CAKIllU-N liKiri'LKy. 



285 



II jiihinh/its siihslridl I's I.cc,. pieeoiis ()!• (l;ifl< (']i('s1iiu1 lirowii. 

 InhniiH deeply hilotied. liiiid reinora of male with a sul)i|uadrate 

 Iddlli. !e!ii:-1li L'-L'..") mill., is a boreal species which may oeeiii- in 

 iKU'lherii Indiana. 



VIII. Anmsoto.ma llliu'. ITOS. ((If., ''unequal i joinl.") 



Oval or ohloM^'-oval species liaviii<i' the head short, not iti'olonucd 

 ill front of (he eyes; antenna' short, ll-.iointed, joints 7 to 11. fonii- 

 iiiii- an abiiipt obloniz' club, the eighth very short and nan-ower 

 tli;in the seventh or ninth; 

 l.ist joint of ma.xillary pal- 

 pi lono'er than the third, 

 cylindrical and slightly 

 acuminate at tip; front 

 and middle tarsi in both 

 sexe.s with five joints, hind 

 ones with four. One spe- 

 cies has been taken in In- 

 diaiiji. wiiile three others 

 may occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIKS OF ANISOTOM.V 



FiK. 142. '1, .1 nisoldmii mlidn Hum: h. liiiicl log of .1 . iismm- 

 ilis Ltc; (fl) femur of .1. n?i/(;/rt,inalt', {b) femur of .-1. obsolifn. 

 male; r, Clamhns gihbvlvs Lee.; (n) antenna of .same. 



a. Mesostermmi obli(iue between the middle eex.-e. 



h. runctures of elytral intervals liuev than those of strije. 



c. Hind femora of male obtnsely serrulate or crennhite: hind tibiae 

 slender and strongly curved. (Fig. 142. h.) .\ssiMirjs. 



cc. Hind femora of male simple, neither dentate nor serrulate; hind 

 tibijie scarcely longer or more curved than in female. 



~t~)C>. PI' NCTATOSTRIATA. 



hh. I'uuctures of elytral intervals :iiid stria' eciual in size; (niter end of 

 hind femora of male forming an acute hook. (Fig. 142 (a).) 



CONKERTA. 



lid. .Mt'Sdsternum vertical Ix'tween the cox:b; elytra without subhumeral 

 strite. (Fig. 142 (h).) ousoleta. 



A. assimilis T^ec. piceous or dark' reddish-brown, length 3.5—4 

 mm., is a boreal species, ranging from New Hampshire to Michigan 

 and westward. 



556 (1772). Amsotoma pcnctatostkiata Kirl)y. Faun. Iter. .\mcr., IV. 

 18.37, 110. 

 Oval, slightly oblong, convex. Dull browiiisli-yellcw. shining. Thorax 

 twice as wide as long, gradually narrower from base to ajiex. tlie lalter 

 emarginato. Itase truncate; hind angles rectangular, surface sparsely and 

 tinely ininctatc. Flytra oval, surface with eiglit rows oi' c.arse, closely 

 placed punctures, the eighth abbreviated at l)ase. alsn willi a rather long 



