i'2.4- FA:\rrLY- xr. — rtatii vmnidjc. 



Laporte County; rare. July 25. Described from New York, 

 Ontario and Illinois. 



*S10 (2522). Lathkobidm akmati m Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, IV, 1834, 

 453 ; ibid. II, 568. 

 Elongate, rather robust. Black or iiiceous, feebly shining; palpi, an- 

 'teunaa and legs reddish-brown. Head as wide as elytra, its sides rounded 

 into liase; surlace finely and spai-sely imnctate. Thorax oblong, nearly 

 e(|ual in widtli to head and elytra ; surC-u-c, as \\ell as that of elytra, 

 foarsely, evenly and sparsely punetate ; llie median snioolli line very nar- 

 row. Abdomen as wide as elytra, parallel, finely and i-ather closely but 

 not densely imnetale. Length S-10 mm. 



South(!i'ii half of State, frequent; less so in the noiiliern coun- 

 ties. Fehi'uary 14-Hepte)iil)er 22. Occurs especially in low, damp 

 sandy places; taken also at sap of soft maple. 



SU (2.524J. LATiiBOBlijr SIMILE, I>ec., N. Sp. X. Am. Col.. I, 1863, 43. 



Elongate, ratlier slender. Black, shining; elytra and abdomen piceous ; 

 antemiffi and tip of abdomen reddish-brown; legs paler. Head subquadrate, 

 sparsely and Hnely punctate. Thora.Y oblong, as wide or sliglitly wider than 

 head, scarcely longer than wide, rather coarsely and sparsely punctate. 

 Elytra as long and sliglitly wider than thorax. Abdomen as wide as elytra, 

 minutely and very densely punctate. Fifth ventral of male narrowly and 

 deeply impressed along the middle; sixth also with a lengthwise groove 

 and a wide, dee|) notch at apex. Length 7.5-0 mm. 



Vigo and JMarion counties ; scarce. Feliruary 14-( )etober 4. 



812 { ). LaTHROEIUM INSANIS sp. nov. 



Elongate, slender. Dark reddish-brown; elytra tinged with red; legs 

 and antenna' paler. Head snl]i[uadratc, narro^eil in front, its surface, as 

 well as that (jf thorax, closely and rather coarsely punctate. Antenn;e 

 slender, the outer joints obeonieal, as wide at apex as long. Thorax longer 

 than wide, its sides straight, feebly converging from apex t.i b,ise. Elytra 

 as long as thorax, finely and much more sparsely punctate than there. 

 Abdomen finely and densely punctate. Notch of last ventral of male dis- 

 tinctly wider and less deep than in simile. I^ength .s.."i mm. 



Laporte Covmty; rare. July 25. 



L. cruralin Casey was described from New Jersey, Ohio and 

 Iowa. L. (diicol/ir Lee., is said by Casey to occur in "Indiana and 

 westward. ' ' 



Group c. ( r>ATi-iRonTOMA.) 



This KTiHip is eonqiosi'd of rather small, slender si)eiies which 

 resemble thosi' of Grottp B. in their lar.u'e head and thick, bead-like 

 antenna', but the joints of the hind tarsi are sube(|ual. Casey has 

 placed ill the !;r(mp 11 species, two of which may occur in Ihe State, 

 though ueillier is in the collection at hand. Thev are: 



