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dl" powdery fundus on locrs and dead trees, and are usually common 

 wliere found. The following have been taken or probably occur in 

 the State. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF LIODES. 



a. Elytra with regular rows of pnnetures. 



h. Nintli row of itiincturos marginal in the greater part of its length, 

 distant from the margin at base only. 

 c. Elytra strongly sinuate at sides, the ninth stria very distant from 

 margin at base. 

 (/. Intervals of elytra distinctly punctulate. globosa. 



dd. Intervals smooth or nearly so. polita. 



cc. Elytra not sinuate at sides, the ninth stria not very distant at 

 base; intervals smooth. 55S. discolor. 



?>b. Ninth rnw of punctures distant from the margin its entire length; 

 elytra not sinuate. blanchardi. 



(/(/. Elytra with more or less confused rows of punctures. 

 e. Ninth row distant from margin its entire length. 



/. Punctures of strijie rather coarse, those of intervals very tine. 



559. basatjs. 

 ff. Tunctures of striie fine, those of intervals ciuite evident. 



obsoleta. 



ee. Ninth stria marginal, distant from miargin for a short distance at 



base only; rows of punctures much confused, forming nearly double 



striix-. (Fig. 143, &.) geminata. 



L. glohosa Lee. and L. polita Lee, both piceous black and 3-3.5 

 mm. in length, have been recorded from Kentucky. 



.^5S (1784). Liodes di.scolor Melsh.. Proc Piiil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. II. 1844. 

 103. 

 Hemispherical, very little longer than wide. Piceous-ltlack above, red- 

 dish-plceous beneath, shining. Thorax without punctures, the hind angles 

 rectangular. Elytra as wide as long, each jvith eight entire rows of rather 

 coarse punctures, the ninth distant from the margin at base, but joinmg it 

 slightly behind the middle; intervals flat, smooth, the alternate ones with 

 a very few distant coarse punctures. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Marion and Posey counties: scarce. June 6-Angust 3. 

 L. hlanchardi TTorn. was described from 3Tassachusetts and has 

 been since recorded from Cincinnati. 



559 (1787). Liodes basaijs Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. VI. 1853, 285. 

 Broadly oval, convex, shining. Piceous black; elytra with humeral 

 space of varying width, extending from sides almost to suture, orange-red. 

 Thorax minutely and sparsely punctulate. Elytra with eight entire rows 

 of rather fine, much confused punctures, the rows appearing double. Length 



OK 



o mm. 



Posey and Perry counties : scarce. May 1-Ma.v 20. 

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