THE CLICK BEETLES. 



767 



Northern third of State; scarce. June 7-Junc 27. Beaten 

 from foliage of shrubs and trees about the margins of lakes and 

 marshes. 



1460 (4496). Cobymbites inflates Say, Ann. Lyc. Nat, Hist., I, 1825, 258; 



ibid. I, 392 ; II, 609. 

 Oblong, very robust or swollen. Black, bronzed, rather densely clothed 

 with short, prostrate grayish and yellow hairs; antennae and legs dull red- 

 dish-brown. Third joint of antennae more than twice the length of second, 

 slightly longer but more slender than fourth. Thorax convex, as broad as 

 long, sides rounded; disk densely and rather finely punctured, with an im- 

 pressed line on basal half; hind angles short, feebly divergent, distinctly 

 carinate. Elytral stria; faintly impressed with tine punctures ; intervals 

 subconvex, male, flat, female, rather densely and very minutely punctulate. 

 Length S.5-11 mm. 



Marion and Posey counties; frequent. April 23- June 19. 

 Taken by sweeping grass or beating foliage ; usually in low. open 

 woods. 



1461 (4443). Cobymbites pyebhos Hbst, Kafer, X, 1806, 30. 



Elongate, slender. Dark reddish brown, finely and rather sparsely pu- 

 bescent with yellowish hairs. Third joint of antennae equal to fourth and 

 nearly three times as long as second. Thorax narrower than elytra, two- 

 thirds longer than wide, subconvex, sides nearly straight ; disk rather dense- 

 ly and coarsely punctate ; hind angles moderately diverging, finely carinate. 

 Elytra with sides parallel to apical third, thence converging to apex ; stria? 

 finely punctate ; intervals nearly flat, finely and rather sparsely punctulate. 

 Length 15-19 mm. 



Lake, Starke and Steuben counties; scarce. June 7-July 12. 



1462 (4444). Cobymbites bivtttattjs Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. II, 



1845, 219. 



Elongate, slender. Piceous black or dark sooty brown, sparsely pubes- 

 cent with yellowish hairs ; legs, hind angles of thorax, and intervals 1 to 3 

 and 5 to 7 of elytra, dull yellow. Antennae as in pyrrlios. Thorax narrower 

 than elytra, one-half longer than wide, sides nearly straight; disk densely 

 granulate-punctate ; hind angles elongate, moderately divergent, indistinctly 

 carinate. Elytra with sides parallel to apical fourth ; striae punctate ; inter- 

 vals flat, roughly punctulate. Length 8-10.5 mm. 



Jefferson and Posey counties; scarce. June 4- June 15. The 

 dull yellow on upper surface varies in extent. Sometimes the entire 

 elytra except a narrow sutural line and side margin are of this hue 

 and it often forms a narrow median line on thorax. 



*1463 (4498). Cobymbites botundicollis Say, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist.. 1. 1825. 

 259 ; ibid. I, 394. 



Elongate-oblong, rather robust. Dark chestnut-brown, shining, not pu- 

 bescent ; thorax often reddish-brown. Third joint of antenna? slightly shorter 

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