THE CLICK BEETLES. 



735 



ohliquus Say. de.scribed in 1836. The form with yellow space at 

 apex of elytra was de.scribed by him as areolatus 13 years previous, 

 and hence that name has priority. 



1390 (4248). Elatee PU.SIO Germ., Zeitschr., V, 1844, 169. 



Elongate-oblong, subconvex, pubescent with rather long yellowish hairs. 

 Head, thorax and under parts dull reddish- yellow ; elytra reddish-brown. 

 Thorax broader than long, but slightly naiTowed In front ; bind angles 

 short, acute, feebly divergent; surface very finely and sparsely punctured. 

 Elytral striie feebly impressed with rather coarse punctureis ; intervals finely 

 and sparsely punetulate. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Kdsi-iusko, Posey and Crawford counties; scarce. June 21— 

 July 11. Beaten from vegetation. Our smallest species of the 

 genus. 



XXYII. Drasterus Esch. 



Ib29. (Gr.. "active.") 



In this genus the dilated part of 

 the hind coxa is truncate and not 

 emarginate in front of the trochanter ; 

 antennae feebly serrate, the third joint 

 longer than second, the two together 

 longer than the fourth. For a s^-nop- 

 tical table and notes on the eight 

 known North American species, see 



Lcf'onic. — Trans. .\mer. Ent. So- 

 ciety. XII, 1884. 4-6. 



But one species has bceji taken in 

 Indiana, though another one probably 

 occurs. 



1391 C42.o3,). Deastebius elegans Fall.. 

 Ent Syst., I, 1708. 230. 

 Elongate-oblong, subconvex. Dull red- 

 dish-brown, finely and sparsely pubescent ; 

 head, median spot or stripe on thorax, scutellum, spot before the middle on 

 each elytron and subapical crossbar, black. Thorax slightly longer than 

 wide, feebly narrowed in front ; hind angles acute, prominent ; surface 

 rather finely but very distinctly punctured. Elytral stri.-e with rather 

 coarse punctures; intervals slightly convex, sjjarsely and finely puuctulate. 

 Length 6-7 mm. (Fig. 282.) 



Throughout the State; fri^iiuent. February 12-December 26. 

 Hibernates beneath rubbish in same localities as Monocr( phlius 

 nurltus and oftt^n confused with that spt^cies. The black discal 

 spot of thorax is sometimes reduced to a mere point. 



[47—23402] 



Fig. 282. X 7i. (After Forbes.) 



