THE WATEE SCAVENGER BEETLES. 



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500 *(1614). Berosus striatus Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., V, 1825, 



188. 



Elongate-oval, convex. Head as in peregrinus but without impression 

 between the eyes ; thorax and elytra dull greenish-yellow, the former with 

 a double fuscous line on disk ; each elytron with eight or ten small, remote, 

 indistinct blackish spots. Elytral strise distinctly impressed, finely punc- 

 tate; intervals flat, with rather coarse punctures. Length 4-5 mm. 



Throughout the State ; common. February 26-Oetober 21. Hi- 

 bernates as imago, specimens having been taken in February from 

 beneath log buried deeply in sand, while others were dredged from 

 a pond in early March. 



B. pugnax Lee, 5-6 mm. in length, and colored much as in 

 pantherinus, is known from Illinois and Missouri. B. exiguus Say, 

 2.5 in length, occurs from Pennsylvania to Louisiana. 



IX. Ch^tarthria Stephens. 1832. ( Gr. , ' ' bristle + joint. ' ' ) 



Very small species having the first joint of antennae long and the 

 body contractile. They occur about the margins of ponds and lakes. 



501 (1619). Cilzetabtheia pallida Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1861, 



342. 



Hemispherical, very convex, shining. Above dull brownish-yellow ; head 

 black, shining; disk of thorax often with a fuscous blotch; beneath black. 

 Elytra very sparsely and finely punctate; sutural striae distinct. Length 

 2 mm. 



Lakes of Laporte, Marshall, Fulton, and Starke counties; fre- 

 quent. June 16-August 31. A member of the boreal fauna. This 

 is the form described as nigriceps Lec. 



X. Laccobius Er. 1832, (Gr., "pool or lake + life.") 



502 (1621). Laccobius agilis Rand., Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., II, 1838, 19. 

 Subrotund, convex. Head and disk of thorax blackish-iridescent, the 



margins of latter broadly pale yellow ; elytra pale, the striae dusky ; under 

 surface black, legs pale. Head alutaceous, finely and sparsely punctate, 

 the margin in front of eyes yellow. Thorax three times as wide as long, 

 as wide at base as elytra, finely and sparsely punctate. Punctures of ely- 

 tra very small and close-set in regular rows. Length 2-3 mm. 



Throughout the State ; common. May 26-September 3 



XL Philhydrus Sol. 1834. (Gr., "love + water. ") 



Small oblong-oval beetles, piceous or dull brownish-yellow in 

 hue and having the upper surface regularly and rather finely and 

 closely punctured ; elytra with four row's of coarser punctures, these 



