568 FAMILY XXI. — cnci'.iiD^. 



' 1082 (3330). L.«:mophl«us punctatus I^c, Proc. Phil. Aciid. Nat. Sci., 

 VII, 18.54. 7.5. 



Form, and color of Irstaceufi. Head and thorax more roarsely punc- 

 tured, the latter not as wide and feebly narrowed toward base. Elytra 

 shorter, more distinctly striate, the outer stria deeper ; intervals each with 

 two rows of tine punctures. Length 1.6 mm. 



Crawford County; rare. August 10. Hitherto recorded only 

 from the southern states. 



Lathropus vrrnalis Lee., dark chestnut-brown, legs, antennae and 

 front of head paler, hend and thorax covered with small elongate 

 granules, length 1.3-1.7 mm., occurs in the "Atlantic and ^Missis- 

 sippi regions." 



VII. Brontes Fab. LsOl. (Or., "thunder.") 



Ra,ther broad and vei-y flat species having the sides of thorax 

 finely and acutely serrate, the front angles strongly toothed and the 

 mesosternum emarginate in front. Two species occur in Indiana. 



*1083 (3.349). Bkontes DiiiTUS Fab., Syst. Eleut, II, 1801, 07. 



Moderately elongate, very depressed. Nearly uniform brownish-black; 

 legs and margins (jf elytra paler ; head and thorax often paler than elytra, 

 their surface coarsely and densely punctured. Antennje as long as body, 

 densely pubescent. Thorax one-half broader than long; front angles very 

 prominent and toothed, hind ones broadly rounded. Elytra broader at base 

 than thorax, with a distinct costu from humerus to apex; sides strongly 

 margined. Length 4.5-5.5 mm. 



Throughout the State; eomnion l)eii('iitli bark. February 21- 

 November 17. The mandibles of male are armed with a slender 

 curved horn which is turned upward to meet the one of the opposite 

 side. 



1084 (3350). Brontes nEBiLis T-ec, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VII, 1S54, 7ti. 

 Elongate, slender, deiiressed. Uniform |iiceous-black, clothed with short, 

 sparse yellowish hairs; antemiiie and legs reddish-brown, the former as long 

 as thorax and elytra together. Thorax about as long as wide, distinctly 

 narrowed behind the middle, sides finely and evenly serrate; front angles 

 acute, hind ones obtusely rounded ; surface densely and coarsely punctured. 

 Elytra eostate as in iliihiii.i and as there with a row of minute granules 

 along each interval, the sides between tlie cost;e and margin almost per- 

 pendicular. Length 4—5 mm. 



Marion Cnnntv; rare. November 1. Taken by sifting. The 

 narrower and less si^rrate thorax, more slender form and darker 

 color easily distinguish this from dubivs. 



