THE nAKKLlNG BEETLES. 1251 



flexed; base sinnnte. iingles not iwominent ; surface with coarse* and fine 

 liunc-tiu-es intermixed, tlic cuiu-hio ones more numerous on the sides. Elytral 

 strJM' cliisely and dens<'ly punctate; intervals subi-onvcx. liuely and rather 

 densely punctnlate. Length ]2-i:j nun. 



Thi'oughoiit the State; cummoii beneath bark. Hibernates. 

 February 20-Deeeniber 8. 



VII. DoLiEMA Pasc. 1860. (Gr., "insidious.") 



Small, pale, very fiat species having the antennte gradually 

 thickened towards the tip. The males have a small triangular horn 

 or tooth each side of the head in front of the eyes. One of the two 

 known species occurs in the State. 



2313 (7421). DoLiEJiA pallida Say. .7. .urn. Phil. Aend. Nat. Sci., Ill, 1S24. 

 271 ; ibid. II, lUO. 

 Oblong, parallel, much depressed. Pale reddish-brown. Head concave 

 between the eyes; clypeus emarginate. Thorax obcordate, much narrowed 

 behind the middle, apex broadly and deeply emarginate ; front angles 

 rounded, hind ones rectangular ; surface finely and sparsely punctured and 

 with a short impressed line each side near base. Elytra with rows of mi- 

 nute punctures, the side mai'gius slightly elevated. Length 4.5-5 mm. 



Crawford County; rare. September 8. Occurs beneath bark. 

 Resembles a Cucujid in form and general appearance. Listed as 

 Adelina pallida. 



Tribe II. PEDIXIM. 



In this tribe the body is oval, not very convex; front short and 

 broadly dilated on the sides; cl.ypeus emarginate, covering the base 

 of mandibles; bibruni jirominent; el>-tra feebly embracing tln^ sides 

 of abdomen; middle eoxiij with distinct trocliantin; hind coxa' well 

 sejiMi-Mted; front smd sometimes the middle tarsi of males dilateil 

 and spong.v l>eueath. But two <ii' the six recognized genera are rep- 

 i-escutcd in the State. 



KEY TO INDI.\.\A (aiiXERA OF PEMXIiNI. 



a. Eyes not entirely divided; meutum trilobed in front; length S-10 mm. 



VIII. IIOPATEINI s. 



an. Eyes completely divided, the upper portion large, rounded; mentum not 



trilobed ; length less than 7 mm. IX. Blapstinus. 



VIII. HoP.\TRiNTS Latr. ^?29. (Gr., "also H- a senator.") 



To this genus, as above limited, lielong three species, one of 

 which occurs in Indiana. 



