THE <;i:(H\j) b1';i;tli:s. 



63 



il> (l!".ii;i. Akdishimis viRihis Say, Trans. Aiiier. I'hil. Snc.. 

 II. 1^2:1. 1'] ; ibid. II. 451. 

 <;i-ei.'iiisli-blaek. sliining; maiuliblfs. anteuiiu' and lei,'s retl- 

 diMh-bn,\\n. Tliorax with a ]iiediaii impressed Hue. smootli 

 exceiit along the margins. Elytra not striate, each with three 

 or four rows ot rather fine, scarcely impressed punctures, each 

 Iiuncture bearing a short, erect hair, the hairs plainly visilile 

 only from the side. Length ." mm. (Fig. 47.) 



Lake, Lawrence and Posc\- counties; scarce. IMav 16-August 

 15. 



71 (!'!»:!). Akhisto.mis it.xcticoli.i.s Put/-.. Mun. 1S4(;. 12'.). 



Resembles i-i)i(Ji.s. liut nuire slender and with tlu' disk of thorax sji.irse- 

 ly and cnarsely punctured, each puncture bearinp 

 . tures of el.vtr.-i coarser and mere nunierons 



Southern half of ^^tate ; frequent. Hibernates as imago. Feb- 

 ruary L'o-Ji;ne 23. 



bristle-like hair. I'unc- 

 Length .1 mm. 



Subfamily II. HARPALINAE. 



The members of this subfamily have the epimera of the meso- 

 sternum variable in width but not reaching the coxa, the middle 

 coxal cavities therefore enclosed on the outer side by the junction 

 of the meso- and metasterna ; head marked with one or two bristle- 

 bearing punctures over each eye; thorax with a similar puncture 

 at the side and another at the hind angle, very rarely without the 

 latter and still more rarely without either; front tibia? always 

 either obliquely sinuate or deeply emarciuate within, the inner spur 

 remote from apex. 



For convenience the subfamily was divided by Horn into two 

 great groups or sections as follnws: 



KEV TO SECITOXS OF HARPAl-IX-K. 



(I. Head with two punctures above the eye. ciili bearing a single bristly 

 hair. Section I. Hahpali^t.e iiisinos.K, p. 04. 



a<i. Head with but unc bristle-be. iring jainctiire abnvc the e.ve. 



Section II. Hahpai.ix.k ixisetos.e, p. l.'ir,. 



AVlieii two punctures occur, tlie front one is close to the margin 

 of the eye in trdut, and the bind one a litlle remole from the eye, 

 iippositi' ils hind mai-uiii. Where thei'e is bul one liristle-bearing 

 puiiclure it is a little lemoved from the margin of the eye, and is 

 situaled opposite the jniddle of the eye or a little l)ehind that point. 



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