62 FA]\rTLT 11. OAEABID^. 



lengthwise grooves; thorax subquadrate, apex truncate, sides 

 straight to near base, then strongly oblique or rounded ; disk 

 smooth, with an entire median and two shorter impressed lines; 

 front tarsi more or less dilated in both sexes. Like the members of 

 the three preceding genera, they live mostly in damp sandy places. 

 Three of the eight species known from the United States have been 

 taken in Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF SCHIZOGENIUS. 



(/. Ccilor blackish; elytra somewhat depressed, striae deeij, finely and close- 

 ly punctate. 67. lineoiAtus. 

 aa. Color reddish-brown. 



h. Elytra cylindrical, strite indistinctly punctured. <iS. fekeugineus. 



?;6. Elytra strongly depressed; hind angles of thorax prominent before 



the base. 69. amphibics. 



(J7 (2S3). SCHIZOGENIUS mneolatus Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. See, II, 1823, 

 22 ; ibid. II, 451. 

 Uniform blackish or piceous above ; dark reddish-brown beneath ; an- 

 tennae and legs somewhat paler. Length ,3.5-4 mm. 



Vigo and Franklin counties; rare. April 1-June 11. 



lis (285). SCHIZOGENIUS ferkugineus Putz., Moil., 184C, 653. 



Color uniform pale reddish-brown ; elytral striae deep, punctures feeble. 

 Length 3 mm. 



Beach of Lake Michigan near Millers, and Pine, Lake County; 

 frequent locally. April 29-.July 23. 



09 (286). SCHIZOGENIUS AMPHiBius Hald., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., I, 

 1842, 299. 

 Dark reddish-brown ; elytra darker than the other parts. Hind angles 

 of thorax represented by a distinct tooth or cusp before the base. Length 

 3-3.5 mm. 



Fountain, Clay and Owen counties ; rare. June 15- August 13. 

 Known from New York and Missouri. 



XV. Ardistomis Putz. 1846. (Gr., "high -i- mouth.") 

 Small black or o-reenish shining beetles having the thorax round- 

 ed, CMjusiderably nari'dwcr than i-lytra ; mandibles sleuder, prd- 

 longed, not curved. They occur in low moist woods, beneath bark, 

 stones and rubbish. Five uvo known from the TTuited States, two 

 {>f \\'hich have beeii ta,ken in Indiana, 



