THE SIIOIiT-WJXCUD SCAVEXOEII BEETLES. 461 



S0(_) (2696). OxYPOKUS latekalis Gray., Muii. C<il. Micr., 180(j, 105. 



Elongate-Oblong, robust. Reddish-yellow ; sides of elytiu with a black 

 or fuscous stripe, starting one-third beliind humerus and gradually widen- 

 ing to apex ; legs pale yellow. Head of male slightly narrower, of female 

 as wide as, thorax; surface, with that of latter, very finely alutaceous, 

 not punctate. Thorax slightly wider than long, sides broadly rounded. 

 Elytra one-half longer and distinctly wider than thorax, with a sntural 

 and one diseal row of fine i)unetnres with scattered coarser ones interven- 

 ing. Length i'i.')-7.'> mm. 



Lake and Putnam counties; scarce. October 7-Xovember 9. 

 Taken on the latter date beneath partly bni'ied logs, and probably 

 hibernates. 



S91 (2r;02). OxYPOECS OCCIPITALIS Fauv., Mars. Abeille, I, 18(i4, 369. 



Form of iiitcralis. Color in part given in key. Elytra black, each with 

 a triangular basal spot reddish-yellow; abdomen with a small black spot 

 on middle of second and third, and a much larger one on fourth and fifth, 

 dorsal segments. Thorax one-third wider than long, sides strongly curved. 

 Elytra with rumerous very coarse punctures between the sutural and diseal 

 stria'. Length 6 mm. 



Lake, ^Marion aiid Vigo counties; seari e. October 7-October 20. 

 The elytra are sometinaes colored very nearly as in latiralis, but are 

 much more coarsely punctured than there. This may also prove to 

 be only a color variety of vitiatus. 



Subfamily IX. OXYTELINAE. 



Small, usually slender species having the antennje 11- (rarely 

 10-) jointed, inserted under the sides of the front, the latter more or 

 less prolonged before the eyes ; front eoxiv usually large, conical and 

 prominent; middle coxiv contiguous (separatect in O.ri/trlit.'i). The 

 subfamily as above defined is separated into six tribes, four of which 

 are represented in Indiana. 



KEY TO I>;UIANA TRIBES OF OXY'TKLIN.E. 



«. Front coxa- conical, prominent. 



/(. Head without ocelli or simple eyes. 



e. Abdomen margined. Tribe I. Oxytelini, p. 462. 



re. Abdomen not mnrKined; form cylindrical. 



Tribe II. Osoriini, p. 473. 

 Vb. Head with two ncelli usually placed on a line jiiining the hind mar- 

 gin of the eyes; form broad and deiiressed; elytra usually covering 

 half or more the length of abdomen. Tribe III. Omaliini, p. 474. 

 na. Front coxie trans^er-^e : head without ocelli; |ir:]stcrnum horn-lilie be- 

 hind the coxic. Tril)e W. Proteinini, p. 4S2. 



