354 



PAjriLY Xr. fiTAI'IlYLINTD^. 



third wider than long, finely ami densely punctate ; disk with a very fine 

 median line which expands into a shallow irayrcssinn at base. Elytra 

 scarcely widei- than thin'ax, densely and finely punctate. Abdomen finely 

 and very sparsely jjunctured. Length o mm. 



Starke and Clark cimntics: scarf c. .May 7-:\Iay If). 



(;(;4 (201(lj. ATHEr.\ .KMUL.\ Erichs.. (ien. Spec. Sluph., 184U, 102. 



Elongate, rather slender. Black, shining; elytra, legs and base of an- 

 tennae more or les.< dull jellovv. Antenrue slightly longer than head and 

 thorax, third joint distinctly longer than second. Thorax scarcely one- 

 third wider than long, minutely and rather sparsely punctate; disk with a 

 rather wide, shallo^^• impression at middle of base. Elytra one-third wider 

 and one-half longer than thorax, densely and rather coarsely punctate. 

 Length 2.7-3 mm. 



ilarion, Putnam and Clark counties; frequent. March 6-No- 

 vember 28. Taken by sifting. The sides of elytra are more or less 

 fuscous. 



tJijS ( ). Atheta caviceps sp. nov. 



Elongate, rather stout, parallel. Head, thorax and abdomen piceous, 

 sparsely clothed with fine, pale prostrate hairs ; elytra dark dull reddish- 

 brown ; antennse piceous, the basal joints and legs dull reddish-yellow. 

 Front of head with a broad shallow impression. AutemiiB slender, reach- 

 ing middle of elytra, the third joint slightly longer than second. Thorax 

 one-third wider than long, sides broadly rounded into base, surface finely 

 and sparsely punctate and with a faint median impressed line. Elytra 

 scarcely wider and one-third longer than thorax, finely and roughly punc- 

 tate. Abdomen equal to elytra in width. Lengtb 2 mm. 



Lake, Marshall and ^Marion counties; rare. May 15-j\Iay 20. 



ii<;(j ( ). Atheta dextata Brnh., Deutsch. Eutom. Ztsehr., 1906, 342. 



Elongate, robust. Blackish piceous, shining, 

 sparsely and finely pubescent; elytra dull clay 

 yellow, the humeri, margins and apical angles 

 often darker ; legs dusky yellow. Head broad, 

 convex, almost smooth. Antennse stout, reach- 

 ing beyond base of thorax, second and third 

 joints subequal, eleventh almost as long as s-lo 

 combined. Thorax slightly broader than long, 

 sides nearly straight, hind angles rounded, sur- 

 face sparsely, finely and roughly punctate and 

 with a feeble impression at middle of base. Ely- 

 Ira but slightly wider and one-third longer than 

 thorax, minutely and roughly punctate. Length 

 ;!-3.2 mm. (Fig. 154.) 



Throughout the State; common in the 

 .■■'nutliern counties ; less so northward. 

 .March 16-November 2!). Our largest species; taken by sifting, 

 rarel\- by l)cating, and pi'obably hibernates. 



Fig. 154. X 16. (Original.) 



