THE -;HOT!T-WTyi;iED SCATP.XilER BEETLES. 451 



slightly wider than elyti'a, sides very feebly curved; hind angles acute, 

 slightly prolonged: disk finely alutaceous, minutely and densely punctate. 

 Elj-tra together distinctly longer than wide, finely, densely and somewhat 

 roughly punctate. Abdomen minutely and closely punctnlate on basal por- 

 tion. Length S—i mm. 



Lake, Starke, Clarion and Lawrence eoiiuties ; scaree. ]\Iarch 

 26-Xo^eniber 17. Taken by sifting. The depressed fonii, much 

 less eurved sides and a.cxite hind angles of thorax readily distin- 

 guish this from crassum, with whieh it has heretofore been c-on- 

 fiised. 



Sil7 (2651). CoxosoMA prBESCEKS Payk., Monog. Carab. App.. ITtX"), 13S. 



Oval, robust, convex. Dark chestnut brown, moderately shining, sparsely 

 clothed with silken pubescence ; autemue and legs somewhat paler. Thorax 

 slightly wider than elytra, sides feebly curved, hind angles subacute, slightly 

 prolonged; disk very minutely punctnlate. Elytra rather densely and 

 minutely punctulate. Length 4 mm. 



Lawrence County; scarce. -July 29. Taken from decaying 

 fleshy fungi. 



S6S (. ). CoxosoMA CAEixuLA sp. nov. 



Broadly oval. Uniform piceous, highly polished, smooth and glabrous ; 

 antennse and legs reddish-brown. Thorax as wide as elytra, sides feebly 

 curved, hind angles rectangular. Elytra together wider than long, wholly 

 without punctures, each with three or four fine, straight rugoe or raised 

 lines on disk and a few oblique ones on sides. Length 2 mm. 



Vigo Count>-; rare. October 6. Taken from beneath bark of 

 red oak. 



Sii9 (2G54). CoxosoMA opicum Sny. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., IV, 1S34. 467; 

 ibid. II, 5S3. 

 Oval, convex. Picetms. shining, finely pubescent; elytra each with a 

 broad reddish basal cross-band: abdominal segments paler at apex; an- 

 tennse and legs reddish-brown. Thorax slightly wider than elytra, sides 

 regularly eurved; hind aiii.'les rectangular; disk sparsely and finely punc- 

 tate, minutely su-igose or alutaceous between the punctures. Elytra slightly 

 broader than long, rather densely and finely punctulate. Abdominal seg- 

 ments each with a seta from the sides of the upper surface and two at the 

 margin. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Throughoiit the state; frequent. ]May f^-No^•embe^ 17. Occurs 

 beneath the bark of fungus cohered logs. 



STO (2653). CoxosOMA easaie Erichs.. Gen. Spec. Staph., ISJO. 22.j. 



Form and color of opicum. Thorax not strigose or alutaceous between 

 the punctures. Reddish basal cross-band of elytra not reaching the side 

 margins, the humeri piceous. Length 3-8.5 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. April 1.5-Oetober 31. Prob- 

 ably only a variety of opicum. 



