THE fUtOUND BEKTLES. 199 



rnerf^cfl with Anisodactylus, the name piceus is preoccupied by a 

 West Coast species, the i\n. 1176 of the Henshaw Catalogue. I 

 therefon^ propose the name sayi in honor of Thomas Say of New 

 Harmony, Indiana, who was preeminently the father of American 

 Entomology. 



*877 n202;.- Amlsodactyll's tekminatus Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, II, 

 lS2.':i, 48 ; ibid. II, 473. 

 Oblung-oval. Head and thorax dark brown or piceous, the edge of the 

 latter red<]ish-translucent; elytra with greenish-metallic lustre; antennae 

 anil legs pale yellow. Thonix one-third broader than long, sides regularly 

 ciirvcil from base to apex, liiiid angles rectangular. Elytra as in the pre- 

 ceding. Length 7.5-8.5 mm. 



Throu^ljout the State; fretiuent. April 15-December 25. In 

 S('[)teniber, ]90:i, this species was noted as very common on the 

 heads of the fircweed {Knclilites hicracifolin L.) in a deadening 

 iK^ar Wyandotte ('ave, ('r;iwford C'outity, where it was feeding on 

 the seeds. 



'Ala (1204). An:sodactylus nitidipennis Lee, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., IV, 

 1848, 388. 

 Oblong-oval, rather narrow. Color of terminatus. Thorax scarcely 

 broader than louf;, sides very feebly curved, hind angles subrectangular ; 

 disk minutely and very sparsely punctured near base. Elytra alutaceous ; 

 iutci'vals almost flat, sometimes very finely and sparsely punctulate. Length 

 ♦i.5-7 mm. 



'J'hi-oughout the wcstocn half of Slate; frequent in the .southern 

 counties, rare northward. April 9-December 25. Occurs beneath 

 cover' in sandy localities. 



•.',!'.) (VKWi). Anisodactylus ccenus Say, Trans. Amer. I'hil. Soc, II, 1823. 

 ■M ; ibid. II, 401. 



Oblong-oval. Pii'cous, moderately shining; elytra bronzed; tibia;, tarsi 

 and base of antenntc jj.-iler. Thoriix as broad at base as elytra, sides feebly 

 cui-vod, margins narrowly ileprcsscd from middle to base, hind angles rect- 

 angular. Elytral intci-vals flat, smooth, inure shining in the male. Length 

 8 mm. 



Vigo and I'oscy counties; i-arc. April 16-May 11. Easily 

 known by its dark fenioivi and punctured base of thorax. 



*:'.so (1208). AmsoDAOTVLrs li-gubkis Dej.. Spec. IV, 1829, US. 



(Jblong, ratlicr broad, subdepressed. Black, feebly shining; antenme 

 and legs piceous, tlie basal joint of former and tarsi reddish-brown. Thorax 

 Iwo-thirds broader than long; sides gradually curved from apex into base, 

 the margins l)ehind the middle tlaltened: basal impressions broad, shallow, 

 very finely and densely punctate. Rlytnil strise very fine; intervals flat, 

 .■ilutaceous. I>enf,'th 11-12 mm. 



