THE CLICK BEETLES. 725 



Marion, Putnam and Lawrence counties; rare. May 24r-June 

 29. Beaten from vegetation near water. 



1364 (10,053). Hypnoidus melsheimeki Horn., Trans. Amer. Bnt. Soc, 



XVIII, 1891, 19. 

 Oblong, moderately convex. Pjceous black, shining, sparsely and finely 

 pubescent; elytra each with a humeral and subapical yellow spot; antennse 

 fuscous, joints 2 and 3 paler ; legs reddish-yellow. Thorax wider than 

 long, narrowed in front; sides curved, straight on basal third; hind angles 

 broad, acute at tip, the carina long; disk convex, quite smooth near the 

 base. Elytra as wide at base as thorax, sides nearly parallel, narrowed 

 on apical third; disk striate, striJB very finely punctured; intervals slightly 

 conyex, sparsely and minutely punctulate. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Putnam County; rare. March 20-April 11. Taken by sifting 

 the debris of a locust stump. 



H. cuciiUafus Horn, black, elytra feebly bronzed, length 3.5 mm., 

 is recorded from Ohio, Texas and I^tah. 



1365 (41 e4). Hypxoidus .isstivus Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 1S71, 304. 

 Elongate-oblong, subconvex. Piceous, moderately shining, sparsely pu- 

 bescent ; basal joints of antennje, hind angles of thorax, legs, a humeral and 

 subapical spot on each elytron, dull yellow. Thorax not longer than wide, 

 slightly narrowed In front, widest a little in front of middle; sides curved, 

 distinctly sinuate in front of hind angles, which are slender, acute and dis- 

 tinctly divergent, with short carina ; disk sparsely and finely punctate. Ely- 

 tra with sides feebly curved, disk striate, strise punctured ; intervals slightly 

 convex, punctured as the thorax. Length 4^5 mm. 



Floyd and Posey counties : scarce, ilay 30-June 23. 



1366 (4165). Htpnoidus pebplexus Horn, Trans. Amer. Bnt. Soc, 1871, 



304. 

 Resembles wsti-ims but smaller, with the thorax distinctly longer than 

 wide, the median smooth line more evident The elytra have only a humeral 

 pale spot, and are more distinctly striate. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Vigo County; rare. I\Iay 14. 



*1367 (4161). HyPNOiDus pectoralis Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, VI, 

 1836, 173 ; ibid. II, 608. 

 Oblong, feebly convex, subopaque, sparsely and finely pubescent. Color 

 variable from entirely dull yellow to wholly piceous; often piceous with a 

 humeral space on elytra paler, or dull yellow with a transverse fuscous 

 band behind the middle of elytra and extending narrowly along the suture 

 to apex ; antennre and legs pale yellow. Thorax as wide as long, slightly 

 narrowed in front, widest at middle, sides curved ; hind angles small, acute, 

 not divergent, the carina short ; disk convex, very distinctly and rather 

 closely punctate. Elytra slightly wider than thorax, sides curved, disk with- 

 out strife ; surface less distinctly punctate than thorax. Length 1.5-2.5 mm. 



Lake, Vigo and Harrison counties : scarce. January 7-June 21. 

 Hibernates beneath chunks and bai'k. 



