742 FAinr.Y xxxvii. — ■elatick:!!.*':. 



flower.s of Craliifius, and later on foliag'- of various plants. Noted 

 as mating on April 26. 



1400 (4293)*. Agriotes avulsus Lee, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, X, 1S5.3, 457. 

 Elongate-oblong; convex. Piceous-blaek, shining; sparsely clothed with 



yellowish pubescence ; legs and antennas pale reddish-brown. Thorax slightly 

 longer than wide, sides rounded on apical third; hind angles feebly diverg- 

 ing, strongly carinate ; surface rather sparsely and very coarsely punctate. 

 Blytral strire rather coarsely punctate; intervals nearly flat, sparsely and 

 roughly punctulate. Length S mm. 



Vigo County; scarce. May 24-June 9. l!eaten from foliage. 

 Known lieretof(>re only from New England and Pennsylvania. 

 Reseml)]('s yuhr^i'ms l)ut readily distinguished l)y the form of hind 

 coxal plates, more shinin.g surface and mori' coarsely punctured 

 thorax. 



XXXI. DoLOPTUS Esch. 1829. (Gr., "crafty.") 



Differs from A(/rioirs only in having the side margin of the 

 thorax straight instead of being bent downward in front. One 

 species only is known from North America. 



1401 (42t)7l. DoLOPiDS LATERALIS Esch., Thon. Archiv.. Ent. II, 1S2'.), :_14. 

 Elongate, slender, subconvex. Picenns or sooty brown, sparsely clothed 



will] short .yellowish pubescence; apex and hind ani;les of thorax, more or 

 less distinct subhumeral stripe of elytra, legs and Imsal joinls of antennse, 

 yellowish. Thorax slightly longer than wide, sides parallel, rounded on 

 apical fourth; hind angles acute, prominent, not divergent; disk densely 

 and rather finely punctate, and with a faint median impressed line on 

 basal half. El.ytral striffi with distinct, cldsc-set punctures; intervals Hat, 

 finely, densely and rugosely punctulate. Length 7-8 mm. 



Northern half of State; fre(|uent. April l.")-October 12. Beaten 

 from foliage, especially that of tamaracl^; often occurs on flowers 

 of blackberry. In some specimens the yellow on elytra is reduced 

 to a mere trace on humeral angles. 



XXXII. Glypiiontvx Cand. lS(i:!. (Gr., "carve -h claw.") 



Small, slender, 1)i'o\vnish beetles, atlennate behind the middle 

 and having the clypeiis more or less ananlale; hind angles of tlio- 

 ra\- not carinate; third and fourth joinls of tarsi slightly hibed 

 beneath. Five sjx'cics are known from the United States, four of 

 which occur in Indiana. 



