'iiiK i'i;i:i) \i i-ors imixc; I!i:e'I'LES. 



207 



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r^r 



KKV 'JO SI HI'AIMII.II S <>1 IIVIISCID.K. 



(/. Kpistonmiii nf iiu't.ii Imnix mil rcncliin^' (lie middle coxal cavity. (Fig. 



lOG.) Suhlamily I. Fragmkntati, p. 207. 



(/(/. Kiiislcniuiii of inetatlim-ax reaciiiii,!,' tlie middle coxal cavity. (Fig. 



107.) Subfamily II. Complicati. p. 210. 



Ill 111.' a( coinpaiiyiiiii' cuts, V\\i. l<lti I'fp- 

 iTsnits a (liaji'i'am of a i)orti(»ii of Itic iindcr 

 siii-facc of L(i(cO])hilus, which hcloiiiis t<> 

 (lie siihfaiiiily Frof/DU iihtl i. fc l)eini;- the 

 middle eoxal cavity. It will be seen that 

 the inesosternal epiiuei-oii {iits. rpni.) ar- 

 ticulates at its inner end with the meta- 

 stei'iium (ml.), and thus cuts off the 

 iiietastei'iinl epi.sternuni (nit. eps.) from 

 ihe coxal cavity. \u Fig. 107. however. 

 which is a diagram of simihtr parts of 

 Colyiithiles of the subfamily ConipUcati, 

 the mesostemal epimeron does uot articuhtte with tlie metasternuni. 

 and thus aHows the episternuni of the hitter to reach the cavity. 

 These features are uot. as a rule, difficult to make out, and foi-m 

 the l)asis of the modern classification of the family, hy Dr. Shar[). 



-Fig. 106. 6.— Fig. 107. 

 (.\fter Wickham.) 



Snl.faniily I. FRAGMENTATI. 



The North American mciuhei-s of tliis subfamily are divided 

 aniono- two tribes, both of which are represented in the Indiana 

 fauna. In all the species the scutellum is invisible. 



KEY 10 TRIBES OF FKAUME^TATI. 



a. Hiiid cox:e louger near the middle of the body; prusteruum dihited be- 

 hind, truncate or nearly so. Tribe I. Noterini. p. 207. 

 <i(i. Hind cox;e longer near the sides of the l)ody; prosteninl i)rocess com 

 liressed. reaching the metasternuni. 



Tribe II. Laccopiiilini. ]>. 20!> 



Tribe I. NOTERINI. 



The mem])ers of this tribe are all small l)eetles havin<? the body 

 convex, obtuse in front and ])ointed behind; front and middle 

 tarsi five-jointed; apex of front tibia- with a curved .spur or hook. 

 Two wenera occur in Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA GENERA OF NOTERINI. 



(I. Last Joint of maxillary i>alpus bifid or emarginate; prosternal process 

 not broader than long: hind tibia- less dilated; length less than 3 mm. 



1. Canthydeus. 

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