THE DEATH-WATCTT AND mWC, STORE HEETI,ES. 881 



l,;7o ( ). Catokama vicxATUM F:ill, Trans. Amor. Ent. Soc, XXXF, 



1905, 245. 



Oblong-elliptieal. twice as long as wide; imbesconco liiu" and rather 

 sparse. Brown, nearly nniform. Coarser i)nnetures variable, but usnally 

 moderate in size and not i)rominent. Eighth antenna 1 .joint slightly longer 

 than wide, qnadrate-triangnlar. Metaslcrnniu punctured Irdiu side to side. 

 Length 2.5-3.5 mm. 



Knox, Orange and Crawford coimties; scarce. May 28-July 

 26. Resembles firave closely, but distinctly more elongate, with 

 sparser, shorter pubescence, less flattened eyes and without im- 

 pressed front. 

 1G73 (5309). Catorama grave Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1858, 72. 



Oblong-elliptical, quite robust, slightly less than three-fifths as wide as 

 long. Uniform dark brown; pubescence rather plentiful but not concealing 

 the punctuation; coarser punctures distinct throughout, moderate in size. 

 Eighth anlennal joint triangular, a little longer than wide. Length 2.5- 

 3.5 mm. 



Posey County; rare. IMay 11-Junc 4. Our largest and most 

 robust species of the genus. It and the other s[iecies are mostly 

 taken by beating vegetation. 



1674 (10.155). Catorama castaneum Hamilton, Can. Ent., 1893, 307. 

 Oblong-elliptical, distinctly more than half as wide as long. Dark red- 

 dish or chestnut brown, highly polished; pubescence of elytra very short 

 and sparse. Thorax finely and sparsely punctulate at middle, more coarsely 

 on sides. Elytra with coarser punctures evenly distrilnited on disk but 

 showing a tendency to be in rows on sides. Eighth antennal joint triangu- 

 lar and as wide as long in female, transverse and subquadrate in nial(\ 

 Length 1.5-2.5 mm. 



Lake, Kosciusko and Tippecanoe counties; scarce. June 11- 

 July 12. Readily known })y its color and shining surface. Occurs 

 on huckleberry (Vacchnuin) and other low bushes. 



C. boreale Lee., piceous. length 2.3-3 mm., is recorded from 

 Michigan and Ohio, and ('. (iracih Fall, rciUlish-browu. length 1.7 

 mm., was described from near Cinciruiati. 



1675 ( ). Catorama coneistm Fall. Trans. Anier. t^nl. Sdc. XXXI, 



1905, 252. 



Oblong-elliptical, abcnit Ihree-fifths ;is wide as 

 long. Dark piceous brown, pubescence medium in 

 length; coarser punctures numerous and rather 

 large at the sides of the thorax and on llie elytra. 

 Eighth antennal .joint quadrate-triangular, little 

 more than one-fourth longer than wide. IMeta- 

 sternum rather strongly punctate at uiid<lle. the 

 sides without punctures. Length 2-2.7 nun. (Fig. 

 348.) 



Throughout the State; frequent. April '•"'"■■^'*^- 

 26-July 4. Beaten from Ioav vegetation along roadsides. 



