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FAMILY II. — CARABTDiE. 



Southern half of State, frequent; much less so northward. 

 April 16-October 17. Resembles Ohlcenhts cestivus closely in gen- 

 eral appearance. 



*311 (1036). Anomoglossl's pusillus Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Sue. II, 

 1S23, 63; ibid. II, 485. 

 Oblong-oval. Head and thorax bluish-green ; elytra dark blue, some- 

 times black ; antennse and legs reddish-brown. Labrum deeply emarginate. 

 Thorax as wide as long, narrower at base than apex; sides distinctly sin- 

 uate, hind angles acute ; disk coarsely, rather sparsely and deeply punctate. 

 Elytral intervals moderately convex, coarsely and closely punctured. Length 

 8-8.5 mm. 



Throughout the State; scarce. January 21-August 9. Occurs 

 beneath rubbish in damp localities. 



LVIJ. Beachylobus Chaud. 187b. (Gr.. "short + lobe.") 



Known from allied genera by the mentum being without lobes, 

 transversely trapezoidal, much narrowed and scarcely at all emar- 

 ginate in front, its sides very obliquely truncate; mentum tooth en- 

 tirely absent. One species occurs in Indiana. 



312 (1037). Beachylobus ijthopjtelus Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. II, 

 1823, 62 ; ibid. II. 485. 

 Elongate-oval. Green or blackish-green, head and thorax shining; ely- 

 tra thickly clothed with yellowish hairs; antenme fuscous, paler at base; 

 legs pale; under surface black. Thorax one-third broader than long, nar- 

 rower at apex than base, the latter as broad as elytra ; sides broadly curved, 

 not sinuate : disk densely and coarsely punctured, hind angles obtuse. Ely- 

 tral stria? finely punctured, intervals fiat, sparsely and finely punctulate. 

 Pro- and mesosterna coarsely punctured. Length 9-9.5 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. April 6-September 5. Oc- 

 curs mostly in damp sandy places about the margins of lakes and 

 streams. 



LVIII. Lachnocrepis Lec. 1853. (Gr.. "soft hair + foot. ") 



One rather small black species, the male of which has four joints 

 of the front tarsi rather broadly dilated, represents this genus in 

 the United States. The principal papers treating of it and the 

 next two are by : 



Horn. — "On the Species of Codes and Allied Genera of the 



U. S.." in Trans. Amer. But. Soc. Ill, 1870, 105-109. 

 Rom.— "Synoptic Table/' in Bull, Brook, Bat Soc, TV. 1882, 

 29, 30. 



