mi-: snoi;T-\vi.\<.Ki> S''AVK\(i]-:i: IIKKT I.KS. (> 



890 (2690). OXYPORI-S LATERALIS Grav.. Men. Col. .Mid'., 1X00. l!>r,. 



Elongate-oblong, robust. Reddish-yell n\v ; sides of elytra with a black 

 or fuscous stripe, starting one-third behind humerus an, I gradually widen- 

 ing to apex; legs pale yellow. Head of male slightly narrower, of female 

 as wide as, thorax: surface, with that of latter, very finely alutaceous, 

 not punctate. Thorax slightly wider than long, sides broadly rounded. 

 Elytra one-half longer and distinctly wider than thorax, with a sutural 

 and one discal row of line punctures with scattered coarser ones interven- 

 ing. Length 0.;V7.f> mm. 



Lake and I'uti am counties; scarce. October 7 November !). 

 Taken on tin- latter date beneath partly buried logs, and probably 

 hibernates. 



89t (2692). OXYPORUS OCCIPITALIS Fauv.. Mars. Abeille, I. 18(54, 309. 



Form of liifrnilix. Color in part given in key. Elytra black, each with 

 a triangular basal spot reddish-yellow: abdomen with a small black spot 

 on middle of second and third, and a much larger one on fourth and lifth. 

 dorsal segments. Thorax one-third wider than long, sides strongly curved. 

 Elytra with rumenms very coarse punctures between the sutural and discal 

 stria 1 . Length mm. 



Lake, Marion and Vigo counties; scan P. October 7-October 20. 

 The elytra are sometimes colored very nearly as in lut< r<ilis, but aiv 

 much more coarsely punctured than there. This may also prove to 

 be only a color variety of rilhilus. 



Subfamily IX. OXYTELINAE. 



Small, usually slender species having the antenna? 11- (rarely 

 10-) jointed, inserted under the sides of the front, the latter more or 

 less prolonged before the eyes ; front coxa? usually large, conical and 

 prominent; middle coxa j contiguous (separated in ().r>il<'!its}. The 

 subfamily as above defined is separated into six tribes, four of which 

 are represented in Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA TRIBES OF OXYTKLIN.TC. 







a. Front cox;e conical, prominent. 



1>. Head without ocelli or simple eyes. 



c. Abdomen margined. Tribe I. OXYTELINI, p. 462. 



<<: Abdomen not margined; form cylindrical. 



Tribe II. OSORIINI, p. 47.'!. 



hl>. Head with two ocelli usually placed on a line joining the hind mar- 

 gin of the eyes: form broad and depressed: elytra usually covering 

 half or more the length of abdomen. Tribe III. OMAIJINI, p. 474. 

 int. Fn nt cnx.-e transverse; head without ocelli ; pr.isternum horn-like be- 

 hind the coxiP. Tribe IV. PROTEININT. p. 4S2. 



