58 FAMILY IT. CAEABIDJ5, 



54 (233). Dyschirivs h^mobbhoidaus Dej., Spec. V, 1830, 511. 



Blackish-bronzed, strongly shining; antennae, legs and tips of elytra 

 pale reddish-brown. Thorax ovate, transverse. Elytral striae coarsely and 

 deeply punctate, abbreviated at base and obsolete on apical third. Length 

 2.S-3.3 mm. 



Starke, Lawrence and Fayette counties; frequent. May 11- 

 August 23. 



55 (234). Dyschibius terminatus Lee, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist., IV, 1848, 



212. 



Elongate, slender. Black, slightly bronzed, strongly shining; antennae, 

 legs, abdomen and apical third of elytra obscure reddish. Thorax as broad 

 as long, ' strongly convex, without a longitudinal impressed line. Elytral 

 stria? indistinct at base and wholly wanting on apical third, their punctures 

 indistinct; the dorsal punctures- of third interval located one on basal 

 third, one near the middle and one slightly behind the middle. Length 

 3.2 mm. 



Posey County; rare. April 26. Taken from beneath rubbish 

 in cornfield near river bank. 



D. hrevispmus Lee, black, shining, 3.4 mm. in length, occurs in 

 Michigan and Ohio and doubtless in Indiana, 



56 (237). Dyschibius sphjericoulis Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, II, 



1823, 23 ; ibid. II. 452. 

 Black^bronzed ; antennae and legs dark red. Thorax ovate, not broader 

 than long; disk with a median impressed line. Elytra deeply striate, the 

 striae entire, punctures indistinct on apical half. Length 5.5 mm. 



Fayette and Posey counties ; rare ; also two in Webster collec- 

 tion. July 4-August 23. Our largest species. 



D. I nut cuius Lee, blackish-bronzed, 5.5 mm. in length, occurs in 

 Illinois and Missouri and probably in western Indiana. 



57 (240). Dyschibius ebythbocebus Lee. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



1857, 78. 



Elongate. Blackish-bronzed, shining ; legs and antennae reddish-brown. 

 Front of head with a transverse impression between the eyes. Thorax 

 subovate, slightly longer than broad, with a fine, median impressed line. 

 Elytral striae slightly abbreviated at base and absent on apical third, 

 coarsely punctured ; dorsal punctures of third interval located one in front 

 of middle, the other, very fine, on apical third. Length 4-5 mm. 



Putnam County; rare. July 4. 



58 (254). Dyschirius hispidus Lee, New Spec. N. Amer. Col., I, 1SG3. 4. 



Blackish-bronzed, strongly shining ; antennae yellowish ; legs reddish- 

 brown. Thorax globose, as broad as long. Clypeus emarginate, two- 

 toothed. Elytral striae impressed and coarsely punctate except on apical 



