1252 FAMILY LV. — TENEBRIONID-^. 



*2314 (7425). IIopatrinls notus Say, Jotii-u. I'lul. Acad. Nat. Sei., V, 

 1S2(), I'.-iT; ibid. II, 304. 

 Obloug-oval. I'.lack or bruwuisli-black, opaiiue ; aiiteiin;c aud tarsi pic- 

 eous. Thorax ouc-haH' wider than hmj^. slightly narrowed in front, sides 

 nearly straight; margin slightly thickened, hind angles long, snbaente; sur- 

 face densely aud rather coarsely punctured. Elytra not striate, but with 

 rows of large, deeply impressed punctures ; intervals with miuute punctures, 

 each bearing a very short, prostrate yellow bristle. Length 8-11.5 mm. 



Southern half of State; frequent in sandy localities beneath 

 chips, l)ark, logs, etc. Hibernates. February 14— December 12. 



IX. Blapstinus Latr. 1829. (Gr., "to injure + to attempt.") 



Small oblong or oblong-oval, black or piceous species, having the 

 base of thorax bisinuate and as wide as base of elytra ; inner wing-i 

 always present, sometimes veiy rudimentary ; front tiliiffi straight, 

 not produced at apex ; antennae stout, joints 4-8 longer than broad ; 

 upper portion of eyes large and rounded. Of the 40 or more spe- 

 cies listed from the United States by Casey, but three occur in 

 Indiana. For a, synoptical table and description of the North 

 American species see: 



Casey.— In Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., V, 1800, 41G-462. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF IILAI'STINl'S. 



a. Elytral stria^ not interrupted; laibcscence persistent; hind angles of 



thorax somewhat prolonged Itaekward. '2:>\~). mu:stis. 



(/(/. Elytral stria> more or less interrupted ; jnibescence scant, easily n^ 



movable, often ahncist al)sent. 



/*. Surface lustre rarely bronzed; color i)iceous-black. the elytra slightly 



paler; elytral stria' more tinely junictnred and less interrupted. 



L'.'Ud. INTERRl'I'TrS. 



hh. Surface lustre strongly bronzed; elytral stria' more coarsely punc- 

 tured and widely and fre<juently interrupted; thorax more sparsely 

 punctured. 2317. metallicus. 



*2315 (7442). IU-apstinus mo^stits Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. III. 

 1S4G, c;5. 



Oblong-oval, moderately convex. Black, shining ; rather sparsely clothed 

 with fiue, short, yellowish, prostrate pul)escence. Thorax one-half wider 

 than long, feebly narrowing from base to apex, hind angles subacute, promi- 

 nent; surface sparsely and deeply punctate at middle, more closely and 

 coarsely at sides. Elytr.-il stria' feebly imi)ressed near suture, more deeply 

 on sides, where their punctures are c(tai'ser; intervals tinely and sparsely 

 punctured. Length 4.7-5.4 mm. 



Lake and Vigo counties; frequent beneath rubbish and other 

 cover, especially cacti in sandy localities. ^larch 7-October 1. 



