THE GROUND BEETLES, (55 



//. Head not prolonged behind the eyes; neck not semi-globose. 

 /,-. Elytra rounded at tip: tarsal claws simple. 



Tribe IX. ANCHONODEIUNI, p. 137. 

 /./,-. Elytra not rounded at tip. 



7. Elytra obliquely sinuate at apex. 



Tribe VIII. PLATYNTNI. p. 119. 

 //. Elytra truncate at tip. 

 m. Front tibia? slender ; paraglo&sie membranous. 



Tribe XIII. LEBIINI, p. 141. 



mm. Front tibhe rather stout, gradually broader to tip; para- 

 glossjc horn-like. Tribe XIV. HELLUONINI, p. 155. 

 /;/(. Next to last joint of labial palpi with a number of bristly hairs 

 in front and always longer than the terminal joint; eyes nor- 

 mal ; first antennal joint elongate. 



Tribe XII. DRYPTINI. p. 139. 



Tribe I. PANAGJEINI. 



Head constricted behind the eyes, then dilated to a semiglobular 

 neck; mentum emarginate ; labruin with only four setae; anten- 

 nas rising from under a distinct frontal ridge, three basal joints 

 glabrous. Body not pedunculate, scntellum distinct. Elytra not 

 margined at base, their sides narrowly inflexed. Hind coxae con- 

 tiguous. Males with the first two joints of the front tarsi dilated 

 and hairy beneath. 



The tribe is represented in Indiana by the single genus : 



XVI. PANAG^US Latr. 1802. (Gr., "all-holy.") 



Medium sized black or reddish-brown beetles having the clyp- 

 eus prolonged beyond the base of the scissors-like mandibles; up- 

 per surface coarsely punctured, and clothed with erect hairs; 

 thorax semi-globose, strongly constricted near base, its hind angles 

 rectangular. They occur beneath stones and logs, usually in sandy 

 localities. Three species .-ire known from the United States, two of 

 which occur in Indiana. 



72 (295). PANAC.KIS ciu'cidKius Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc.. II, 1S23, 



G9; ibid. II, 4X'.. 



Head and thorax black ; elytra each with two large red spots extend- 

 ing from the margin to the first or second stria?. Thorax with numerous 

 coarse, deep punctures, its hind angles small, acute; elytral stria? and punc- 

 tures deep. Length 11 mm. 



Two in Stein collection labeled "Ind."; probably from Posey 

 .County. One in Dury collection from Laporte County, Indiana. 

 Taken also by Durv near Cincinnati. 



