848 PAMii,'!' XI. II. — f'i>KKin.T:. 



Wolcdll. — "The Xortli Aiiici-icjiii Species of ('li<ifi( ss(t/' in Ent. 

 News, XIX, 1908, 70-72. 



About 161 species of Clerida", belonging to 27 genera, are knoAvii 

 from America north of IMexico. Of these 28 species and one va- 

 riety, representing 14 genera, liave ))evn taken in Indiana. LeConte 

 and Horn divide the family into two tribes, i)otb of wliicli are re])- 

 resented by species taken in the State. 



Kh,y TO TinnES of the iamiiv clerid.e. 



<i. Tarsi with feiirth juiiit of luinnal size: dislc of tlior:ix eoiitiimous witli 

 tlie Hanks. Ti'ilie I. CrKuiM. )i. S4S. 



(Id. Tarsi witli tlie fourtli .ioint very small and iudisl iiict ; disk of thorax 

 separated fi-oiii the flanks by a niariiinal line. 



'i'rihe II. K.xoim.iim. \k S."iT. 



Tribe 1. CLERIXI. 



This tribe, which contains nioi'e than two-thii'ds of the Indiana 

 species, is snftieiently characterized l)y having the fourth joint of 

 the tarsi abont opial in size to the third and the tiaid<s of thorax 

 continnons with disk; middle coxa^ scarcely prominent, moderately 

 distant. exce])t in H ud it()(< ra, where they are hnt slightly sepa- 

 rated; body always elongate. Of the 14 genera belonging to this 

 tribe eight are known from Indiana, whih^ two others may occnr. 



KEY TO INDIANA GENERA OF CLERINI. 



(/. Five joints of tarsi visilile from above. 



/'. Terminal .ioint of aiiteiime as long or longer than the preeecTing Joints 

 combined ; elytral punctures contused ; thorax with a discal black 



spot. I. AIONOPHYLLA. 



bh. Terminal .joint never exceeding the four jireceding Joints coml)ined in 

 length: elytral ])unctures in rows. 

 c. Eyes finely granulated : tarsal claws bifid at apex. Tiixrs. 



cc. Eyes coarsely granulated, tarsal claws simply toothed. 



II. (h'MATODERA. 



(Id. Four Joints only of tarsi visible from above, the first Joint vcn-y small, 

 covered by the second: tarsal claws toothed. 

 iL Eyes emarginate in front. 



c. Antenna' without distinct club, serrate. 



/. Eyes coarsely granulated: head and thorax dai'k reddish or 



chestnut-brown. III. Priocera. 



//. Eyes finely granulated. Cleronomus. 



cc. Antenna' with distinct club of tln-ee Joints: eyes finely granulated. 



!/. I/ast Joint of maxillary paljii slightly broader than the preceding 



Joint; antenna! cluli triangular; head .and thorax dark blue. 



n'. Triciiopes. 

 (/(/. Last J(Miit of nijixillai'y ]i;!!]ti slender. 



