256 FAMILY VI. — HYDHOPHILIDJE. 



fitj. Form more broadly oval ; elytral iiunctures larger and more dis- 

 tinct. 495. GLABER. 



cfi. I>rosternal groove open in front; elytra with discal yellow stripes. 



496. STEI0L.4Trs. 



4!)2 n.jS;0). TuopisTEHNUs xiMBATUs Say, Journ. Phil. 



Acad. Nat. Sei., Ill, 1823, 205 ; ibid. II, 



130. 

 Elongate-oval, convex. Olivaceous black, shining; 

 clypeus, thorax and elytra margined with pale yellow; 

 under surface black or piceous; legs yellow, femora 

 black at base. Length s.2-9 mm. (Fig. 127.) 



Throughout the State ; common. March 14^ 

 October 9. At electric light in June. 

 493 (1590). Teopistebni's mixtus Lee. Proc. Phil. 

 Fig. 127. X 4. (Original.) ^^cad. Nat. Sci., VII, 1855, SOS. 



Elongate-fival. convex. Black, more or less bronzed, 

 shining ; antennse, base of palpi and apical halves of femora and tibise 

 brownish-yelloAv. Elytra with coarser and finer punctures intermingled, 

 these visible only under a lens. Length 8.5-9 mm. 



Ial"e. Laporte, Kosciusko, Putnam and ]\Iartin counties; fre- 

 quent. May 5-October 2.5. 



494 (3593). Teopisteknls srsL-Bvis IjOC, Proc. Phil. Acad. Xat. Sci., "VII, 

 1855, 308. 



Eli.ngate-oval. Black, feebly bronzed; antennae, palpi and legs dull 

 yellow, base of femora piceous. Fi-ont half of sternal crest flat, finely but 

 distinctly punctured. Length 9-10 mm. 



Putnam County; rare. July 8. 



195 (1591). Tkopisteknus glabek Herbst, Col., YII, 398. 



Resembles mi.rtus but usually broader and longer. Punctures of elytra 

 very fine and subequal in size. Front part of sternal crest concave and 

 very coarsely punctured. Length 9.5-11 mm. 



Throughout the State; common. ;\[arch 16-October 23. Often 

 found beneath rubbish along the edges of ponds and lakes. 



496 (1595). TROPJhTEK>!vs sikiolatus Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 VIT. 1855, .3tiS. 



Elongate-ova], cmivex. Olivaceous black; front of head and sides of 

 thorax yellow; ely(i-a each with sides and six or more narrow stripes on 

 disk yellow; under surface black, prosternum and legs brownish-yellow. 

 Sternal crest sulcate throughout its full length. Length 9-10.5 mm. 



A species of southern range, taken only in Yigo and Knox co^n^ 

 ties; scarce. Julv 9-October 28. 



