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Throughout the State; Ereqiteii'l in the southern counties, less 

 so northward. April 10-September 6. 



II. spadiceus Dej. is said to occur from New Jersey westward. 



342 (1078). Harpaixs autumnalis Say. Trans. Airier. Phil. Soc., II, 1823. 



48 ; ibid. II. 473. 



Oblong-oval. Black or piceous, shining : antennae, legs and narrow edge 

 of thorax reddish-brown, Thorax nearly square, sides feebly curved to be- 

 hind middle, thence straight and converging to base ; hind angles obtuse : 

 basal impressions distinct, small, narrow. Elytral striae fine; intervals flat. 

 Length 7.5-8 mm. 



Lawrence and Crawford counties ; scarce. May 11-May 26. 

 Occurs on high dry hills. Resembles herbivagus but smaller, more 

 shining and with basal impressions of thorax deeper and more 

 narrow. 



H. fallax Lec. and II. pleuriticus Kirby are both recorded as oc- 

 curring from "New York. New Jersey and westward.'' The last- 

 named is a boreal species and if found in Indiana it will probably 

 be in the northern counties. 



343 (1094). Habpalus heebivagls Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. II. 1823. 



29 ; ibid. II. 457. 



Oblong-oval. Black or piceous : narrow margin of thorax and elytra 

 reddish, translucent : under surface piceous ; antenna? and legs reddish- 

 brown. Thorax one-half wider than long; basal impressions rather shal- 

 low, ill-defined, sparsely and finely punctured ; region of hind angles slightly 

 depressed. Elytra alutaceous, the striae shallow ; intervals feebly convex. 

 Length 8—10 mm. 



Throughout the State : common. April 1 -October 21. 

 II. opacipennis Hald. is recorded as occurring from Pennsyl- 

 vania to Kansas. 



344 (1098). Habpalus xitidilus Chaud.. Bull. Mosc, IV. 1S43, 788. 

 Elliptical. Piceous. strongly shining both above and beneath ; narrow- 

 margin of thorax reddish ; antennae and legs reddish-brown. Thorax quad- 

 rate, slightly wider than long, sides feebly curved, hind angles rounded : 

 basal depressions very small and shallow, not punctured. Elytral striae 

 rather deep ; intervals slightly convex. Length 5.5-7 mm. 



Southern half of State ; scarce. April 11-July 2. 



H. innocuus Lec. and H. rufimanus Lec, are both boreal species,, 

 described from Lake Superior and since taken in New York and 

 Pennsylvania, which may occur in northern Indiana. 



*345 (1107). Haepalus latickps Lec., Agass. Lake Sup.. 1850, 208. 



Oblong-oval, robust-. Black, shining ; antennae and tarsi reddish-brown, 

 tibiae piceous. Thorax one-third broader than long, as broad at base as ely- 



