THE CLICK BEETLES. 



735 



obliquus Say. described in 1836. The form with yellow space at 

 apex of elytra was described by him as areola t us 13 years previous, 

 and hence that name has priority. 



1390 (424S). Elater pusio Germ.. Zeitschr.. V, 1844, 169. 



Elongate-oblong, subconvex, pubescent with rather long yellowish hairs. 

 Head, thorax and under parts dull reddish-yellow; elytra reddish-brown. 

 Thorax broader than long, but slightly narrowed in front; hind angles 

 short, acute, feebly divergent; surface very finely and sparsely punctured. 

 Elytral stria 11 feebly impressed with rather coarse punctures: intervals finely 

 and sparsely punctulate. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Kosciusko, Posey and Crawford counties; scarce. June 24- 

 July 11. Beaten from vegetation. Our smallest species of the 

 germs. 



XXVII. Drasterius Esch. 1829. (Gr.. "active.") 



In this genus the dilated part of 

 the hind coxa is truncate and not 

 em ar gin ate in front of the trochanter : 

 antennae feebly serrate, the third joint 

 longer than seconcb the two together 

 longer than the fourth. For a synop- 

 tical table and notes on the eight 

 known North American species, see 



LeContc. — Trans. Amer. Ent. So- 

 ciety. XII. 1884. 4-6. 



But one species has been taken in 

 Indiana, though another one probably 

 occurs. 



1391 (4253). Deasterivs elegaxs Fab.. 



Ent. Syst.. I. 1798, 230. 

 Elongate-oblong, subconvex. Dull red- 

 dish-brown, finely and sparsely pubescent ; 

 head, median spot or stripe on thorax, scutelium. spot before the middle on 

 each elytron and subapical crossbar, black. Thorax slightly longer than 

 wide, feebly narrowed in front: hind angles acute, prominent: surface 

 rather finely but very distinctly punctured. Elytral striae with rather 

 coarse punctures: intervals slightly convex, sparsely and linely punctulate. 

 Length 6-7 mm. (Fig. 2S2.) 



Throughout the State; frequent. February 12-December 26. 

 Hibernates beneath rubbish in same localities as Monocrr pidius 

 aun'tus and often confused with that species. The black discal 

 spot of thorax is sometimes reduced to a mere point. 

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Fie. 2S2 



