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XI. Matts AuIjp. 183S. 

 Here belongs one medium-sized species having the head very 

 broad; thorax margined; prosternnm deeply suleate; claws of hind 

 tarsi unequal, the outer one being nearly twice as long as inner. 



431 (1404). Matus bicabikatis S;iy. Traus. Ainer. Phil. Soc, II, 1823, 98; 



ibid. II, 512. 



Klimgate-oval. slightly f■ou^•ex. Unifoiiu brownish-red. shining; an- 

 tennas paler. Thorax rounded at sides, front angles acute. Elytra with 

 two or three rows of faint dorsal punctures. Length S-0 mm. 



Lake, ^larshall. Wells, ^Marion and Vigo counties; frequent. 

 Hibernates. IMarch 14-December 2fl. Readily known by the elon- 

 gate form and peculiar color. 



XII. CoPTOTOMUS Say. ISM-I. (Gr.. " cut -f joint.") 



^ledium-sized oval species having the terminal joint of the palpi 

 .->omewliat compressed and notched at tip ; prostemum with an ele- 

 \ated carina; last joint of hind tarsi equal to fourth; claws eciual, 

 pressed together and apparently single. One 

 species occurs in the State. 



432 (1396). C'OPTOTOMUS inteeeogatus Fab., Syst. 



Eleut, I, ISOl, 207. 

 Elongate-oval, subconvex. Head, thorax and un- 

 der parts reddish-brown ; vertex black ; thorax 

 black at base and ajiex ; elytra i)itch-brown, with 

 numerous ver.v small pale markings, a short stripe 

 near the scutellum and an irregular marginal stripe, 

 yellowish. Female with l)asal iiortion of elytia 

 . less shining than in male and marked with short, 

 dense indistinct stri;e. Length 7 mm. (Fig. Ilia.) 



Throughout the State ; frequent, ^ilarch 

 IG-Oetober 2S. Probably hibernates. Tal?en 

 at electric light in June. 



Fig. nla. (After Sharp.) 



XIII. CoPEL.VTTS Er. 18o2. (Gr., "oar or leg + wide. ") 



Rather small beetles having the claws ec|ual in both sexes; pro- 

 sternum with an acute carina in front; hind femora not ciliate at 

 apex. The males have the fore and middle tarsi dilated and fur- 

 nished with small equal disks. One species occurs in Indiana. 

 4;!3 (1402). COPELATUS GLrYPHicrs Say, Trans. Xmev. Phil. Soc, II. 1X28. 

 !)!); ibid. II. 512. 



Olilong-ovate. rather narrow, subdepressed. Dark reddish-lnown or 

 jiieeous; antennse and Ic.^'S paler. Thorax almost smooth. Elytra each with 

 ten deeply impressed stri;e, reaching almost to apex. Length .5-C mm. 



Throughout the Stat(- ; scarce. April 4-October 21. 

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