THE LONG-HORNED WOOD-BORING BEETI-KS. 



101!) 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF CALLIDIUM. 



<i. Thorax and elytra blue. 



1>. Thorax finely punctured and impressed. 

 lilt. Thorax deeply punctured, not impressed. 

 fl. Thorax and elytra dull brownish-yellow. 



1887. 



ANTENNATUM. 



JANTHINUM. 



JEREUM. 



1SS7 (G008). CALLIDIUM ANTENNATUM Newni., 



Eut. Mag., V, 1838, 393. 

 Elongate-oblong, subdepressed. Deep 

 blackish-blue. Antenna: longer than body, 

 thickened at base, each joint in male clubbed 

 at outer end. Thorax wider than elytra in 

 male, about as wide, female ; sides broadly 

 rounded, surface finely and densely punctate, 

 and with a rounded impression each side of 

 middle. Elytra deeply and roughly punctate. 

 Length 13-14 mm. (Fig. 430.) 



Laporte Comity; scarce. June 21. 

 Breeds in pine, about which the adults 

 a re usually found. 



C. janthitium Lee., length 10-13 nun., was described from Texas 

 and has been recorded from Cincinnati. ('. cc remit Newni., length 

 8.5-12 mm., is said to inhabit the Atlantic States. 



Ili/lolrnpes liyHcu?; Fab. (Fig. 431), black, elytra yellow or red 

 with black markings, length 7-12 mm., occurs from Maine to Cali- 

 fornia and has been recorded from Cincin- 

 nati; II. bajalus Linn., elytra black with 

 gray pubescence, length 19-23 mm., in- 

 habits the "United States." 



Via,. 4:i(J. ('iilHitiiini aniennatum. 



X 



(Gr., "the 



Fig. 431. 



MEBIUM Kirby. 1837. 

 hip.") 



This genus contains but the single spe- 

 cies : 



1SSS (G007). MEBIUM PROTEUS Kirby, Faun. Bor. 



Amer.. IV, 1837, 172. 



Oblong-subdepressed. Head and thorax dull 

 blue; elytra greenish-yellow with nodules or 

 broken lines of ivory white on basal half; fe- 

 mora reddish-yellow ; antenna;, tibhe and tarsi 

 dusky. Thorax short, broad, sides rounded ; sur- 

 face densely punctured, except the shining. 



Fifth Rep. snlooth gpace (m basal half> which bears a few 



coarse punctures each side. Elytra coarsely and 

 roughly punctate. Length 11-14 rnrn. 



Marion County; rare. May 25. A northern species. 



