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FA MILY LIII. — ClIR YSOMELID.E. 



liunicnis and two lar.i^c, licart-sliaped coinnion ones, black. Thorax noarly 

 smooth. Elylra with humeri prominent; punctures very coarse on basal 

 half, becoming finer toward apex. Length 4.5-5 mm. 



Knox, Dubois, Posey and Crawford cotmties; scarce. INIay 8- 

 Jiine 26. Taken by sweeping herbage along roadsides. This spe- 

 cies is listed as a variety of 6-puiictala Oliv. The range of both is 

 southern and the tyincal sjxx'ies may be found in the southern third 

 of the State. 



2050 (6576). Lema sayi Crotch, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1873, 26. 



Elongate-oblong. Dull red; antennae, legs, small spot on head and 

 larger one on center of thorax, black. Thorax Inngcr than in coUnrls, finely 

 and rather closely punctate. Ninth stria of elytra narrowly interrupted 

 near middle. Femora clavate, puliescent. Length 5-6.5 mm. 



Duliois County; rare. May 12. A southern 

 Torni found on the spiderwort or day-flower 

 Tradescantia virgiiiiana L. 



Ckiocehi>; Geoff. 17()4. (Or., "a ram + horn.") 



To this genus belong two introduced species 

 ^vhich prey upon asparagus. C. asparagi h. 

 (Pig. 4S0), the common asparagus l)eetle, is 

 about 7 mm. in length; liluish green, thorax red 

 with two green spots ; elyti-a with three or four 

 A'ellow s])ots on sides which merge into a yellow 

 margin. It hns been taken near Cincinnati and 

 Cleveland. Ohio, and \e'"y probably occurs in In- 

 diana. 



Tribe IV. CLYTIIRINI. 



Compact, stout, siibcylindrical species of medium size, having 

 the head large, deflexed; antenna^ shoi't, widely separated, 11- 

 jointed, serrate; thorax margined on sides, fitted closely to the 

 elytra ; front coxa? transverse, more or less prominent, the cavities 

 closed behind; elytra lolied on sides, not covering the pygidium; 

 legs short, stout, tarsi broad ; claws either simple or toothed. Four 

 genera are re])resent(Ml in tlie State. The larv:e are case-bearers 

 and, as far as known, live in ants' nests, where they feed upon 

 vegetable del)i'is. 



IvEY TO INDIANA GF.NEIJA OF CLYTHRINI. 



(/. 'J'arsal claws simple. 



b. Front coxa' contiguous; form eldugate ; color mostly yellow. 



VII. Anomcea. 



Fig^ 480. 

 (After Chittenden ) 



