THE GEOUND BEETLES. 145 



c. Tarsal claws serrate rather than pectinate; palpi stout; elytra 

 brownisli-yellow with tw(j bluish bands ; length 0-7 mm. 



PLLCHELLA. 



cc. Tarsal claws pectinate, their teeth longer and not directed oblique- 

 ly outward. 

 <l. Head smooth or very feeblj' punctured. 



e. Uniform greenish-black ; legs pale yellow ; length 5 mm. 



247. EHODOPUS. 



I'c. Color not black. 



/. Elytra either wholly blue, green or olivaceous. 

 ,'/. Head, thorax and elytra of one color. 



h. Greenish or bluish; legs black; length 4.5-5.5 mm. 



248. viEiDis. 

 hli. Olivaceous green ; legs [liceous brown or i>aler ; length 

 ;!-:!. 5 mm. 240. pumila. 



//.(/. Bod.v alHive not unicolored. 



i. Head and thorax reddish- y(,'llow ; abdomen black ; length 



(i.o-7.5 mm. pleumtica. 



//. Head greenish-black; thorax and entire body lieneath 



)iale red; el.vtra bright green. 25(1. viridipennis. 



ff. Elytra pici'ons, ornate with pale spots. 251. oknata. 



(1(1. Head coarsely punctured bctwe<m the eyes; elytra jiiceous 



sijotted with brownish-yellow nearly as in (iiKdla: length 3 



3.7 mm. 252. L0Bl:i,.\'l'A. 



/;&. Elylra deeply sirlate; stria' not punctured. 



J. Head with lengthwise wrinkles or stria' ; length 4.5-5 mm. 



2.5::!. ANAI.IS. 



JJ. He.-id nearly smooth; elytra subnvate, bi-oader behind; length 0- 

 7.5 mm. 254. fuscaia. 



L. (Jivisa Lee, a member of the boreal fauna, has been recorded 

 from Lake Superior and Galesburg, Illinois, and perhaps occurs in 

 the extreme northern part of Indiana. 



L. pulchdlu De.i. has been taken near Cincinna,ti and its occur- 

 rence in the State is more than probable. 



247 (SS21i). Lema rhodopits Schwarz, I'roe. Amer. Phil. Snc, XVII, 1878, 

 ;{54. 

 Ovai. slender. Klack or very dark olivaceous green, subopa(|ue, finely 

 iilntaceous ; antenna' dusk.v, the third .idint and legs |iale reddish-yellow. 

 Head large, wider than thorax, minutel.v and spars('l,y puin-tate; antenna- 

 more than half the length of body, the outer .joints stout. Thorax small, 

 sides feebly rounileil. margi-ns less broadly retlexed than in inrUlis. Blytral 

 strije very fine; intervals almost flat. Length 4.5-5 mm. 



Jennino-s and Franklin counties; rar(>. -lune ll'-July 11. 

 Talcen from Howers of wild parsnip. A species of southern ranii-e. 

 Listed nN a variety of firidis. but in my opinion distinct. 



