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FAMILY If. CAE ABIDiE. 



aa. Seventh elytral stria either entirely obliterated or replace* by fine, dis- 

 tant punctures ; first joint of front tarsi of male spongy only at apex. 

 d. Elytral striae punctured their entire length ; tibiae and tarsi pale yel- 

 low. 318. crPR-EUs. 

 dd. Elytral striae not punctured ; tibiae and tarsi black or piceous. 



319. 14-STBIATES. 



315 (1041). Oodes amakoides Dej.. Spec. V, 1829, 664. 



Oblong-oval. Black or piceous, shining ; margin and basal angles of 

 thorax often translucent; antennae reddish-brown, legs piceous. Thorax 

 gradually broader from apex to base, where it is one-half wider than long ; 

 sides feebly curved; disk smooth, basal and median impressions obsolete. 

 Elytra with sides subparallel and very obtuse at apex; striae finely punc- 

 tured ; intervals flat. Length 7.5-9 mm. 



Lake. Kosciusko. Marshall and Knox counties; frequent, June 

 17- August 17. 



316 (1042). Oodes amebicaxes Dej., Spec. II. 1826. 377. 



Broadly oval ; black, shining, finely alutaceous ; legs and antennae as in 

 amaroides. Thorax gradually broader from apex to base, slightly narrower 

 at base than immediately in front ; median line fine but distinct. Elytra 

 subparallel ; stria^ moderately deep, finely and closely punctured ; intervals 

 feebly convex. Length 12.5 mm. 



Knox and Vigo cpuniies ; scarce. April 23-Septeniber 2. 



317 (1043). Oodes flevialis Lee. N. Sp. N. Amer. Col., I, 1863, 13. 

 Resembles the preceding but narrower and more convex. 



Thorax less rounded in at base, with more distinct median 

 line. Elytral striae less deep, very finely, distantly and in- 

 distinctly punctured ; intervals flat. Length 12.5 mm. (Fig. 

 92.) 



Lake, Marshall, Kosciusko and Marion counties; 

 scarce. May 15- August 27. 



318 (1045). Oodes cuprous Chaud., Bull. Mosc. IV, 1843, 

 Fig. 92. x if. 761. 

 (Original.) Elongate-oval, rather slender. Greenish-bronze; margin 

 of thorax and elytra often bright green, shining ; antennae and femora pic- 

 eous, the two basal joints of former paler. Elytral striae shallow, the sev- 

 enth wholly absent ; intervals flat. Length 10 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. August 17-November 9. 



319 (1048). Oodes 14-stkiatus Chaud., Bull. Mosc, IV, 1843, 759. 



Elongate-oval, robust. Greenish-black, slightly bronzed; antennae dark 

 reddish-brown. Thorax gradually broader from apex to base; median line 

 very faint. Elytra rather deeply striate, the seventh lacking ; intervals 

 feebly convex, finely alutaceous. Length 11.5 mm. 



Martin. Clark. Floyd and Posey counties; scarce. April 11- 

 September 27. Ganges from Ohio to Louisiana and Texas. 



