THE BISTER BEETLES. 



base and a single larger one in front of scutellum. Elytra with an irregular 

 triangular space of rather coarse and sparse punctures on apical third; 

 humeral stria very tine: internal subhuineral, short, subapical; first dorsal 

 extending four-fifths to apex, second, third and fourth gradually shorter, 

 the fourth arched to join to sutural. which extends two-thirds to apex and 

 thence continued by punctures. Front tibia? finely denticulate. Length 3.5 

 4.5 mm. 



Lake. Marshall, Tippecanoe and Putnam counties; scarce. May 

 27— September 13. 



1189 ( ). Saprinus simflatus sp. nov. 



Oblong-oval. Black, shining; antenna? and legs 



pieeous. Head minutely and very indistinctly punc- 

 tured. Thorax rather finely and densely punctured at 

 the sides and with a single row of coarse punctures 

 along the base. Elytra rather sparsely and finely punc- 

 tured on apical fourth, with a few scattered ones ex- 

 tending between the sutural and fourth dorsal to mid- 

 dle or beyond ; internal subhumeral short, subapical : 

 dorsal strife deeply impressed, obsoletely punctured, 

 the first extending four-fifths to apex; second, third 

 and fourth nearly equal and but little shorter than Fig. 236. x ei (Original.) 

 first, the fourth arching at base and joining the sutural. which extends 

 three-fourths to apex. Propygidiuin and pygidium rather finely and densely 

 punctured. Front tibiae with five distinct teeth. Length 4-4.5 mm. ( Fig. 

 236.) 



Vigo and Crawford counties: rare. April 2-May 11. Accord- 

 ing to Horn's key. this runs to vescus Mars., but comparisons with 

 examples of that species at Cambridge show vescus to be a smaller 

 and much more shining species, with thorax more uniformly and 

 pygidium much more sparsely punctate. 



1190 (3597L Saprinus minutus Lee, Bost. Journ. Xat. Hist.. Y. 1845. 73. 



pi. ¥, fig. 9. 



Broadly ovate. Piceous-blaek tinged with bronze : legs reddish-brown. 

 Thorax smooth at middle finely and sparsely punctulate on sides. Elytra 

 sparsely and coarsely punctate on apical third, the punctures extending 

 along suture beyond the middle: oblique humeral continuous with internal 

 subhumeral which, with first and second dorsals, extends three-fourths to 

 apex : third dorsal reaching slightly beyond middle, fourth extending to 

 middle only and joining the sutural. which is abbreviated at apex. Front 

 tibue finely denticulate. Length 2 mm. 



Vermillion County: rare. August 11. The smallest species of 

 the genus in the State. Horn in his Monograph states that the 

 sutural stria of minutus attains the apex and joins the apical mar- 

 ginal line, but LeConte in his original description says that it is 

 "postice a~b~b)'cuiata" and figures it so. It reaches only three- 



