104 



FAitILT II.- 



' abab tt>;f.. 



153 (liiHi. Amaba exaeata Dej., Spei-., III. 1^2S. 50".J. 



Oblong-uval, r. 'bii^r. very convex. Blacki^li-pkeous. sliinliiir : auteniiii- 

 and l^s reddish-brown, the former as long as the head and thorax. Thorax 

 snbquadrate, about one-half wider than long, basal impressions broad, 

 donble, pnnctured; hind augle~ small, aente, very obtusely carinate. Elytra 

 slightly wider than thorax, rhe strise deep, elusely punctured. length 

 v-10 mm. (Fig. 64.) 



Throughout the S:ate: c-onimmi. 

 vember 11. 



Hibernate 



Januarv 13-Xo- 



Fig. M. X 3i. 



"igiail 



Fig. 63. X 5. (Afle. ■■inith.) 



154 I'U. I. AiiABA LATioB Kirby. Faun. Bur. Amer.. IV. ISli. 3ij. 



Elongate-oblong, feeblj^ c-onvex. Pieeous to black, often ^lightly bronzed, 

 surface finel.v alutaeeous in females. Thorax abtut one-half wider than 

 long, not sinuate near base : hind angles subrectangular. very obtusely cari- 

 nate, basal impressions broad, bifoveate, punctate, the inner fovea longer 

 than the outer. Elytra slightly wider than thorax, rather deeply <tri.ite. 

 the stri;e finely punctured, indistinctly sr. on the apical half. Lengcii 

 '.•—10.5 mm. 



One specimen from the margin of Lake ilichigan near ;Miller=. 

 Lake Count>-. July 29. A member of the Alleghanian faima 

 which probably ooeurs throughout the northern tiird of the State. 



A. «chw(n-zi. Hayward. usually listed a- s^pf(nirio)iaI>s Lee., was 

 d'-si ribed from Lake Superior and may also occur in northern In- 

 diana,. 



Gboct B. 



To this group beloiitr nine medittm-sized oval, black or pieeous. 

 and nsuiiUy bronzed-shining species. The antenna? are black or 

 pieeous with the two to four lia^al .ioints paler. The eMra are 

 rarely, and then only slightly. ^viJer than the thora.x at ba^e and 



