TllH AN'I'-MKK STOKK UKKl I.KS. 291 



Putiiani, .Mt)iiroc imd I'oscy comities; i-;ii'c. M;ircli (i-.luly 10. 

 Taken bj^ sifting. 



Tribe V. CLAMBINI. 



Very small oblong or globose-oval species having the hind coxae 

 contiguous with plates covering the thighs ; tarsi four-jointed, tibiae 

 without spurs. Our only species of the tribe belongs to the genus : 



XV. Clambpr Fischer. 1^20. (Or., "luulihiied.") 



The members of this gt'iius liavt' the elytra not margined at the 

 sides and without epipleura; hind coxal i)lates wide; antennas 9- 

 jointed, arising close to the eyes, the club 2-.iointed ; abdomen with 

 five segments visible. Two species ]>rohabl>- occur in the State, 

 though but one has been taken. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF CI^VMBUS. 



fl. Surface smooth, shining, without punetuatiou or i)ubcsceuco. 



OIBBULUS. 



aa. Surface sparsely pubescent : elytra rather densely and tinely [lunctulate 

 behind the middle. 507. plberuh's. 



C. gihhuJus Lee. glol)ose-oval. i)iceous-black. length 1 mm., is 

 said to occur from Canada to Texas, but has not yet been recog- 

 nized from Indiana. (Fig. 142, c.) 



567 (1813). Clambus pubebulcs Lee. N. Sp. N. Amer. Col., I, 1866, 26. 



Globose-oval. Piceous or dull souty browu, tinely and sparsely pubes- 

 cent; elytra paler toward the tips; legs and antennae dull brownish-yellow. 

 Head and thorax very linely and sparsely punctulate. Elytra more dis- 

 tinctly punctulate. very sparsely on the disk, gradually more dense to the 

 tips. Length 1 mm. 



^Marion and ^lonroe counties; scarce. April 2.3-October 15. 

 Taken from window of cellar in which wood had been stored and 

 from debris in beech stump. 



Family IX. SCY1):\LEXID.E. 



The Ant-like Stone BeettjES. 



Very small, shining, oval, convex s))ecies, brownish or |)iceous in 

 hue and usually having the upper surface rathei- 1hickl\- clothed 

 with erect hairs. They occur beneath bark or stones in moist locali- 

 ties; also often in ants' nests, and are freciuently on the wing at 

 twilight. From the smaller Silphida". to which Ihcy are closely re- 

 lated, they differ by having the hind coxte h;ej)arated and the facets 



