I li FAirn.Y II. CAEABIII.E. 



Tlirnughoiit the State ; scarce. Febitiary l-December 25. Hi- 

 bernates as imago beneath log^^. etc.. in low. damp places. 



^11 ( }. Be.\[bidium graciliforme HayAv.. Traus. Amer. Eut. Sec. XXIV. 



IS'.iy. 97. 



El: iiuMte. rather slender, slightly convex. Head and tliorax blackisli- 

 brouzed; elytra bronzed piceous. shhiiug. with a subhumeral blotch, a 

 iru.ss-band behind the middle and sometimes the apex, jjaler. the markintrs 

 often indistinct : antenme piceons. the basal joints and le^rs dull yellow. 

 Thorax siibcordate. one-half wider than long, distinctly narrower at base 

 than apex : sides curved nearly tr. base, deeply sinuate in front of hind 

 angles, which are rectangular and carinate. Elytra slightly wider than 

 thorax, the stri;ie distinctly punctate to behind middle; intervals cinvex. 

 Length o-o.T mm. 



Lake and Vigo counties : scarce. April 25-October 1. 

 B. oberthiiri Hayw., -t-i.o mm. in length, is known from ^Massa- 

 chusetts. lUiniiis and Iowa and should occur in northern Indiana. 



'JO ( 377 I . Bemdidiim fratebxum Lee. Proc. I'hil. Acad. Xat. Sci.. 1S"7. (J. 



Slightly robust, moderately convex. Dark irreenish-bronzed ; elytra 

 with a narrow transverse band one-third from base, another one-third from 

 apex and an apical spdt. paler, the three usually connected along the mar- 

 gin, often indistinct; antennte piceous. paler at base: legs reddish-brown. 

 Thorax slightly subcordate. finely alutace jus. one-half wider than long: 

 basiil iuipressi.ins broad, deep; sides broadly curved, sinuate near base; 

 hind angles rectangular, carinate. the carinse louj. Elytra one-half wider 

 than thorax, the strife punctate to behind middle; intervals nearly flat. 

 Length 4— t.-T mm. 



Steuben. Fountain and Lawrence comities; scarce. July 6- 

 August 16. 



'.H i;i'.il). Bembidium \t:bsicolor Lee. Aim. L.vc. Xat. Hist.. IV. ls4s. 460. 



Slightly elongate, moderately ecuvcx. Head and thorax gi-eenish- 

 black. slightly bronzed ; elytra u-^ually dull yellow, with three cross-bands, 

 more cr less ccnnected along the suture, picejus or nearly black ; antenn:ie 

 piceous, the basal joints and legs reddish-brown. Thorax subcordate. one- 

 half wider than lout: : sides stron-'ly curved in front, deeply sinuate near 

 base : hind angles rectangular, carinate. Elytra one-half wider than 

 thorax, the striie rather deep, distinctly punctate to behind middle, the 

 outer 1 nes (ibsulete on apical half. Length 2.'^-.i.2 mm. 



Throughout the ^<tate; frequent, ^fareh l-Oetober 11. One 

 of our smallest s])ecies. 



B. coHstyictiini Lee. has a wide distribution over the Eastern 

 United States and should occur in Indiana, 



