ITT) I' \ M I 1,^ II.- (A l; \ ill M.T,. 



Ix^fiiatc ;Ui(l Jii'i' 1)11 I he w iiiu' in l;i'(';iI miiiihcrs dui'inu' llic lirst 

 wai'iu days of spi-iiit^'. They are also wvy coiiihiom ahoul elect i-i^- 

 Ijo-hts ill spritiii' ai'.d early summer. 



T!ie followinu' papers li'eal of lliis <a'emis and two of those wliirli 

 follow : 



LiContc. — "Notes on the Species of Anoiiodcrus, Bradjicdl i(s 

 and SI(')!o]oi)]iiis inliabiting America North of IMexico," in 

 Proe. Phil. .Aead. Nat. Sei.. ^S6S, 373-382. 



LeConi p.—'- ^xnopWa Table," /;/ Bull. Brook. Ent. Soc, VI, 

 1883. 13. 50. 53. 



Five species of Anojioflrrxs have heen taken in. Indiana, while 

 two others perhaps occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF AGONOnERIS. 



(I. P>od.v stouter aufl more convex; thorax transverse, quadrate-oval; hind 

 angles of tlxirax s(i-ongly rounded: Icnigth ('>.5-8.5 mm. 

 /*. Pale yellow ; two spots on disk of thorax and two stripes on elytra 

 dark; scutellar stria long; one dorsal puncture. 323. i.ineol.\. 



hh. Dark browuish-yellow or piceous, narrow margin of thorax and 

 broader one of elytra pale; scutellar stria shorter; dorsal punc- 

 tures wanting. infoscatus. 

 (/(/. r>ody nidiH' elongate, less convex; thorax scarcel.v wi<ler than long, more 

 or less distinctly n;iri-(iwed heliind ; clytrn with cue dorsal imncture. 

 <: Larger. 5.r(-7 nnn. ; nale. elytra with a wide black stripe, divided by 

 the suture; disk ef thorax often with a large dusky spet ; liead 

 black. 324. pallu'es. 

 cc. Smaller. 2.5-4 mm. 



(1. Head Itlaek : scutellar stria distincl. 



c. Ther.-ix pale, witlanit blackish siml ; liody beneatli wholly oi- in 



part dusky. 



/". r.asnl imitressions well marked, with a few course punctures; 



el.\'tr;i witii ;i lir<i;i(l ill-detiued duslc.x' cloud diN'ided li.v the 



sutural interval; thorax du^ky beneath. .">2.'). pautiakhs. 



//. I'asal imiiressions less marked, with few if any punctures; 



elyira mire or less dusky willi suture and margin pale; 



tliorax ]iale beneatli. 32(>. PArPERcei.us. 



cc. TlioiMx witli ;i large lilackisli s|iol on (PsI; ; el.vtra lilackisli with 



suture and mai'gin lirownisli .vellow. ixiasTixcrrs. 



ilil. Head pal<'. of tlie same color as thorax; liod.x- i)eiieatii .vellowisii 



or reddisJi-liriiwii ; sculellii' stria sliorl or wanting. 



:!27. testa( Els. 



.■!2:! (lO.'ti)). .\(;(iXoiiKi!i s mxeota I'ali.. llnl. Syst.. !, ]7".>."), IH.^). 



<)1)long. com'ex. ("ol<ir as gi\-en in l<e.v : Iie.ad witli ;i crescent sha|)ed 

 lilacl< s|tot : elyli'al d.ii-k sti'ipes sepai'aled by the sutur.al inlervai. Tliorax 

 (»ne-f(Hirth broader than long, basal deitressions small. Iiiiel.\' jiunctured. bind 

 angles much rounded. Klytra ndnutely alnl.ai-eous ; intervals feebly con- 

 vex. Length l.r, S.!'. mm. 



