THE <H0F,T-\VIX(:EP ^' ATEXGER BEETLE-. 393 



lo^ (-l'4;ji. AcTOBivs sOBBixi s Erichs.. Gen. Sper. Staph.. IvlM. 51-. 



El.iuirate. slender. Head and thorax black; elytra and abdomen iiic- 

 eous. shinlog; anteunse brownish, joints 7-10 as wide as long, the two 

 basal lines and legs pale yellow. Head quadrate, coarsely and rather 

 sparsely punctate on sides and beneath. Thorax not wider than head, 

 eoarsely and rather closely punctate exeeiit at middle. Elytra described 

 in key. Abdomen sparsely pumrate. the segments paler at tip. the first 

 four dorsal ones deeply, transversely impres-sed at bas& Length -i.o- 

 .j.o mm. 



Throughout the State : frequent. April 9-October 17. Occurs 

 beneath dead leaves and liark. 



750 (2:^46). AcroBii s loxatis Horn. Ti;ms. Amer. Ent. Smi-.. XI. ls^4. 229. 

 Elongrare. broader than in the pieieilini: form<. Head, thorax and ely- 

 tra black, shining : abdomen and legs piceous. the tarsi paler ; antenme 

 liriiflTiish. shoner than head and timrax. the joints Imiger than wide. Head 

 subquadrate, with a few c-oarse punctures alung the sides. Thorax not 

 wider than head, nearly as wide ns long, punctures coarse, sparse. Elytra 

 wider and slightly lunger than thorax, tngether longer than wide. AMo- 

 men subopaque. rather densely and finely punctate ; the se<;nuil and third 

 dorsal segments sballowly impressed at base. Length 7>-5Xi nun. 



Putnam and Pusey counties: frequent. April 22-OLtolier 17. 

 Sifted from beneath damp vegetable debris. 



7i'.U i224lM. AcTOBius PABCus HoiTi. Traus. Amer. Ent. Sm-.. XI. Iss4, i;34. 

 Slender, subfusiform. Black, shining : elj-tra and abdomen with a pie- 

 ecius tinge; legs dull yellow, the tarsi dusky; antennie brownish, reaching 

 middle of thorax : terminal joLuts paler, all as wide as long. Head oval, 

 sparsely and coarsely punctate on sides and beneath. Thorax slightly 

 wider than head, very little longer than wide : the punctures each side of 

 the median smooth space arran.'eil in a regular row of seveu. Elytra a 

 little wider and longer than thorax, sjiarsely and e■'a^^el,^ punctate. Ab- 

 domen more finely punctate, the second and third dorsal seciiieiits nar- 

 rowly transversely impressed at base. Length 3.-5 mm. 



Knsciusko. Starke and Putnam counties; frequent. Apiil 17- 

 October 17. Taken by sifting. 



701 (22.51 I. AcTOBii'^ P^IDEEOIDES 1*0-,. X. Sji. X. Amer, Col.. I. IsiS. :>. 



Elongate, -lender. Head. njesi> and metasterna and tip of abdomen 

 bhick : thorax, ba-^f- of alxlomen and leg- yellow ; elytra black with a bluish 

 tiUL'e. the tips paler; antennse piceon-. three basal .joints paler, joints iJ-lO 

 as wide as long. Head very coarsely jiunctate. smooth at middle. Thorax 

 oblonir. not wider than head, slightly narrower near tia<e; sides distinctly 

 sinuate: disk coarsely and rather sparsely punctate with a narrow median 

 smooth space. El.vtra rather .oarsel.v. not densely punctate. length 3.5- 

 4.."i mm. 



Throughout the State: scarce. May 19-September -4. Occurs 

 j.ereMth ruliliisli along the margins of ponds and streams. 



