•niK SAI'-KEKDINd lU'.K'l'I.K 



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Tril.c 11. ('AUlMU'IIIl.l.XI. 

 Siii.-ill (IV. li (U- clitiiLiaic siili(lci>i>'ssc(l species li;iviti<i' llie aiilciilia' 

 eiuliiig in an a!irn|.l il-joinleti dnli and. in re|)nse. i-eeeivcd in dis- 

 tinct grooves. Males with a small sixth (hn-sal sejriiient attached to 

 the abdomen. The species live on lloweis <.r lai-ely beneath bark. 

 Of the fonr iicnei-a composing- tlie trihe, three arc represnted in 

 Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA GENERA OF CAKrol'lI 1 I.I M. 



a. Form not especially elongate; last ventral segment not l<»iig and C(.nical. 

 b. Second and third ventral segments short, first, fourlli and fifth longer. 



HI. Caiu'oi'iiii.i s. 



hb. First to fourth ventral seginonls sliort. fiffh as ]<>u'j: as the others 



united. 



tin. l<\>rm elongate 



and conical. 



II 



ast ventral segment long 



V. CONOTEIAS. 



1880. 



('AuriU'iiiLLS step hens. 

 (Gr.. "fruit Moving.") 



Tlie members of this o'enus have the 

 l;d)rnm bilobed : clnl) of antennaB flat- 

 tened and oval: tarsi dibited, with sim- 

 ple claws. About 15 species are known 

 from the United States, seven of which 

 have been taken in Indiaiui. while one or 

 two others doubtless occnr. 



,Vrt' 



FIk. 238. CnrpophUus paUipennis Sa\'. 

 X 11. (After Forbes.) 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES 01' CARCOrillUTS. 



II. Hind angles of thorax broadly rounded or very obtuse. 



b. Thorax narrowed in front, its front angles rounded; elytra piceous, 



with yellow basal and apical spaces. 1210. hemipterus. 



bb. Thorax (luadrate, its front angles distinct. 1211. dimidiatus. 



aa. Hind angU>s of thorax distinct but sometimes retracted. 



c. lOlytra wholly different in color from head and thorax; surface finely 



and densely punctured. 1212. .mei^vnoptekus. 



cc. Elytra, at least in part, of same hue as head and thorax. 

 d. Thorax distinctly narrower at apex than base. 



('. Sides of thorax curved ; surface opaque, piceous or black. 



1213. Ni(a:i{. 

 ee. Sides straight : surface feebly shining, dark reddish-brown. 



jiarginatus. 

 dd. Thorax suhquatlrate, not or very feebly narrower at apex. 



f. Surface densely punctured, opaque. 1214. corticinus. 



ff. Surface sparsely or inconspicuously inmctured. moderately shin- 

 ing. 

 f/. Elji:ra uniform piceous or nearly black; presternum in front 

 nearly smooth. 1215. bbachyptebus. 



