THH lIlSrJliK BEETLES. G21 



base and a single larger une m front of scutellum. Elytra witli an irregular 

 trianiiular space of ratber coarse and sparse punctures on apical third; 

 humeral stria very fine; internal sulihumeral, short, subapical ; first dorsal 

 extending four-fifths to apex, second, third and fourth gradually shorter, 

 the fourth arched to join to sutural, which extends two-thirds to apex and 

 thence continued by pinictures. Front tibia> finely denticulate. Length .S.f) 

 4.5 mm. 



Lal^e. ]\rarsli:ill. Tippepanne and Pntnam counties; scai-cp. May 

 :27-Scptoniber 13. 



1189 ( ). Sapeinus simulatus sp. nov. 



Oblong-oval. Black, shining; antennse and legs 



piceous. Head minutely and very indistinctly punc- 

 tured. Thorax rather finely and densely punctured at 

 the sides and with a single row of coarse punctures 

 along the base. Elytra rather sparsely and finely punc- 

 tured on apical fourth, with a few scattered ones ex- 

 tending between the sutural and fourth dorsal to mid- 

 dle or beyond ; internal subhumeral short, subapical ; 

 dorsal strife deeply impressed, obsoletely punctured, 

 the first extending four-fifths to apex ; second, third 

 and fourth nearly ecpial and but little shorter than Fig- 236. x 6i. (Origiml.) 

 lirst, the fourth arching at base and .loining the sutural, which extends 

 three-fourths to apex. I'ropygidinm and pygidium rather finely and densely 

 punctured. Front tibiif with five distinct teeth. Length 4-4.5 mm. (Fig. 

 236.) 



Vigo and Crawford counties; rare. April 1!-J[ay 11. Accord- 

 ing to Horn 's key, this runs to vescus Mars., but comparisons with 

 examples of that species at Cambridge show vescus to be a smaller 

 and much more shining species, with thorax more uniformly and 

 pygidium much more sparsely punctate. 



1190 (3597). SAPr.iNTs minutus Lee, Bost Journ. Nat. Hist, V, 1845, 73. 



pi. y, fig. 9. 

 Broadly ovate, ricenus-black tinged with bronze ; legs reddish-brown. 

 Thorax smooth at middle, finely and sparsely punctulate on sides. Elytra 

 sparsely and coarsely punctate on apical third, the punctures extending 

 along suture beyond the middle; oblique humeral continuous with internal 

 subhumeral which, with first and second dorsals, extends three-fourths to 

 apex ; third dorsal reaching slightly beyond middle, fourth extending to 

 middle only and joining the sutural, which is abbreviated at apex. Front 

 tibiae finely denticulate. I^ength 2 mm. 



Vermillion County; rare. August 11. The smallest species of 

 the genus in the State. Horn in his Monograph states that the 

 sutural stria of minutus attains the apex and joins the apical mar- 

 ginal line, but LeConte in his original description says that it is 

 "posfirr ahhreviata" and figures it so. It reaches only three- 



