674 PAJIILY XXXI. — BYBKHID/"E. 



narrow, black, sliglitly elevated lines and a double row of small grayish 

 spots arranged crosswise, just behind the middle. Length 4.5-5 mm. 



Crawford County; rare. July 25. 



IV. LiMNiCHUS Latr. (Gr., "a pool or marsh + love.") 



Here belong nearly a score of very small species having the la- 

 bruni distinct; antenna? inserted at the sides of the front; head 

 strongly retracted, the eyes, labrum and mandibles concealed in 

 repose. They are found along the borders of streams and lakes, 

 where they burrow in the ground and emerge ^vhen water is thrown 

 on the banks. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF LIMNICHUS. 



a. Body beneath densely and coarsely punctured ; blackish-bronzed, densely 

 clothed with yellowish pubescence. 1292. puxctatvs. 



aa. Body beneath finely, In part sparsely punctured. 



6. Under surface shining; above black, shining, very sparsely clothed 



with gi-nyish pubescence. 3-93. nitidulus. 



hi). Under surface opaque; above dark brown to piceous, rather densely 



clothed with pale brown or yellowish pubescence. 1294. ovati'S. 



1292 (3901). Li^rNieirrs punctaits Lee, Troc. Phil. Acad. Xat. Pci., VII, 



1854, 116. 

 Oval, C(nive.\-. Blackish-bronzed, densely covered with golden gray pu- 

 bescence. Thorax more than twice as wide as long, sides feebly and evenly 

 curved; surface, as well as that of elytra, coarsely and densely punctate; 

 median groove fine, distinct. Prosternum coarsely punctate, and with a 

 wide and rteeii longitudinal groove. Alidomen coarsely and densely punc- 

 tured. Length 1.8-2 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. Hibernates. May 5-Decem- 

 ber 7. In October I once found a number of this species sunning 

 themselves on the vertical cliffs of sandstone along the Ohio Eivcr 

 at Cannelton, Perry County. 



1293 (.3907). LniNiciius NiTiDUrrs Lcc. loc. cit.. p. 117. 



Oval, narrowed before and behind. Black, shining, very sparsely clothed 

 with yellowisli puliesceuce. Thorax sparsely .-uid finely punctate, median 

 groove short but distinct; scutelluni one-third longer than wide at base, 

 highly polished. lOlytra sparsely and Ici'lily pnnclured. the punctures on 

 side and near suture semi-obsolete. I'rcisternuni sparsely punctate, median 

 groove distinct excejit on apical lnurth. .MidiMueu finely and rather sparsely 

 punctate. Length 1.7 nuu. 



Shores of Bass Lake, Starke Ciiunty; frequent locally; also in 

 Webster collection from Indiana. .Miiy IS-August 20. Known 

 heretofore only from Georgia. 



