:'A2 FAJtILY SI. — SXAPHTLIXnXE. 



V. Hoii.vLoTA :Mannh. l-'30. (Gr., "a flat surface.") 

 To this o-enus. as characterized in the key. belongs one Indiana 

 species. 

 tJS'J (2008). HoMALOTA PLANA Gyllh., Ins. Suec., I, ISIO, 402. 



Elongate, slender, parallel. Plceous, opaque; antennae, elytra and last 

 (l(.rs;il segment of abdomen brownish : legs dull yellow. Head large, Its sur- 

 tMi-e densely and rather coarsely ijunctate. 'fhorax slightly wider than 

 head, one-fourth narrower at base than apex; sides rounded, disk finely 

 .iiid densely punctate and with a distinct metlian impressed line. Elytra 

 one-Hiird wider and ali:iut one-half lonirer than thi.rax. densely and rather 

 lo.irsely punctate. Abdomen as long as the rest of the body, slightly nar- 

 rower than elj-tra ; its sides parallel and of equal width to terminal se^'- 

 meut. Length 2..5-2.S mm. 



ilaiion and Putnam counties: scarce. February 4-December 7 

 Taken by sifting moist vegetable debris. 



YI. Leptusa Kr. 1S5S. (Gr., "slender.") 



Elongate, slender parallel forms having the antenna^ rather 

 short, head moderately large, thorax usually narrower than elytra 

 :ind slightly narrower at base than apex. 



KEY TO IKDIAXA SPECIES OF LEPTVSA. 



a. Abdomen in great part pale. 



6. Thorax and elytra uniform brownish-piceous, much darker than the 



base of abdomen. 640. caseyi. 



hb. Thorax and elytra reddish-yellow, or of the same hue as the basal 



portion of abdomen. 64i. eeegaxs. 



00. Abdomen, as well as thorax and elytra, dart brown or piceous. 



642. OBSCUE^V 



1140 ( ). Leptusa caseyi Feny.. Eutom. News.. XVIII, 1907, 61; tri- 

 color Casey. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. L., XVI, 1906. 351. 

 Slender, parallel, convex. Uniform dark brown or i^iceuus, subopaque : 

 abdomen pale reddish-yellow the fourth and fifth dorsal segments in part 

 or wholly piceous ; anteunse black, paler at base and tips ; legs pale. An- 

 temiie longer than head and thorax, the second and third joints elongate 

 and subequal, the outer joints broader than long. Thorax a third wider 

 than head and two-fifths wider than long; surface rather coarsely, densely 

 and shallowly punctate. Elytra slightly wider, one-third longer and more 

 deeply and roughly punctate than thorax. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Putnam County; rare. April 22. Taken by sifting. This is 

 Casey's fr^cofor described from hwa and Cincinnati. Ohio. Fenyes, 

 loc. cii.. showed that Casey's name was preoccupied. 

 641 ( ). Lepttsa elegans sp. nov. 



Form of caseyi, but a little more slender. Reddish-yellow, shining, 

 sparsely clothed with very fine prostrate hairs ; head, middle joints of an- 



