THE GROUND BEETLES. 



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04 (209). Clivina Americana Dej., Spec, V, 1830, 503. 



Elongate, slender. Black; legs and very narrow outer margin of 

 thorax and elytra dirk reddish-brown; antennae paler. Elytral stria 1 en- 

 tire, finely punctulate. Length 5 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. April 1-July 23. 

 C. ferrea Lec, 5.2 mm. in length, has been taken in Illinois and 

 perhaps occurs in western Indiana. 



05 (275). Clivina bipustulata Fab., Syst. El., I, 1801, 125. 



Black, usually with two large, obscure red spots at base of elytra 

 and two near the apex ; legs and antenna? reddish-brown. Elytral striae 

 deeply punctate. Length G-7.5 mm. 



Frequent in the southern half of the State ; taken in the north 

 only in Lake County. April 4-July 1. 



C. postica Lec, a southern species, 5.2 mm. in length and hav- 

 ing the front tibia? armed with two teeth, has been taken near Cin- 

 cinnati and probably occurs in the southern third of Indiana. 



XIII. Aspidoglossa Putz. 1846. (Gr., "a shield + tongue.") 



Represented in the United States by a single, small, black spe- 

 cies having the mentum feebly emarginate ; thorax subglobose ; 

 head without fine grooves ; front tarsi dilated in both sexes. 



60 (280). Aspidoglossa subangulata Chaud., Bull. Mo-sc, 

 IV, 1843, 738. 



Black, strongly shining; antennae and legs reddish-brown; 

 elytra with a reddish spot on apical fourth. Thorax short, 

 subglubose, apex truncate ; disk smooth without median line. 

 Elytra deeply striate, the stride coarsely punctate ; second 

 interval with seven or eight, the fourth with five or six, 

 dorsal punctures. Length 7.5 mm. (Fig. 40.) 



Southern third of State ; frequent. April 8-Sep- 

 tember 19. Occurs beneath the bark of logs in low, Fig. 46. 

 moist woods; also beneath stones and rubbish near 

 water. Resembles closely Clivina bipustulata and doubtless con- 

 fused with that species in many collections. Readily distinguished 

 by the shorter, more globose thorax and the numerous dorsal punc- 

 tures of second and fourth intervals. A member of the Austrori- 

 parian fauna. 



XIV. Schizogenitjs Putz. 1846. (Gr., "cleft + chin.") 



Small blackish or reddish brown beetles allied to Clivina, bu1 

 having the mentum deeply emarginate: head with numerous fine,. 



