]12 FAMILY II. CARABID.i:. 



*174 (Tii'Jl. L< >x. \.\i>urs AGILIS Dej.. Spec. III. 1s^s. 1M4. 



Black in' piceons. shining, feebly iridescent; antenna' dusky, the basal 

 joint paler; legs pale ti dark reddish-brown. Thorax subiiuadrate. as wide 

 as king; sides more strongly curved than in minor: basal impressions large, 

 sparsely and finely punctate, hind angles rounded. Elytral stria* finely but 

 distinctly punctate: intervals subconvex. Length r>..~>-7 nun. 



Fulton. Vigo and Dubois counties ; scarce. January 7 -August 

 20. Occurs under bark of oak stumps and logs. 

 17.~> ( 707 I . LOXAXDRUS VELOX De.j.. Spec. III. isiis, 1*45. 



Black or piceuus. shining; three basal joints of antenna' reddish-yellow, 

 remainder darker. Thorax slightly wider than long, sides feebly curved, 

 basal impressions narrow. Elytral stri-e distinctly punctured; intervals 

 flattened. Length 5-<! mm. 



Marion. Vigo. Lawrence and Crawford counties; scarce. Jan- 

 uary 7-October 23. The reddish-yellow sutural spot near apex is 

 sometimes indistinct. 



L. <<!< r Dej., 6-7 mm. in length, is known from Illinois, Florida 

 and Texas, and probably occurs in the southern third of Indiana. 



Tribe VII. LK'IXIM. 



Antenna' moderately long, arising from beneath a distinct fron- 

 tal plate, two or three basal joints glabrous; head short, with two 

 seta- above the eyes; labrum short, emarginate, longitudinally im- 

 pressed: mandibles stout, more or less curved, mentum deeply 

 emarginate. without a tooth. Thorax with one (rarely two) bris- 

 tle-bearing punctures on the side and one near the hind angles. 

 Body not pedunculate. Elytra striate, margined at base, not in- 

 terrupted on the margin. Hind coxa 1 contiguous; front tibia? deep- 

 ly emarginate on inner side. Males with two or three joints of 

 front tarsi rather broadly dilated, spongy pubescent beneath and 

 ciliate at the sides. 



Four genera represent the tribe in the United States, three of 

 which occur in Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA OKNKKA OF LICININI. 



. Antenna' with three basal joints entirely glabrous; size medium in- 

 large. 10 or more mm. 



}>. Elytra with one dorsal puncture on the third interval (except in 

 olituxin '. eighth and ninth stria' very close. 



XXVIII. DIPLOCHM.A. 



lilt. Elytra without dorsal puncture; eighth and ninth stria* well sep- 

 arated. XXIX. DIC.EI.I s. 

 mi. Antenna 1 with only two basal joints glabrous: si/e small, not over 7 

 mm.; third interval with two dorsal punctures. XXX. BADISTE::. 



