'I'lih; MiMTh: i;k"()\v.v s(;avkn(;i:i,' hI'II/i'mos. 



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12.")" ( ). Enicmts co.NsiMiMs .M;imi.. Ccnii. Zcitsclir.. \'. '.»!». 



Modorntely olonjjjiito. feebly convex. Color j,'iven in key. Thorax nearly 

 s(iunre, sides feeldy converf^ent behind the middle; snnace with a shallow 

 median ehannel. its sides or carinio distinctly ciitliiiix the sub-basal trans- 

 verse (h»i)ression. an additional imitression on eacli side near the front an- 

 jrles. Klytra striate wilii rows of coarse, subfinadrate imnctures; intervals 

 slijihtly convex, eacli with a row of very fine punctnres. Length 2-2.2 nnn. 



Miwioii roiuily; scarce. Several .speciincMis were taken by 

 Harold Morrison IVoiii a cellar in 1 ii'lianapolis in wliicli wood was 

 stored, .laiiuai'v 1 1 -.lainiai'v '24. A Mni'opean s|»ecies. known in 

 tills conntry lieri'lot'ore only I'roni .M icliioan. 



125S ClTst). Enicmus minutis Liini.. Syst. Nat., II, V^ 

 ITCt;, G75. 

 Ovate, subconvex. Usually brown, rarely blackish or 

 brownish-yellow. Thorax larger, subquadrate, sides dis- 

 tinctly converging from front angles to base, disk tinely 

 and thickly granulate. Length 1.5-2 mm. (Fig. 244.) 



^Marion County : scarce. June 3. Collected by 

 Harold Morrison. Also in Webster collection from 

 Indiana. Occurs throui^hout the United States, 



E. afrrrimxs Mots., length 1.6-1.9 mm. and E. duplicatus Lee, 

 lentil h l.i) nnn.. are both known from Illinois and INIichigan. 



E. maculatiis Lee, 1.9-2.1 mm., occurs in Ohio and jMichigan; 

 E. tenuicornis Lee, length 1.6-1.9 mm., is also recorded from New 

 York and ^Michigan westward. 



Fig. 244. (After Sharp.) 



III. Cartodere Thom. 1859. (Gr., "strength + neck.") 



Small, narrow, often depressed beetles, having the antennas 

 shorter than head and thorax, their clubs abrupt!}'' two- or three- 

 jointed ; eyes small, situated far behind the base of antenna^ ; thorax 

 without costiP, more or less deeply and transversely impressed near 

 base; elytra each with six to eight close set rows of large, rounded 

 punctures; front coxa} distinctly, hind ones widely, separated. 

 One species has been taken in the State and four others perha])s 

 occur but have been overlooked on account of their small size. 

 They live about dwellings, stores or barns in ground cereals, vege- 

 table drugs, or decaving and dusl-Iik(> vegetable matt(M\ 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF CARIODERE. 



«. Autennal club three-jonited. 



h. Thorax much narrower than elytra, the latter each with seven rows 

 of punctures. 1259. uuficoi.lis. 



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