!)4 



FA:\[rT,^' TT. fAHABID/E. 



ll's (."i.".,). I'Ti;i;(JSTicHLs PKKMi .\i)i s s.iv. TniMs. Ainer. PhiJ. S'pc. I\'. 

 1S34, 4Ur, ; ibid. II. .140. 



Elli[(ti<al Ml- Ijiri.Klly oval. Hhuk 

 'ii' i)nri)lisU. shiniu-' with iridf-sieiit 

 reflection; auteun-.p and lesis pice^jiis. 

 Thorax broart. iiuadrate. <i little nar- 

 rower at front than at base, sidn 

 margins narrow in front, wider, ile- 

 |]res.-;ed and punctured liehind the 

 middle; ba^al iiijinvssioiis two cii 

 each side, puuctuiwl. the outer very 

 short. Elyti-al stria- not or very finely 

 punctured; the first dorsal puncture 

 on the third stria, the others nu the 

 sei-oiid. Lenstli 1--14 mm. (Vk.')'-Ki 

 Described from Indiana. <_><•- 

 lurs frei|uently throughout the 

 southern half of the State be- 

 neath logs in open sandy woods. 

 Most common in autumn. 

 March :]l-Oct.)licr 20. 



<ii;oi"P I.'. 

 Til this group belong larLrc or 

 iiiediiim sized black, greenish or 

 bluish species having the side 

 picics of metathorax long and 

 gradually narrowed from base to apex. The thorax vaiics much 

 in form, and its hind aiisfles are never roiuided. The dorsal punc- 

 tures range in number from three to six. and tlie inner wings are 

 always present. Thirteen sjjecies comprise the ffronp. 



KEY TO >l'lA IIS Ot CHO! P C. 



((. Three bas.-il joints of antenna^ distincti.v carinate: li.i^al imipn-ssicjiis of 



thora.x double. 



h. LeiTS lilaelv; dorsal punctures two; body above -'reeu or lironzeil. pol- 



isjied ; under siirfaee not jmnctureil. 12!!. s.wi. 



hh. I.e^is usuall.v redilisli ; (b.rsal punctoivs four: b:idy .iliMve iireeii or 



bluish, not r>olisiied : under surface pum-tuied. 



l:'.ll. LCXCBL.iSDl s. 



nil. K.iv.il j. lints .ii aijtenr,:e simple, not carinate; color black, rarely pur- 



lilisll. 



i: Jiersal pnucuires of elytra thn r four. 



'/. Hind au(.'les ,,( lljurax carinate: basal im|>ressioiis l;iri.'e and dec;i. 



bisUiale. 



' . Thora.x much nai inwed behind. Iho anodes i-ectan-iilar ami |iri.iiil- 

 nent. 



Fig. ,59. X .5. (.yter Forbes). 



