422 FAMILY XI. STArilVl.TMD.E. 



«/. Form liirjicr. nuiro robust, length G or more mm.; neck broad, 

 more than half as wide as head; elytral punctures in rows. 



Group F. L.\THROTAXIS. 



<jfj. Form small, slender, leuiitli less than 5 mm.; neck distinctly less 

 than half as wide as head: elytral punctures coarse and sparse, 

 arranged in rows. Group G. Linolathra. 



cc. First .ioini of hind tarsi distinctly shorter than second. 



/). Body lar.i,"'. sti.ut. parallel: length or more mm.; gular sutures 

 less separated, nearest together at base of head. 



Group II. El'LATHROBIUM. 



/(//. r.iMJ.v slender, less than i". mm.: gular sutures widely separated, 

 nearest togetiior in fmnt. faiMliest apart at base of head. 

 /. Elytra longer and wider than tiKn-ax: head small and. in onr 

 six'cies. jljik : Imdy im/re or less fiisiform. 



Groui) 1. I>ATiii;oi:iKLi..\. 

 //. Fl.vira small, shortei' than lh(M-ax: head larger, as wide as el.v- 

 tra and pal(> in color; body ]i;irallel. 



Group .1. MKKorATiiKA. 



(Jkoup a. (Aptekat.h .m.) 



To this gfon]) Casey ascribes 1\V(» sjx'cies. one of which occurs in 

 Indiana. 

 80S (2521). T,ArHi!oi;irM urkvipenne Lee. N. S]!. N. Am. Col.. I, LSOo, 44. 



Elongate, ratliei- slender. Dark reddisli-lirown to picemis. shining; legs 

 and antennse reddisli-l)rown. Head as wide or slightly wider than thorax, 

 sides parallel, base truncate, hind angles rounded; surface coarsely and 

 rather closely punctate beliind the eyes, smooth at middle. Antennte very 

 stout, the joints obconical, the basal joint robust. Thorax oblong, one- 

 fifth longer than wide, sparsely and coarsely punctured, with a broad me- 

 dian smooth space. Elytra but slightly more than half the length of thorax, 

 rather coarsely and s]>arsely punctate. Abdomen as wide as elytra. Length 

 7.8-9 mm. 



Putnam ("oiiiil\': rare. .Marcli 2"). Known heretofore from 

 Illinois. Iowa and ^Missouri. 



(jJuoir 1'.. (LATHKor.iiM.) 



IJalher stont. usually lar<i'e or medium-sized sjx'cies. having' the 

 Ihorax niiir(ifiiil\- piiiicl iii'ed, with distinct smooth dorsal line; elytra 

 without a fold or caiscd line on side: basal .joint of hind tarsi dis- 

 tinctly shorter than second. The following species have been taken 

 or probably occni- in 1h( Slate: 



KKV 'I'O INDIANA SCKllKS OK (lUulC I!. 



(/. P.icoloi-ed : Iilack. .-intemia', legs and elyti'a whi>ll.v I'eddisli-brown ; length 

 less than ."i nnn. : fifth ventral of male with a round discal impression, 

 sixth deeply notched at tip. bicolor. 



