iiir: i,A-\ii:iJ,i(()i;\ iii:i"i'i.i:s. HSl 



The following: papers oinbi'Mce tlio jii-incip;!! litci-aturc trcatin*;: 

 oF tlio North Ameri('aii li-cnci-a : 



Horn. — ''Notes oil the Species of Anoiiiala iiilial)it iii,>;' llie I'liilcd 



States," in Trans. Anier. Ent. Soe., XI, 188-4, 157-164. 

 Jloru. — ''Ta])le of Species of the dienns Cotalpa," in Trans. 



.\in(-r. Kntoiii. Soe., TTT, 1S71, 3:^8. 

 W'iihli'iin. It. /•'. "'I'lic Xorlli Aiiu'iicaii Spt'cics ol" ( 'otalpa." /// 



• loiirn. N. Y. Kntoiii. Soc. XIII, liXH"), 1-4. 

 Sflnt /}'( i\ Ciias. — "Notes on some Speeies of the (lenns Aiioiiiala 



witli l)(^seriptions of New Speeics, " in Jouimi. N. Y. Entom. 



Soe.. XIV. 1906, 1-5. 

 //>,>/._• 'X,Mv Searaha'ida","" Inr. rit.. XV. 1!)07. 6(V75. Tal)]es 



of the U. S. speeies of tin' genera Aiidinahi and SI rifiixhrnui 



are iiiven on pages 69-7."l 

 'i'lie (leseri]itions of the speeics of the other genera are scattered 

 through various pul)li'.'ati(tiis. F'wo of the seven genera of the tril)e 

 are i-epi-esented in Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA (iENIOUA OF KeTELINI. 



it. lOlytiM with a lueinliraiKins uiiir^in; anteniue O-jointed; mandibles in 

 rei)ose not iirojectinj? beyond the clypens. 

 1). Elytra convex, not notohed at base, shallowly striate and pnnctate ; 

 thorax not haiiy. XXIV. Anomala. 



bh. Elytra flattened, notched at base, deeply striate, not pnnctate; tho- 

 rax hairy and silicate or impressed. XXV. STRicionERMA. 

 (la. Elytra without membranous margin ; antennre 10-.iointed ; mandibles 

 more prominent, usually visible beyond the clypeus. 

 r. Thorax with marginal line at base; color yellow or brownish-yellow. 

 (1. Clypeus without a suture between it and the front; elytra with 

 black spots. XXVI. Pelidnota. 

 (1(1. Clypeus distinctly separated from the front; elytra without spots. 



XXVII. Cotalpa. 

 cr. Thdi-.ix without ii marginal line at base; color dark brown. 



XXVIII. POLVMCECHUS. 



XXIV. AxoMALA Samouelle. 1810. ( Gr., "nnlike.") 



Small or medium convex forms, flistinguish(>d mainly by the 

 characters given in key. The color is extremely variable, often 

 ranging from dull yellow to black in the same species. In all but 

 one of the Indiana species the outer or larger claws of the front and 

 middle tarsi are distinctly cleft or divided for one-fourth or more of 

 their length. xVbout 20 are recognized from the United States, 7 of 

 which have been taken in Indiana. 



