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margin of elytra and epipleura, reddiisli-yellow. Third joint of antennae 

 as long as fourth and more than twice as long as second. Thorax slightly 

 longer than broad, sides nmnded; dislc strongly convex, densely and rather 

 coarsely punctured; hind angles very short, feebly carinate. Elytra with 

 puiK/tured slriw ; inter\-als flat, densely and coarsely puuctulate. Length 

 lt-10.5 mm. 



Steul)eri, Kosciusko and Stiii'ke counties; scarce. June 1-July 

 5. A handsome and easily recognized species. 



1435 (4353). LiMONirs aueifer Lee, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, X, 1853, 42!t. 

 Elongate-oblong, slender. Black, sparsely clothed with grayish hairs ; 



head and thorax shining metallic purple. Second and third joints of an- 

 tenna small, rounded, equal, together slightly shorter than fourth. Thorax 

 slightly longer than wide, sides feebly rounded ; disk strongly convex, rather 

 s|>arsely and coarsely punctured. Elytral intervals with punctures almost 

 as large as those of the stria\ Length G-7.5 mm. 



IMarion, Jackson and Lawrence counties; scarce. May 20-July 

 20. Beaten from vegetation. 



1436 (4355). Limonius gkiseus Beauv., Ins. Afr. et Amer., 1805, 214. 

 Elongate, rather slender. Dull grayish or sooty brown, head and tho- 

 rax densely, elytra more sparsely, clothed with grayish-yellow pubescence ; 

 legs and basal joints of antennae brownish-red ; epipleura, inflexed portion 

 of thorax and narrow apical and side margins of thorax and side margins 

 of elytra, often dusky reddish. Third joint of antennse nearly one-third 

 longer than second, the two together longer but narrower than fourth. Tho- 

 rax slightly longer than wide, distinctly narrower at apex than base, sides 

 feebly rounded; disk strongly convex, densely and rather coarsely punc- 

 tured. Elytral stride feebly impressed with rather large punctures ; inter- 

 vals flat, each with three irregular rows of smaller distinct punctures. Length 

 10-14 mm. 



Throughout the State ; common. May 12-July 12. Taken by 

 sweeping grass and beating vegetation. 



1437 (4356). I,tmonics interstitialis Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



II, 1845, 215. . 

 Elongate, robust, subdepressed. Dull sooty brown, sparsely clothed 

 with yellowish hairs, more densely on head. Third joint of antennfe scarce- 

 ly one-fourth longer than second, slightly shorter than fourth. Thorax as 

 wide as long, sides nearly straight on basal half, feebly rounded in front 

 of middle; disk rather densely and coarsely punctate, a median impressed 

 line on basal two-thirds ; hind angles acute, strongly carinate. Elytral strife 

 with fine punctures ; intervals subconvex, distinctly and rather coarsely 

 punctate. Length 13.5-17.5 mm. 



Southern half of the State, frequent; much less so in the north- 

 ern counties. I^Fay 16-Septemher 18. Occurs on vegetation and 

 beneath cover. Our largest species of the genus. 



