866 



FAMILY XLm.PT!NTD.a5. 



Fig. 344. Male. (After Forbes.) 



1G51 (5240). PTINTS BW.NNEI/S Duft. Faun. Austral.. Ill, 65. 



Very similar to fur, from which it is dis- 

 tinguished mainly It.v characters given in key. 

 Color more often pale brown in both sexes. 

 Elytra without trace or patches of recumbent 

 scales except near humerus in the female, 

 and these often lacking. Head behind the 

 antennae polished and with strong punctures, 

 these visible only when the scales are re- 

 moved. Length 2.7-3.5 mm. (Fig. 344.) 



Hamilton, Marion, Putnam, Craw- 

 ford and Posey counties; frequent. 

 April 24-December 22. Occurs in old 

 buildings and outhouses. Also an intro- 

 duced species. 



P. villiger Reit.. is known from New England, Michigan and 

 westward; P. falli Pic,, length 2.3-3 mm., is recorded from Ohio 

 and Kentucky; P. bimaculatus Melsh., length 2-2.8 mm., is re- 

 corded from Michigan, Pennsylvania and Missouri, while P. qitadri- 

 maculatus Melsh., length 3-3.2 mm., is reported from Ohio. 



Subfamily II. ANOB'INAE. 



The insects of this subfamily are mostly of a slightly depressed, 

 subcylindrical form, but vary to broadly oval or nearly globular. 

 The antenna? are distant at base and inserted just in front of the 

 eyes, which are rounded and usually prominent. Head deflexed 

 and nearly or quite invisible from above. Hind coxae, except in the 

 first tribe, more or less sulcate for the reception of the femora. 

 Fall divides the subfamily into six tribes, all of which are repre- 

 sented in Indiana. 



KEY TO TRIBES OF ANOBIIN^E. 



a. Front of head not margined, nor with impressed line over the base of 

 antenna? ; hind coxse not grooved for the reception of thighs ; thorax 

 not margined at sides. Tribe I. HEIIO;:IINI. p. ' : . 



mi. Front of head margined more or less acutely or with an impressed line 

 above the anteume; hind coxa- more or less distinctly grooved: tho- 

 rax margined at sides, except very rarely. 



b. Antennae of male never fan-shaped, at most pectinate; front tibia j 

 not toothed and denticulate on the outer side; form and sculpture 

 similar in both sexes. 



r. Mead in repose received upon the under surface of the thorax. 

 (1. Thorax not excavated beneath, the head free. 



Tribe II. DKYO. .i.iis'i. p. ^iiT. 

 d'<l. Thorax excavated beneath for the reception of the head. 



Tribe III. ANOBIIM. p. si;s. 



