TIIK SIIOUT-WINOKD S( 'A V KN(i KR JilCiri'J.KS. 481 



LXXXIW ANTiioKir.M LchIi. 1S1!I. ((Ji-., ";i Mower I liv- 



iiiu' (III." 



Short and rather broad, subdepressed species having the elytra 

 usnally rencliinti- nearly to or h(\von(l the tip of nbdonien ; last joint 

 of niaxiUarN' palpi lonii'er than the third; tiliia- pubescent; hind 

 tarsi as in /I Diiniliinn . Two sjieeies have been taivcn and one other 

 perhaps occurs. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OE ANTHOBIUM. 



a. Body distinctly convex; thorax not grooved; elytra as long as or longer 

 than abdomen, acuminate in female. 928. convexum. 



(((/. Botlj' feebly convex or subdepressed. 



b. Thorax not grooved, sparsely and liiioly punctate ; elytra of female 



truncate, not covering tip of abdomen. 929. horni. 



hh. Thorax distinctly grooved; elytra of female truncate, not reaching 



much beyond the middle of abdomen. potiios. 



928 (2868). Antiiobium convexum Fauv., Bull. Soc. Limie., II, 187S, 201. 

 Oblong-oval, convex. Dull reddish-yellow ; head and thorax alutaceous ; 



elytra shining ; base of abdomen black in male. Head as broad as apex of 

 thorax, flattened and minutely and sparsely punctured between the eyes. 

 Antenme not reaching base of thorax, .ioints 7-11 forming an elongate club. 

 Thorax distinctly wider at base than apex, sides feebly cuiTcd; disk con- 

 vex, flattened near hind angles, sparsely and very finely punctate. Elytra 

 feebly widened from base to apex, their tips rounded in male, acute in 

 female; surface more coarsely and closely punctate than thorax. Length 

 2r-2.5 mm. 



Steuben, Fountain. IMarion and Martin counties; frequent lo- 

 cally. April 28-June 36. Occurs on flowers of black haw; especi- 

 ally abundant on those of the red-berried elder in the marshes of 

 Steuben ("oniity. Our only species of the subfamily with the elytra 

 longer than the abdomen. 



929 (2870). Anthobiim uorni Fauv.. liull. Soc. Linne., II, IS78, 202. 

 Short, rather broad, subdepressed. Dull reddish-yellow, siiiniiig: aii- 



domen of male in great part piceous, of female piceous at apex. Head 

 finely and sparsely punctate; antenn;e sliorter than head and thorax, joints 

 7-10 broader than long, forming a loose elul>. Thorax more than twice as 

 wide as long; sides rounded iiiti) base and a|ie.\ ; disk finely and s]iarsely 

 punctate. lOIyli-.-i more tlian twice as lung as llKirax. tlieir tips truncate. 

 I.engtli 2 2.4 mm. 



.Mai-tiii. Posey and Ci-awl'oi'd counties; scarce, ^lay fi-May 25. 

 .1. pollios Mann, reddish-yellow, abdomen black, '2.r)-2.S iniii. in 

 length, is a boreal sjXM'ies which may occur in norlhern Indiana. 



LXXXV. EpiiKiJS Fauv. 1878. (Or., "on + a nail <»r stud.") 



Rather elongate, feebly convex, strongly punctate species hav- 

 ing tlie head not constricted at base, eyes large; third joint of maxil- 



