THE G HOUND BEETLES. 



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era tely curved ; disk nearly smooth, the median impressed line fine. Elytra 

 oval, slightly oblong; striae shallow, very finely punctate; intervals slightly 

 convex, alutaceous, the third with two dorsal punctures. Length 8-9.5 mm. 



Crawford and Dubois counties ; scarce. April 29-July 2. 



271 (935). Pinacodera platicollis Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, II, 1823, 

 14; ibid. II. 445. 



Resembles Inn bat a but slightly larger. Thorax with margin more nar- 

 row and more strongly refiexed ; disk often slightly wrinkled and with a 

 few punctures near the hind angles. Elytra with pale margin very narrow 

 and without humeral spot; intervals nearly flat. Length 9-11 mm. 



Lake and Pulaski counties; scarce. April 10-October 23. Oc- 

 curs beneath bark and other cover in sandy regions. 



L. Cymindis Latr. 1806. (Gr., "slender.") 



Slender-bodied beetles of medium size, more or less hairy above, 

 with inner wings absent and tarsi hairy above. Our species have 

 the thorax narrowly margined and the entire upper surface very 

 strongly punctured. The males have the front tarsi with three 

 joints dilated and with two rows of small scales beneath. Two spe- 

 cies have been taken in Indiana. 



*272 (944). Cymindis Americana Dej., Spec. II, 1826, 446. 



Rather slender. Piceous, feebly shining; antennae, legs, humeral spot 

 and narrow side margin of elytra, pale reddish-brown. Thorax slightly 

 longer than wide, narrowed at base ; sides curved in front, sinuate behind ; 

 disk coarsely and equally punctured. Elytral stria? deep, finely punctured ; 

 intervals rather flat, their punctures coarser than those of striae. Length 

 12-15 mm. 



Steuben, Marion, Vigo, Putnam and Knox counties; scarce. 

 July 14-December 25. Hibernates. 



273 ( 946). Cymindis pilosa Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, II, 1823, 10; 

 ibid. II, 442. 



Moderately elongate. Picecus with faint greenish lustre; surface very 

 distinctly hairy ; antenna? and legs pale reddish-brown. Thorax about as 

 wide as long, much narrower at base, sides curved, slightly sinuate behind; 

 margin narrow, hind angles rectangular ; disk coarsely and deeply punc- 

 tured. Elytral striae deep, intervals slightly convex, irregularly and coarsely 

 punctured. Length 9.5-10 mm. 



Lake, Steuben, Marshall, Marion and Putnam counties; fre- 

 quent. April 12-November 2. Easily known from americana by 

 the lack of humeral pale spot, the shorter and wider thorax and the 

 more sparsely punctate intervals. Occurs usually in dry or sandy 

 localities. 



