lis FAillLY II. CAEABIIlj:. 



1>-S I 731,1. BAmsiER ^OTATUs Half!.. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sei.. I. 299. 



Elongate-oval, slender. Head and thorax black, shining ; color other- 

 wise as given in key. Thorax obcordate ; hind angles obtuse ; basal Impres- 

 sions deep, linear ; median impressed line entire, deep. Length Jr— 1.5 mm. 



Lake. ^Marion. Crawford and Posey eotmties; rare. May 5-Xo- 

 vember 8. 



Is'.i » I 7a2 i . P.\Di>'rEB pl'Lcheij:.us Lee.. Ann. Lvr. 

 Nat. Hist, IV. 1S4S. 41S. 

 Elongate-oval. Head black, antennae dusky, first 

 joint yellow. The two black spots on each elytron 

 are sometimes connected by a broad stripe. Thorax 

 obcordate, the basal Impressions broad and shallow. 

 Length 5.5-6.5 mm. (Fig. 70a.) 



Lake. Kosciusko and Vigo counties ; scarce. Oc- 

 curs beneath logs and bark along the margins of 

 marshes and lakes. Hibernates as imago. Jan- 

 uary 6-October 29. 



I'.iii 1, 7341. B.\DisTEE MACt"i.ATrs I>ec.. Trans. Amer. Phil. See.. X, 3S7. 



Elongate-oval. Color as given in key. Thorax obcordate with a deep. 

 tran'- verse line between the basal miiaessiuus. the latter prominent : me- 

 ilian impressed line entire, deep. Length 6 mm. 



One specimen from Vigo County. Found beneath log in sandy 

 upland woods. October 17. Known before only from Pennsylvania. 



B. oitusus Lee., is a boreal species which may yet be found in 

 northern Lidiana. B. flavipis Lee., is recorded from Cincinnati. 



i!il ( ). Badisteb latkeps sp. nov. 



Elongate-oval. Piceoiis. shining' : autennse and legs yellow, the apical 

 half (if former gradually dusky; narrow margin of elytra and epipleura 

 dull yellow. Head as broad as thorax, faintly alutaceous ; eyes prominent. 

 Thorax slightly broader than louir. narrowed from in front of middle to 

 linse: margins narrowly reflexed. scarcely more so near hind angles, which 

 are .litu^e: surfac-e finely alutaceon-;. basal impression deep, median line 

 entire. Elytral striiB well impresserl on dislv. more shallow on sides: in- 

 tervals subconvex. Length 6 mm. 



Vigo. Knox. Clark and Perry counties; scarce. April 15-Sep- 

 tember 27. Resembles ynicans closely and confused in my eoUee- 

 lion with that species until the type was examined at Cambridge. 

 In addition to differences mentioned in key the thorax in Miceps 

 is less transverse^ and has the hrsal impressions deeper and better 

 defined. From fcn-irqlnev.". a Californian species, to which it is 

 also closely allied, it differs liy tlie less transverse thorax and the 

 pale antennae 



