726 FAMILY XXXVI r. — ELATEKinj5. 



*1368 (4162). Hypnoidds obliquatulus Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., II, 1844, 214. 

 Resembles pectoralis but usually a little larger and more convex ; tho- 

 rax more distinctly sinuate in front of hind angles, which are slightly di- 

 vergent. Color piceous, each elytron with an oblique median yellowish 

 band, reaching the margin but not the suture, and an oval apical spot of 

 variable size, also yellow. Length 2.3-2.7 mm. 



Marion, Putnam, Vigo and Posey counties ; frequent. January 

 ,3-May 30. Occurs in sandy localities where it hibernates beneath 

 partially buried logs and chunks. Taken in early spring by sifting. 



XXI. CEDOSTETi-irs Lee. 18.53. (Gr,, "swollen -i- breast.") 



Thorax distinctly margined, without basal fissures; mandibles 

 prominent; antenna; long, the third joint one-half longer than sec- 

 ond; tarsi long, slender, pubescent. One species only is known 

 from the eastern United States. 



1369 (4166). CEdostethus femoealis Lee, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, X, 



1858, 489. 

 Elongate-oblong, subconvex. Piceous-black, very sparsely pubescent with 

 yellowish hairs; two basal joints of antennae, base of femora, tibioe and 

 tarsi yellow. Thorax as wide as long, convex, narrowed at apex and in 

 front of hind angles, which are small, acute, diverging and with a long 

 carina ; surface very finely and sparsely punctate. Elytra with sides par- 

 allel to apical third, thence rounded to apex ; striae indistinct on disk, wholly 

 wanting on sides. Length 4.5-5.5 mm. 



;\Iarion, Posey and Franklin counties; scarce. April 28-June 

 10. 



XXII. Anchastus Lee. 1853. (Gr., "to strangle.") 



Third joint of tarsi furnished beneath with a membranous lobe ; 

 fourth joint small and received upon the third ; front very convex, 

 its front margin roimded; hind coxal plates very narrow on the 

 outer side, suddenly dilated and strongly toothed on the inner; 

 tarsal claws simple. 



1370 (4174). Anchastus binus Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, VI, 1836, 



177 ; ibid. II, 614. 

 Elongate-oblong, subconvex. Black, pubescent with short yellowish 

 hairs ; elytra each with a large dull yellow spot extending from base nearly 

 to middle, not reaching the suture, and another, smaller, on apical fourth ; 

 antennas and legs reddish-yellow. Thorax longer than wide, narrowed on 

 apical third; sides parallel and straight on basal two-thirds; hind angles 

 acute, the carlnaj long. Elytra striate, the striae deeply punctate ; intei-yals 

 densely and rugosely punctulate. Length 7-7.5 mm. 



