TTiE CTJOK moi'mr-KS. Ton 



y. Dkom i(»i,rs K'ics. 1S,')S. ((ii-.. "to I'uii.") 



AiiIcmiih' lilirofiii or \cry fcclily serrate; liead convex, deeply iii- 

 sei'ted ill Hie thorax: iiiaudililes robust, the exposed siii-faee large 

 and I'UiJfose; aiiteniial grooves deej), sliarply limited, open behind. 

 One speeies has been taken in tlu; State, while two otluu's perha^js 

 oeeiu". 



KEY TO INDT.VNA SPECUKS OF DKOM.i:OLT'S. 



</. ("j.viieus at base half as broad as tlie apical margin; body above black. 



h. Elytra faintly striate; abdomen rather densely and finely punctured; 



pubescence conspicuous. iiakkingtoni. 



bb. Elytra without stritc; abdomen coarsely punctured; pubescence very 



sparse. 1331. cylindricollis. 



aa. Clypeus at base very narrow ; color above piceous ; antenniTc half as 



long as body ; elytra not striate. pusillus. 



/>. Ji(tn-iii(il<ini Horn, eloni^'ate, leni;th 5.5-6 nun., is recorded 

 from Ohio; I), pusillus TTorn, ol)lon*>', l(Mi<>tli 15.5 mm., was deseri])ed 

 from noi'thern Illinois and Texas. 



1331 (4033). Drom.eolus cylindricollis Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., 

 VI, 1835, ISS ; ibid. II, 627. 

 Elongate, moderately convex, slightly narrower behind the middle. 

 Klack, shining, sparsely clothed with inconspicuous yellow hairs. Antenn:e 

 piceous, snbsorrate, not extending beyond hind angles of thorax. Head 

 coarsely and deeply punctured. Thorax longer than wide, sides straight 

 and parallel behind the middle, obliquely converging on apical third; me- 

 dian line deeply impressed on basal third; surface rather deusel.v punctate 

 en sides, less so at middle. Elytra witliout stria?, except the sulural, which 

 extends two-thirds from apex to base; surface rather coarsely but not very 

 densely punctured. Length 7-8.5 mm. 



Kosciusko and I'osey counties; rare. .Iiiiie 11 Auuiist 11. 



Vr. F'oRXAX ^J<\p. lS:i5. (1;., "a fur-naee.") 



Beetles of small or medinm size, having the head convex, deeply 

 inserted; prosternal sutures distinct, slightly divergent; antenna! 

 grooves deep, sharply limited on each side; elytra striate; last 

 ventral segment obtuse; hind tarsi with the first ,i*)int as long as the 

 others combined, the fourth broader, excavated above and slightly 

 lobed beneath. Three species have been taken in Indiana, while 

 two others pi-oliably occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF FORNAX. 



(I. Second joint of antenmi} as long, or very nearly as long as fourth. 



h. Color pale chestnut brown; front without trace of carina between the 

 eyes. badius. 



