262 FAMILY VI. — HYDROPHILID^.. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OP CYMBIODTTA. 



a. Form oval ; elytra witli rows of coarser punctures distinct at least on 



sides. 



6. Color wholly piceous. fimbkiata. 



&6. Dull brownish-yellow; head black, with a large yellow spot in front 



of each eye. 509. blanchaedi. 



aa. Form oblong; elytra without rows of coarser punctures; piceous with 



a pale border. lacustbis. 



C. fimbriata Melsh., 4.5-5.5 mm. in length, occurs from Canada 

 to Pennsylvania and Texas. C. lacustris Lee, 4-4.5 mm. in length, 

 is a boreal species which may occur in northern Indiana. 



509 (9319). Ctmbiodtta blanchaedi Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, XVII, 



1890, 258. 

 Rather broadly oval, scarcely narrowed in front, moderately convex. 

 Dark smoky brown ; margins of thorax and elytra paler ; head black with a 

 reddish-yellow spot in front of each eye ; beneath piceous or brown, tarsi 

 paler. Thorax and elytra rather closely punctate, the rows of coarser 

 punctures represented only by a few distant punctures, except the outermost 

 row, which is distinct. Sutural stria well impressed and reaching two-thirds 

 to base. Length 4 mm. 



Steuben, Putnam and Lawrence counties; scarce. March 25- 

 August 11. Taken on the under side of flat stones in swift running 

 water. Resembles Philhydrtis ocJiraceus, but more broadly oval in 

 form. 



XIV. Helocombt'S Horn. 1890. (Gr., "marsh 4- border.") 



Jlaxillary palpi very long and slender, the last joint distinctly 

 shorter than third ; thorax without a basal marginal line ; elj^tra dis- 

 tincly striate. One species is known from the eastern United States. 



510 (1629). HELOcoMBrs bifidus Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VII, 



1855, 371. 

 Oblong-oval, subdepressed. Piceous, shining; tarsi and narrow margin 

 of thorax and elytra paler. Thorax closely and finely punctate. Elytra 

 rather deeply striate, the stri;ie entire except the inner three; inten-als ou 

 sides convex, flatter on disk, rather coarsely punctate. Length 5.5-7 mm. 



Lakes of northern half of State, frequent ; also in ilarion and 

 Fountain counties. April 3-August 20. 



XV. Hydrobius Leach. 1817. (Gr., "water -^ life.") 



To this genus, as now limited, belong six of the larger species of 

 the Henshaw list. They have the last joint of the maxillary palpi 

 always longer than the third, and the elytra with either ten rows of 

 punctures or Ifl-striate. Three of the species have been taken in 

 the State, while another may occur. 



