S4li FAMILY XLII. CLERID/K. 



161!) (TiiJCS). ATTAI.US SCINCETUS Say. .Tuurn I'hil. Aead. Nat. Sci., V, 



170; ibid. II. 279. 



Oblong, feebly dilated behind. Above, usually dull yellow ; occiput, a 

 broad median stripe on thorax, scutellum and sutural stripe on basal halt' 

 <>f elytra, blackish ; under surf ace, antennae and legs yellowish; rnetasternum 

 I ila-k. Length 3 mm. 



Throughout th< j State; common in the southern portion; less so 

 in the northern counties. April 21-.]une 13. Occurs on flowers of 

 dogwood, red and black haw. wild hydrangea, wild rose, etc., in 

 company with several other members of the genus. The sides of 

 elytra, arc rarely dusky or brownish. 



K'.p.ia ( ). ATTALI ,s SCIXCETIS coNFi'sr.s var. nov. 



A color variety of xrinrctitx in whicli tlie elytra, except the tips, are 

 wholly piccous black and the median black stripe of thorax usually a little 

 broader. Length 3 mm. 



Knox and Posey counties; scarce. May 11-June 9. 



V. ALYMERIS Casey. 1895. 



Small or moderate-sized species, having the upper surface very 

 coarsely, closely and deeply punctate; last joint of maxillary palpi 

 cone-shaped and gradually pointed; epiplenne rather wide and al- 

 most equal in width from base to sutural angles of elytra, flat and 

 finely punctate, their lower edges strongly serrulate; last joint of 

 hind tarsi as long as the three preceding together. One species oc- 

 curs in Indiana. 



ir.l'O (5123). ALYMERIS CBISATA Lee.. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VI, 1852, 



171. 



Elongate-oval, moderately convex. Uniform pic-eons black, shining ; 

 clothed with short, sparse, scarcely evident pubescence. Thorax one-half 

 wider than long, sides strongly curved, margins serrate, surface coarsely 

 and densely punctate. Elytra three-fourths longer than wide, distinctly 

 wider than thorax, coarsely and closely punctured. Length 2.2-2.5 mm. 



Posey County; rare. June '2. Three specimens beaten from 

 flowers of the false indigo. Amnr[>}ia fniticoxa L. A species of 

 southern range belonging to the Austroriparian fauna. 



Family XLII. CLERIIXE.* 

 THE CHECKERED BEETLES. 



The CleridoB comprise a. rather large family, over one hundred 

 and sixty species being known from the United "States. The adults 



*The manuscript and illustrations for this family were prepared by Mr. A. B. Wolcott, of the Field Museum 

 of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, who is the leading authority on North American Cleridfe. I have added some 

 :idiliti<>nal characters to Mr. Wolcott's keys to render them more easily followed by beginners. W. S. B. 



