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black, with two yellowish-white crossbars narrowly interrupted at suture, 

 the broader one at middle, the narrower one on apical fourth; antennae and 

 legs black. Thorax bell-shaped with a faint transverse groove in front of 

 middle, sparsely and finely punctate. Elytra rather coarsely and very 

 densely punctate. Length S-12 nun. 



Crawford Countv ; scarce. June 25-September 4. 



It'.i's (5171). ENOCLERUS U'liivKrMONErs Fabr., Gen. Ins. 

 Mant.. 1777, 1230. 



Elongate, robust, convex, feebly shining. Head and tho- 

 rax pale brick red ; antenna', legs, pro-, meso- and meta- 

 sterna black. Elytra black with a very broad median yel- 

 lowish crossbar, their basal margin narrowly and suture be- 

 fore the crossbar red. Thorax as in the preceding, the trans- 

 verse groove less evident. Elytra coarsely and densely punc- 

 tate, their apical fourth densely clothed with grayish hairs. 

 Length S-ll mm. (Fig. 334.) 



Clark County; rare. May 15. 



1029 (5167). ENOCLEBUS QUADRIGUTTATUS Oliv., Ent, IV, 1795, No. 70, IS, 



pi. 2, fig. 23, a. 1>. 



Elongate, moderately robust, subdepressed, subopaque. Head, thorax 

 and basal two-fifths of elytra dull red ; antenna?, legs, meso- and metasterna. 

 spot on head (often wanting) and apical three-fifths of elytra black; black 

 portion of elytra with a narrow crossbar very near its front edge and a 

 crossbar or spot (rarely wanting) on apical fourth, whitish. Thorax as in 

 <iii<i<lrixi</n<itn*. Elytra rather coarsely and densely punctured, the pale 

 crossbar and apex clothed with dense grayish pubescence. Length 4.5- 

 7 mm. 



\Vells, Putnam and Posey counties; frequent. March 23-No- 

 vember 7. The var. rufin iiiris Spin, has a range which should in- 

 clude northern Indiana. 



1630 (- -). ENOCLERUS NIGRIFRONS Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 

 1823, 190; ibid. II, 121. 



Elongate, subdepressed, very shining. Black or fuscous, legs in part 

 and basal third of elytra dull red. Upper surface more finely punctate than 

 in quadriguttatus. which it otherwise resembles. Length 4.5-6.5 mm. 



Laporte County; rare. June 27. Two specimens beaten from 

 pine limbs near Dune Park. Listed as a synonym of quadrigut- 

 tatits. but now regarded as a distinct species. 



E. analis Lee., red. under surface in great part and legs black; 

 elytra, except base, black with two whitish crossbars, length 5.5-7 

 mm., is known from Ohio. Illinois and westward. 



