I'lIK SKIN |{Ki;i'l,i:S. 



51)5 



is tdliclicd n|- j;in'('(l I licv rcinii (lr;illi .'IIkI I';!!! nil'. 'I'lli' pl'opiT 

 ii.'iiiic (if lliis species is soiiicwIkiI in doiihl. ('. Irish: was dcserilx'*! 

 t'roni Calit'driiia and piciconic fniiii " rcinisylvaiiia to Cjlcorgia'' by 

 LeConlc on lli.' same page, -laxiie says the two ai-e synonyms. 

 Casey says In'sic is a west coast species and llial he has not seen 

 pIcicdriK . l)ut that it is probably a valid sptu-ies. 1 1' I lie l\\<i ai'(! dis- 

 tinct, oui- species should bear the latter name. 



Vll. Ax'i'iiKENrs Geofl'. lS(i4. ((ii-.. "a l)n/./.in,i,' insect. ") 



Sjidft. compact s])(>ci(\s. readily loiown by havinrr the thorax 

 broad at base and nai'row in fi-oiit. its latei'al margins bent under 

 the body and divided by a deep uroove or |tit lor the i*ece|)tion of tlie 

 aiitennal club; tlu^ month parts e\ce|»t bil)rnm covered by the pro- 

 jecting prosternuin, and snrl'ace covered by snialh \ariegated scales 

 instead of the usual haii'y pubescence. They ai'c the worst of 

 museum pests, being espc^cially destructive to dried insects. Five 

 or six species are known from the Tnited State's, four of which 

 occur in Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPKIIKS OK A NITI UKM S. 



0. Auteiiiuc ll-joiutetl, tlic club 3-.ioluted. 



b. Eyes emargiuate ; scales of surface coarse, large, triangular, as wide 

 as long; antennal club oval. 

 c. White scales on elytra in two or three narrow, sinuous bands or 

 spots; these usually connected with projections from a stripe 

 of orange scales along the suture. ll.^Ci. scrophulari-k. 



cc. White scales of elytra contiuent into a broad median or sub-basal 

 baud. 1137. XHORAcicrs. 



hh. Eyes entire; scales fine, elongate, three times as long as wide; an- 

 tennal club oblong. 113S. veki!as( i. 

 (1(1. Antenna' S-.iointed. club ^-jointed; eyes entire; scal(>s small, triangular. 



11.30. CASTAIVK.15. 



113G (3444). Anthkkxcs sc Hornri.ARi.K lann.. System Nat.. 11. ITtUt. 5(kS. 



Ovate, ra ther c o n v e x. E 1 y t r a 

 marked with a longitudinal suturnl 

 stripe and an apical spot of bri<i< 

 red or dull yellow scales, the stripe 

 with three (^piidistant lateral projec- 

 tions of the same color, the first (wo [ 

 of which join narrow, sinuous while 

 bands. Body beneath black, covered 

 with white and orange scales. Lenglli 

 •-'.2-3.5 mm. (Fig. 227.) 



Lake, Cass. Wabash and Ma- 

 rion counties; scarce. April 27- 

 1 )eceniber 20. This is the carpet FiK.'227. (.utrr liiic,.) 



