly longer than wide, sides feebly rounded; disk sparsely and 

 rather coarsely punctate; hind angles moderately divergent, with a distinct 

 oblique carina. Elytral stria^ with deep, coarse punctures; intervals sub- 

 convex, sparsely and roughly punctulate. length 7.5-9.5 mm. 



Orang-e and Crawford counties; IMay 2ri-June 12. Twenty or 

 more specimens W(>re talven from stems of wheat in an upland field 

 near Wyandotte Cave, and a few beneath logs and stones along the 

 margin of the same field. 



(\ copei Horn, length 12 mm., was described from Virginia and 

 has been taken near Cincinnati. 



1456 (4434). Coby'mbites cyltndrtformis llerbst., Kafer, X, 1806, 0:3. 

 Elongate, slender, subcylindrical. Dull sooty-brown or piceous, faintly 



bronzed, sparsely pubescent ; legs, epipleura and often the very narrow mar- 

 gins of thorax and elytra and suture of latlei- dusky reddish. Third joint 

 of antenna' three times as hmg as second. Thoi-ax one-half longer than 

 broad, male, one-fourth, female; sides nearly striiight. disk densely and 

 finely punctni'(>d. with a median basal impression; hind angles rather strong- 

 ly diverging, indistinctly carinate. Elytral striai finely punctate; intervals 

 tint, nither coai-scly and diMisely punctulate. Length 11.5-16 nun. 



Porter. .Marion, Lawrence and Vigo counties; frequent. March 

 22-May (i. Oci nrs on vcgdalion. usnal!\- close to the ground. The 

 females ai-e s ai-ce and much larger than males, with shortei' anten- 

 na' and thorax. 



