Ob FAMILY n. CABABID.E. 



"li l2oo). DvSCHIKIi > ir.lCMOKRHOIDALlS IlH.i.. Siiec. V. 1S30. "■11. 



Blaeki-ili-lToiizecI. stn n^'ly ~Iiiuiii;-': anteniiie. Ifu's and tips of elytra 

 pale reddish-browii. Thorax orate, trausverse. Elytral strife coarsely and 

 deeply ptmetate, abbreviated at base and obsolete on apical third. Length 

 2.S-.3.3 mm. 



Starke. La^NTenee and Fayette counties; frequent. ^May 11- 

 August 23. 



5.5 1 234). DrscHiBirs teemixatus Lee, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist, IV, 1S4S. 

 212. 

 Elongate, slender. Black, slightly bronzed, strongly shining; antennie, 

 legs, abdomen and apical third of elytra obs<;nre reddish. Thorax as broad 

 as long, strongly convex, without a longitudinal imi.ressed line. Elytral 

 striae indistinct at base and wholly wanting on apical third, their punctures 

 indistinct; the dorsal punctures of third interval loc-ated one on basal 

 third, one near the middle and one slightly behind the middle. Lengtii 

 0.2 mm. 



Piisey County; rare. April 26. Taken from beneath rubbish 

 ia cornfield near river bank. 



D. Ijrevispinus Lee., black, shining. 3.4 mm. in length, occurs in 

 ^lichigan and Ohio and doubtless in Indiana. ' 



56 (237). DYscHiBrrs sph-ebicollis Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soa. II. 



1S23. 23; ibid. II, 452. 

 Blacfc-bronzed ; antennse and legs dark red. Thorax ovate, not broader 

 than long; disk with a median impressed line. Elytra deeply striate, the 

 striiB entire, punctures indistinct on apical half. Length 5.5 mm. 



Fayette and Posey counties; rare: also two in Webster collec- 

 tion. -July 4r-Aiignst 23. (Jur largest species. 



D. iruncaius Lee, blackish-bronzed, 5..5 mm. in length, occurs in 

 Illinois and ^Missouri and probably in western Indiana. 



57 1 240 1. DvscHiBirs EBYTHBOCEEUs Lec. Proc. Phil. Acad. Xat. S.-i.. 



:s57. 7S. 



Elongate. Blackish-bronzed, shining; legs and autemue reddish-brown. 

 Fitnt of head with a transverse impression between the eyes. Thorax 

 subovate, slightly longer than broad, with a fine, median impressed line. 

 Elytral striie slightly abbreviated at base and absent on apical third, 

 coarsely punctured ; dorsal punctures of third interval located one in front 

 of middle, the other, very fine, on apical third. Length 4-5 mm. 



Putnam County; rare. July 4. 



5s (254). Dyschirius hispidis Lec., Xew Spec. X. Amer. Col.. I. Is63. 4. 

 Blackish-bronzed. stroiv_'ly ^iilning; antennas yellowish; legs reddish- 

 brown. Thorax nlobi'se. as broad as long. Clypeus emarginate. twn- 

 tnuthed. Elytral stri.-u impressed and coarsely punctate except on apical 



