THE LADY BEETI,ES. 517 



986a ( ). Anatis 15-pbnctata mali Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



IV, 1824, 93 ; ibid. I, 192. 

 A variety of lo-pvnctata tiaving the ground tint reddish-brown and each 

 elytral spot surrounded by a broad pale border; the marginal spot of the 

 median row divided or geminate. Length 8-9 mm. (Fig. 185, e.) 



A single specimen Avas taken from beneath a chunk on the 

 beach of Lake Michigan, near Millers, Lake County, on May 13; 

 15-pmictata being common along the beach on the same date. 



VIIL PsYLLOBOKA Chevr. 1806. (Gr., "a flea + to eat") 



Small oval or rounded convex species, having the upper surface 

 pale, spotted with a darker tint; scutellum minute; mesosternum 

 truncate ; tarsal claws with a large quadrate tooth on inner side near 

 apex. One species occurs in Indiana. 



987 (3078). I'sYixoBORA 20-macui-ata Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 IV, 1824, 96 ; ibid. II, 234. 

 Rounded or broadly oval, convex. Yellowish-white; thorax with five 

 black or brownish spots, the one in front of scutellum the smaller ; elytra 

 each with nine spots, the two discal usually merged and sometimes joining 

 the others partly, together. Beneath pale brownish-yellow, the sternum 

 and middle of ventral segments black. Thorax finely, elytra more strongly 

 and closely, punctate. Length 2-2.5 mm. (Fig. 191, .17.) 



Frequent throughout the State. April 5-October 20. Prob- 

 ably hibernates. Occurs in early spring in nunil)ers about the base 

 of skunk cabbage and on leaves of various shrubs. 



Tribe III. CHILOCORINI. 



Antenna? very short, compact, narrowly clavate and inserted 

 under a broadly dilated frontal plate, thus concealing their base; 

 thorax very small, deeply emarginate in front and rounded behind; 

 epipleura very broad, concave, strongly descending on the outer 

 side; legs short, femora not extending beyond sides of body; tarsi 

 beneath densely, spongy pubescent. Three genera compose the 

 tribe, all of which are represented in Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA GENEBA OF CHILOCORINI. 



a. Front tibia with a small toolhoii oulor iiiarj^nn near base; thorax pubes- 

 cent toward sides ; length less than 6 mm. IX. Chilocokus. 

 aa. Front tibia without a tooth ; thorax not pubescent toward the side mar- 

 gins. 

 1). T.ody convex', not compressed nor ex<-;ivatcd I)eneatli ; sine small, not 

 over 3.5 mm. X. Exochomus. 

 bb. Body very convex, subcompressed above, excavated beneath for the 

 femora ; size large, 6 or more mm. XL Axion. 



