058 I'AMii.v I,. — s('ai;ai;.kiik1':. 



on ^lay 1.'^ The loiujci', more finely and less rouyhly punctured 

 clypeus, with shrdlow notch, distino'ui.shes this si)eeies from vesper- 

 tina. LeConte's tcxaua is a smaller, paler form, with the notch 

 and surface of the clypeus nearly as m vespertina. 



S. iricolor Say, is a species of wide distribution which should 

 occur in southern Indiana; S. tristis Lee., length 8 mm., was de- 

 scribed from Lake Su])erior and may occur in tlie northern third of 

 the State. 



180S (5081). Skkka skkkka 111.. M!^.l,^ fur Insect., V, 180."., 7."). 



Oblong, convex, nearly ])rtrallel. male; broader bebincl. female. I'lir- 

 plish-brown or piceous, strongly iridescent. Clypeus feebly eiuarginate. its 

 margin rather strongly retiexed; surface densely and roughly punctate; 

 vertex finely and sparsely punctate. Thorax tv.o-thirds wider than long, 

 sides feebly rounded; surface finely, sparsely and shallowly ]innctate. Ely- 

 tra of male rather deeply, of female more shallowly. sulcate, the grooves 

 with fine, irregnlar punctures; intervals convex, male, subeonvex, female, 

 sparsely punctate. Length 8-9.5 mm. 



Throuii'hout the State; common. March 2()-July 12. Occurs 

 beneath shelter of various kinds; hil)ernates in pupal stage beneath 

 partly buried logs. 



180!) (5689). Sekica tkogifokaus Uhler. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VII. 

 1855, 415. 



Ovate, convex, nearly smooth, feebly shining. Mead, thorax and under 

 surface black or piceous ; elytra reddish-brown, the sides margined with 

 piceous; sometimes wholly piceous; anlennfe, tibije and tarsi reddish-brown. 

 Clypeus feebly eniarginate. densely and coarsely punctate. Thorax convex, 

 sides slightly rounded, disk ct>arsely and rather densely punctured, with a 

 median impression on basal half. Elytra feebly sulcatt>. the grooves sparsely 

 punctured ; intervals subeonvex, very sparsely punct:ured. I^ength 5-6 mm. 



Posey County; rare. A]>ril 25. One specimen beaten from 

 wild rose bushes in woods. A southern form describeci from Bal- 

 timore. 



XXIIL Ijaciinostekna Hope. 1837. (Gr., "wool t ])reast.") 



A large genus of robust, pale i-eddish- or yellowish-brown to 

 piceous beetles, familiarly known as "xMay beetles" or "June 

 bugs." They have the fi'ont coxa' transverse not [)rominent, but 

 contained entirely in the coxal cavities; ventral segments six, firmly 

 united yet with sntures visible; the tarsal claws nev(n' serrate, but 

 with a, single tooth beneath. All tlie species hav(^ long and niuner- 

 ous, often very dense, hairs on the meso- and metasterna, hence the 



