154 FAMILY IT. CARABID^li. 



LI. Apenes Lee. 1852. (L., "without wings.") 



Small pieeoiis or bronzed species closely allied to Cymindis, and 

 differing principally in liaving the thorax lobed at base and the last 

 joint of labial palpi more broadly triangular. One species has been 

 taken in Tnrliana. wliile another donbtless occurs in the southern 

 counties. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF APKNES. 



a. Head sulcate leng:thwise; surface with metallic bronze luster; length 



10 mm. LUciDXJLA. 



aa. Head simply and sparsely punctured; elj^lra shining, striae distinctly 



impressed; length 7 mm. 274. sinuata. 



A. lucidiila Dej. occurs from "New York to Florida," and has 

 been taken by Dury near Cincinnati. 



*274 (950). Apenes sinuata Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, II, 1823. S; 

 ibid. II, 440. 

 Elongate-oval. Head and thorax piceous ; elytra dark brown or piceous. 

 with a humeral space and two small subapical spots pale; antennne and 

 legs pale reddish-brown. Thorax one-third wider than long, sparsely punc- 

 tate, base narrower than apex ; sides moderately curved, margin very nar- 

 row, reflexed; hind angles distinct. Elytra oblong-oval, striae finely punc- 

 tured; intervals slightly convex, minutely alutaceous, the third with two 

 dorsal punctures. Length 6.5-7 mm. 



Southern half of State ; scarce. February 14-December 7. Oc- 

 curs in open woodland, about the bases of trees and stumps. 



LIT. Pentagontca Schm.-Goeb. 1846. (Gr., " five -f angles. ") 

 One small species represents this genus in the United States. 



275 (954). Pentagonica flavipks Lee, Trans. Amer. 

 Phil. Soc, X, 1853, 377. 

 Rather broad, resembling a small LeMa analis. Head 

 and elytra piceous, very H^clj alutaceous; thorax, 

 basal portion of antennae and legs reddish-yellow ; 

 sometimes wholly piceous with pale legs. Thorax 

 short, twice as wide as long, sides strongly angulate. 

 base narrowed: median line distinct. Elji;ra feebly 

 striate without i>unctures. Length 3.5-4.5 mm. (Fig. 

 S5.) 



Rare. Two specimens from Lake Comity and 



one from Marion. May 25-October 23. The 



Fig. 85. (After Horn.) "^^® from IMariou Couuty was found dead in a 



Line shows natural size. ])orch light globc bv H. MoiTisOn. 



