THE GROUND BEETLES. 



Ill 



ee. Elytra with a common sutural reddisn spot behind the middle. 



/. Legs dull yellow; hind angles rounded at tip. 175. velox. 



ff. Legs dark ; hind angles not rounded. celeb. 



*170 (694). Loxandrus eectus Say, Trans. Ainer. Phil. Soc, II, 1823, 58; 

 ibid. II, 481, 534. 



Elongate-oblong. Piceous black, shining; antennae, palpi and legs red- 

 dish-brown. Thorax nearly as broad as elytra; sides feebly curved; basal 

 impressions deep, not punctured. Elytra! striae deep, finely punctured on 

 their sides; intervals convex. Length 11.5 mm. 



Vigo County; rare. January 7. A member of the Austrori- 

 parian fauna. 



171 699). Loxandbus minor Chaud., Bull. Mosc, IV, 1843, 766. 

 Black or piceous, iridescent, shining; antennae, tibia; 



and tarsi dark reddish-brown. Thorax narrower than 

 elytra, very slightly wider than long ; sides feebly curved, 

 hind angles obtuse, with the extreme tip rounded. Ely- 

 tral striae shallow, very finely punctured; intervals sub- 

 convex. Length 9-10 mm. (Fig. 67.) 



Southern half of State, frequent; Kosciusko 

 County only in the north. April 20-October 20. 

 Occurs in sandy localities near water. The legs of 

 this species vary in hue, being usually wholly red- 

 dish-brown; sometimes, however, the femora (and 



, - , . ., . . . ' v Eig. 67. X 3. 



rarely the tibia? ) are piceous. From brevicollis and (Original.) 

 and erraticus the individuals with dark legs can be distinguished 

 by their smaller size and by the minute elongate punctures at the 

 bottom of the stria?. 



172 (698). Loxandbus bbevicollis Lee, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist., IV, 1818, 338. 

 Black, iridescent, shining; antennae, tibia? and tarsi dark reddish- 

 brown, femora piceous. Thorax subquadrate, nearly as broad as elytra; 

 sides curved to behind middle, thence oblique to base ; basal impressions 

 wider and more shallow than in rectus. Elytral striae shallow; intervals 

 fiat. Length 11-12 mm. 



Cypress swamp, Knox County, and near mouth of White River. 

 Gibson County; rare. April 30-July 6. Also a species of south- 

 ern range. 



173 (700). Loxandrus eeeAticus Dej. Spec, III, 1828, 240. 



Black, shining, iridescent ; antennae dark reddish-brown, the two basal 

 joints paler. Thorax subquadrate, slightly longer than wide, basal impres- 

 sions rather shallow. Elytral striae not or very obsoletely punctured; in- 

 tervals subconvex. Length 9-10.5 mm. 



Fulton and Knox counties; rare. May 20- August 31. 

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