THE KEA rm;K-\vi\tii:!> i!i:i"n.i",s. 487 



.\(iii(is(llit finiiji liCc.. cloiii:'.-!!!'. nMldisti-ycllow. l('ji:s and ;iiiten- 

 ii:i' |»;il('i-. Ii'ii<_;tli .•'> dl" oiic iiiiii.. lins hccii taken near ( 'iiicimiati. It 

 is tlu' siiiallcst (if Niirlli Ainci'icaii Ix'ctlcs aii<l (u-curs in powdery 

 1"utiiii. riiliiini rnlldiit .Maid.. oi)l()ii.u', |)itfli\-hlacl<. length .7 of 

 luie mm., may also occiif. 



11. l"rKXii)ii'.M Krictis. IS-l-'). (dr., " |)io\ided with little 



feathers.") 



Small cloMtiale or ohlonu-oval species ha.vin<i' the elul) of an- 

 tenna' formed of three joints; thorax small, narrowei- at base than 

 middle; elytra entire, eoneealiiiii' all seven seuiuents of the abdo- 

 men; inetasteiMinm lariie, (piadrate. extending' to the sides of the 

 body. Two have been taken in the State, and anothei* may oeeur. 



KEY TO INDIA.NA SI'KCIKS »)!■ I'lKMDIl M . 



n. Thorax with two distinct fove.-e on eacli side near tlie liase; color pale 

 ehestuut iirowii. FovKicorxE. 



itii. Thora.x with hut one t'ov«>a on each side at hase. or n .ne. 



h. Color hlack. shininj;. the tips of elytra yellowisli. 1>;;.">. pisillIm. 

 Jth. ("oloi- dull yellow, sliiniiiir: elytra each witli two blackish stripes. 



!)o(i. Lixi:.\Ti M. 



IK'.o (2929). Ptenidum prsiLU'M Gyll., Ins. Suee., I. ISOS, 189. 



Rather hroadly ovate, conve.x. Illack or piceiius. sliiniuj;. very sjiarsely 

 clothed with loni; whitish haii's; tips of elytra more or less widely reddish- 

 yellow: legs and antenna' dull yellow, the cluh of the latter dusky. Thoi'ax 

 nuich wider than long, widest just behind the middle, sides rounded, hind 

 angles obtuse; disk deeply and sparsely [innctured and with a deej) trans- 

 verse impression each side at liase near the angles. Elytra ovate, widest 

 liefore the middle, with very tine remote jiunctures in rows. Length 1- 

 1.."> mm. 



Putnam ('ounty; rare. .M;ireh 2."). 'i'aken by si rtin<i' dead leaves. 



p:'.(; (l!!>:;4). I'tk.muum mnkatim I.ec. X. Sii. X. .Vnier. ("ol., 1. ISU:!, (j.'l. 



FJongate-oblong, convex. Color givt'u in key. Thorax slightly wider 

 than long, a little iiarmwer at apex tli.in liase. very tinely punctate. Ely- 

 tra oval, siiai-sciy dotlu'd with tine silken hairs. T.ength .4 mm. 



Clark County; rare. ]May (). Taken from fnnoi on beech log. 

 A member of t lie Aust rori|)ariaii I'atnia. 



111. liiMi i.(.i)i:s .Matthews. iSbT. 



One small reddish species behinus here. It has the antemhv very 

 shiu't and thick, joints 1 and 1' laroc, ;{-(> very small, 7-i) very large 

 and forming an elongate cliii); head small, dellexed; elytra trim- 

 eate, shoi't and narrowed toward tiie .npex; abdonu'ii short, with six 



