SfiP) 



FA .\I I [.V XL7TI. PT! Nl D.V-. 



KJol (52401. Ptixts i?i;rxxi:i"s Dnft., F;uin. Aiistr;il.. III. (35. 



Very similar to ftir. from which it is dis- 

 tinguished mainly by charaeters given in key. 

 Color more often pale brown in both sexes. 

 Elytra without trace or patches of recumbent 

 scales except near humerus in the female, 

 and these often lacking. Head behind the 

 antennae polished and with strong punctures, 

 these visible only when the scales are re- 

 moved. Length 2.7-8.5 nun. (Fig. 344.) 



Hamilton, Marion, Pntnam, Craw- 

 ford and Posey counties; frecjuent. 

 April 24-I)eeeniber 22. Occurs in old 

 building's and outhouses. Also an intro- 

 duced species. 



P. viUig< r Reit., is known from New England, Michigan and 

 westward; P. falli Pic. length 2.8-3 mm., is recorded from Ohio 

 and Kentucky; P. hiniavulatus Melsh., length 2-2.8 mm., is re- 

 corded from 'Michigan, Pennsylvania and Missouri, while P. quadrl- 

 nianilafiis; jMelsh., length 3-8.2 mm., is reported from Ohio. 



Fig. 344. Male. (After Forbes.) 



Subfamily IT. ANOB'INAE. 



The insects of this subfamily are mostly of a slightly depresseci, 

 subcylindrical form, but vary to broadly oval or nearly globular. 

 The antenna' are distant at base and inserted just in front of the 

 eyes, which are rounded and usually prominent. Head deflexed 

 and neai'ly or ([uite invisible from above. Hind coxte, except in the 

 first tribe, more or less suleate for the reception of the femora. 

 Pall divides the sulifamily into six tribes, all of which are repre- 

 sented in Indiana. 



KEY TO TRIBES OF AN0BIIN.5S. 



(I. Front of head not margined, nor with impressed line over the base of 

 antenna? ; hind coxa^ not grooved for the reception of tliighs ; thorax 

 not margined at sides. Tribe I. IlEnoraiM, p. S'.iT. 



(1(1. Front of head margined more or less acutely or with an imi)resse(l line 

 above the antemijie; hind coxa* more or less distinctly grooved; tlio- 

 rax margined at sides, except very rarely. 

 h. Anteiuia; of male never fan-shaped, at most i)ectinate; front tibia' 

 not toothed and denticulate on the outer side; form and sculjiture 

 similar in both sexes. 

 c. Head in repose received u])oii the tuider surface of the tliorax. 

 (1. Tlioi-ax not excavated beueatli, the head free. 



Tribe II. I>kvo:':::uisi. ii. ^iIT. 

 (Id. Tliorax excavated beneath for the reception of the head. 



Tribi' III. .\.\oHiiM. p. SCiS. 



