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FAMILY XXI. — CUCUJIMS 



1082 (3330). L^mophl^eus punctatus Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.,* 

 VII, 1854, 75. 



Form and color of testaceus. Head and thorax more coarsely punc- 

 tured, the latter not as wide and feebly narrowed toward base. Elytra 

 shorter, more distinctly striate, the outer stria deeper ; intervals each with 

 two rows of fine punctures. Length 1.6 mm. 



Crawford County; rare. August 10. Hitherto recorded only 

 from the southern states. 



Lathropus vcrnalis Lee,, dark chestnut-brown, legs, antennae and 

 front of head paler, head and thorax covered with small elongate 

 granules, length 1.3-1.7 mm., occurs in the "Atlantic and Missis- 

 sippi regions/' 



VII. Brontes Fab. 1801. (Or., "thunder.") 



Rather broad and very flat species having the sides of thorax 

 finely and acutely serrate, the front angles strongly toothed and the 

 mesosternum emarginate in front. Two species occur in Indiana, 



*1083 (3349). Brontes dubius Fab., Syst. Eleut, II, 1801, 97. 



Moderately elongate, very depressed. Nearly uniform brownish-black ; 

 legs and margins of elytra paler ; head and thorax often paler than elytra, 

 their surface coarsely and densely punctured. Antennae as long as body, 

 densely pubescent. Thorax one-half broader than long; front angles very 

 prominent and toothed, hind ones broadly rounded. Elytra broader at base 

 than thorax, with a distinct costa from humerus to apex; sides strongly 

 margined. Length 4.5-5.5 mm. 



Throughout the State; common beneath bark. February 21- 

 November 17, The mandibles of male are armed with a slender 

 curved horn which is turned upward to meet the one of the opposite 

 side. 



1084 (3350). Brontes debilis Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VII, 1854, 76. 



Elongate, slender, depressed. Uniform pieeous-black, clothed with short, 

 sparse yellowish hairs ; antennae and legs reddish-brown, the former as long 

 as thorax and elytra together. Thorax about as long as wide, distinctly 

 narrowed behind the middle, sides finely and evenly serrate; front angles 

 acute, hind ones obtusely rounded ; surface densely and coarsely punctured. 

 Elytra costate as in dubius and as there with a row of minute granules 

 along each interval, the sides between the eostae and margin almost per- 

 pendicular. Length 4-5 mm. 



Marion County; rare. November 1. Taken by sifting. The 

 narrower and less serrate thorax, more slender form and darker 

 color easily distinguish this from dubius. 



