112 FAMILY II. C'AllABID.T^. 



^M74 (702). I.oxA.NDiMs A(;ii.is l)ej.. Spec III. isiis. 1M4. 



Illiick (ir piceous. sliiniiiji, feebly iridescent; nuleiuue dusky, the liasiil 

 jeiiit iPiiler: ieiis pule to diirU reddish-bniwn. 'rimnix siibiiuadrate. as wide 

 as long; sides iiKire strongly curved than in minor ; liasal impressions large, 

 sparsely and finely punctate, hind angles I'nunded. l-^lytral stria; finely but 

 distinctly pundate; intervals subctaivex. l.engtli .'>..'t 7 nnn. 



Fulton, Vigo and Dubois counties; scarce. .January 7-Auiiiist 

 20. Occurs under ])ark of oak stumps and logs. 

 170 (707). Lox.v.NhRis vklox I>i'.j.. Spec. III. 1S2S. 24."). 



Black or piceous. shining: three basal Jnints of anteuuiii reddish-yellow, 

 remainder darker. Thoi-ax slightly wider llinn Ioulc. sides feebly <-urvc(l, 

 l)asal impressions nai-ruw. Klytr;il strne distinctly punctured: intervals 

 Hattened. Length 5-6 mm. 



IMarion. Vigo. Lawrence and Crawford counties; scarce. Jan- 

 nary 7-October 28. The reddish-yellow sntural spot near a])ex is 

 sometimes indistinct. 



L. cfler Dej., 6-7 mm. in h^ngth. is known from Illinois. Florida 

 and Texas, and i)rol)a))ly occurs in the s(.uthcrn third of Indiana. 



Tribe VII. LICIXIXI. 



Antenna' mode]"at(4y long, arising from beneath a distinct fron- 

 tal phitc. two or three ])asal joints glabrous; head short, with two 

 seta? above the eyes; lalirum short, emarginate, longitudinally im- 

 pressed ; mandibles stout, more or less curved, mentum deeply 

 emarginate. without a tooth. Thorax witli one (rarely two) l)ris- 

 tie-bearing punctures on the side and one near the hind angles. 

 Body not pedunculate. p]lytra striate, margined at base, not in- 

 tci-i'ui)ted on the margin, lliiul coxa' contiguous; front tibije dec])- 

 ly emarginate on inner side. >\lales with two or three joints of 

 front tarsi rather broadly dilated, spongy pubescent beneath and 

 ciliate at the sides. 



P^our genera represent the tril)e in the United States, three of 

 which occur in Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA GKNEKA OK LICININI. 



(I. .Vnteini.-e witii three basal J liuts entirely glabrous; si/.e medium cr 

 large, lo (.r more mm. 

 h. Elytra with (jue dors.ii imncture on tiie third interval (excejit in 

 ohiiisd) ; eighth ;ind ninlli stria- vrvy <-liise. 



XXVIII. DiPLOCIIIEA. 



hh. lOlytra wilhout dorsal iMuulnrc; eightli and ninth strite well seji- 



arated. XXIX. Dic.ELis. 



(/(/. .\nli'nn;c witli only two basal joints iil.-ibi'nus ; si/.e small, not ovei- 7 



mm.: Iliii'd inter\-;il willi two dorsal pmn-tures. XXX. Badisti: ;. 



