GIO FAMILY XXV. HISTEEID.E. 



1159 (3509). HiSTEE exakatus Lee, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. V, 1S45. 59; 

 111. III. fig. 12. 



Also closely allied to (inn:iiciiinis, but differing by baving the outer 

 tboi-acic stria wliolly absent; the elytral striie finer, tbe fifth joining the 

 sutural ; surface smooth. I>ength 3.5 mm. 



Vigo and Lawrence counties; scarce. July l-.Jnly 29. Taken 

 from decaying fungi, Agarices. 



IKiil (3510). HiSTER NuiiiLUS Lec, Col. of Kansas, 1S.'>9, 7. 



Broadly oyal, subconye.x. Thorax with inner stria entire; tbe outer, 

 short, .-ipical. l<:iytra with four entire strite; fifth short, apical; sutural 

 extending in front of middle. Front tibiiE with four teeth, the apical one 

 slightly bifid. Length 5 mm. 



A well marked species described from Kansas and represented 

 in the collection by a single specimen taken in Vigo County, June 7, 

 from beneath the carcass of a dead hen. 



1161 (3511). HiSTEE poixrius Lec, Col. of Kansas, 1859, 7. 



Resembles niihilns, but differs by being less broad and by having tbe 

 fourth dorsal short, basal only, or with a few disconnected punctures at 

 apex. Epipleura with three strife, .\iiical tooth of front tibiae larger. 

 Length 5 mm. 



Lake and Crawford comities: rare, ^lay IS-JIay 25. 



Gboup D. 



To this group belongs a single small species, separated from its 

 allies by the characters mentioned in key. 



11(12 (3502). HiSTEE SEEVDs Erichs., Jahrbucb, 1S34. 147. 



Oval, convex. Thorax with two marginal striaj, tbe outer usually entire, 

 sometimes abbreviated to one-half or three-fourths. Elytra with four entire 

 stria?, fifth short, apical; sutural half the length of elytra; subbuuieral en- 

 tirely absent. Pygidium cduvex, coarsely and rather densel,\-, propygidium 

 more densely and more coarsely, punctured. Front tibiae with three teeth, 

 the apical one deeply bifid. Length 3.5-4.5 mm. 



Vigo County; scarce. May 2(VJune 11. H. dcfectus Lec, is 

 lirobably a synonym of .'<crrHS. as the two are separated 'on the length 

 of the thoracic stria, which varies exceedingly in the specimens of 

 .■^crvv.s before me. 



Subgenus II. (Phelistee.) 



V(-ry small, oval species, having the inner thoracic stria absent, 

 i^he outer sometimes present and then very close to margin; prester- 

 num with a stria on ench side ; mesosternum prominent in front. Of 

 the six species known from the TTnited States, two occur in Indiana. 



