112 FAMILY II. — CAKABIKJ,. 



*1T4 I 702 I. LoxAiXDRUS agilis Dej.. S]]ee. III. 1~<1!'^. 244. 



Black or piueous. shining, feebly iriilescent ; anteume dusky, the l)as;il 

 joint ijaler : legs pale tu dai-k reddish-bniwu. Thurax sub;.iuadrate, as wide 

 as long; sides more stronglj- curved than in minor : basal impressions large. 

 sparsely and finely punctate, hind angles rounded. Elytral strise finely but 

 distinctly punctate; intervals subcimvex. I.cn^'tli ~>.'>-~ mm. 



Fulton, Yigo and Dubois counties ; scarce. January 7-Aueust 

 20. Occurs under bark of oak stumps and logs. 

 ITS (TOT I. LoxAXDKts VELOX Dej.. Spec. III. is2s. 24."i. 



Black or piceous. shining ; three basal joints of antenna; reddish-yellow, 

 remainder darker. Thorax slightly wader than long, sides feeljly curved, 

 basal impressions narrow. Elytral stria- distinctly punctureil : intervals 

 flattened. Length o-iii mm. 



ilarion. Vigo. Lawrence and Crawford counties : scarce. Jan- 

 uary 7-October 23. The reddish-yellow sutural spot near apex i^ 

 sometimes indistinct. 



L. celer De,].. 6—7 mm. in length, is known from Illinois. Florida 

 and Texas, and probably occurs in the southern third of Indiana. 



Tribe VI!. LICIXIXl. 



Antenna^ moderately long, arising from beneath a distinct fron- 

 tal plate, two or three basal .joints glabrous; head short, with two 

 sets above the eyes : labrum short, emarginate. longitudinally im- 

 pressed: mandibles stout, more or less c-iu-ved. mentum deeply 

 emarginate. ivithout a tooth. Thorax with one (rarely two) bris- 

 tle-bearing punctures on the side and one near the hind angles. 

 Body not pedunculate. Elytra striate, margined at base, not in- 

 terrupted on the margin. Hmd coxit contiguous ; front tibiffi deep- 

 ly emarginate on inner side, ilales with two or three joints ot 

 front tarsi rather broadly dilated, spongy pubescent beneath and 

 ciliate at the sides. 



Four genera represent the tribe in the United States, three of 

 which occur in Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA GEXER.\ OF UCIXIXI. 



(I. Antemise with three basal jniuts entirely glabrous: size medium vv 

 large. 10 i.r more mm. 

 V. Elytra with oue dorsal puncture on the third interval (except in 

 ohtusa) ; eighth and ninth stri;e very close. 



XXVIII. DiPLOCHILA. 



66. Elytra without dorsal puncture: eighth and ninth stria; well sep- 



■>i'!ited. XXIX. Dic.ELis. 



(III. .\ntenniv with only two basal joints Lrl.ibrous: si/e ^mall. not over T 



nnu. ; third interval with two dorsal punctures. XXX. Badiste.:. 



