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LXXXIV Anthobium Leach. 18] 9. (6r., "a flower + liv- 

 ing on." 



Short and rather broad, subdepressed species having the elytra 

 usually reaching nearly to or beyond the tip of abdomen; last joint 

 of maxillary palpi longer than the third; tibise pubescent; hind 

 tarsi as in Hoiiialiuiii. Two spee-ie-s have been taken and one other 

 perhaps occur.s. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF ANTHOBIUlt. 



ri. Body distinctly convex; thorax not grooved; elytra ns long as or longer 

 than abdomen, acuminate in female. 928. convexum. 



aa. Body feebly convex or subdepressed. 



6. Thorax not grooved, sparsely and finely punctate; elytra of female 



truncate, not covering tip of abdomen. 929. hobni. 



66. Thorax distinctly grooved ; elytra of female truncate, not reaching 



much beyond the middle of abdomen. pothos. 



928 (2868). Anthobium convexum Fauv., Bull. Soc. Linne., II, 1S78, 201. 



Oblong-oval, convex. Dull reddish-yellow ; head and thorax alutaceous ; 

 elytra shining; base of abdomen black in male. Head as broad as apex of 

 thorax, flattened and minutely and sparsely punctured between the eyes. 

 AntenniB not reaching base of thorax, joints 7-11 forming an elongate club. 

 Thorax distinctly wider at base than apex, sides feebly cuived ; disk con- 

 vex, flattened near hind angles, sparsely and very finely punctate. Elytra 

 feebly widened from base to apex, their tips rounded in male, acute in 

 female; surface more coarsely and closely punctate than thorax. IJength 

 2-2.5 mm. 



Steuben, Fountain. Clarion and Martin eoimties; frequent lo- 

 cally. April 28-June 16. Occurs on flowers of black haw; especi- 

 ally abundant on those of the red-berried elder in the marshes of 

 ►Steuben County. Our only species of the subfamily with the elytra 

 longer than the abdomen. 

 020 (2870). Anthobium hokm Fauv., Bull. Snc Linne., II, 1878. 202. 



Short, rather broad, subdepressed. Dull reddish-yellow, shining; ab- 

 domen of male in great part piceous. of female ijiceous at apex. Head 

 finely and sparsely punctate; antennre shorter than head and thorax, joints 

 7-10 broader than long, forming a loose club. Thorax more than twice as 

 wide as long; sides rounded into liase and apex; disk finely and sparsely 

 punctate. Elytra more than twice as long as thorax, (lieir tips truncate. 

 Length 2-2.4 mm. 



ilartin, Posey and Crawford counties; scarce, ^lay fi-JIay 25. 



^1. pothos ^lann, reddish-yellow, abdomen black, 2.5-2.8 mm. in 

 length, is a boreal species which may occur in northern Indiana. 



LXXXV Ephelis Fauv. 1S78. (Gr., "on -Fa nail or stud.") 

 Rather elongate, feebly convex, strongly punctate species hav- 

 ing the head not constricted at base, eyes large ; third .joint of maxil- 



