'■^52 KAMIFj^' XT,1I.— CLERID,]';. 



1626 (5159). Teichodes nuttai.i.i Kirby, Trims. Liim. Soc. Lond., XII, 

 1818, 391. 

 Elongate, subcylindi-ical. Head, thorax, legs and under 

 surface dark blue, sdmetimes purplish or greenish-blue; ely- 

 tra blackish-blue, with basal, median and subapical cross- 

 bars, interrupted at suture, and also with the margin from 

 humerus to middle, reddish-yellow, the humeral umbone blue. 

 Thorax bell-shaped, coarsely, sparsely and shallowly punc- 

 tate. Elytra coarsely, shallowly and irregularly punctate. 

 Length 8-10.5 mm. (Fig. 333.) 



_. ,-- Porter, Kosciusko, Elkhart and Crawford coun- 



I'lg. 66S. ' 



ry^\, tie.s; scarce. June 28- August 6. The Porter County 



(Original.) 



specimens were taken from blossoms of Opuntia. 



V Enocleri's Gahan. 1910. (Gr., " in -H insects noxious to 



hives.") 



Eyes distinctly emarginate in front, finely granulate; maxil- 

 lary palpi slender ; labial palpi dilated ; tarsi apparently 4-jointed, 

 claws broadly dentate; antennal club .3-.iointed, rather abruptly en- 

 larged, conical. About 30 species of this genus are known from 

 North America, si.x of which have been taken in Indiana. One ad- 

 ditional species and one variety may also occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF ENOCLEBUS. 



a. Elytra more or less broadly red at base. 



&. Median pale elytral crossbar very broad, not lunate; larger, 8-12 mm. 



c. Width of median pale crossbar less than one-fourth the length of 



elytra ; bndy beneath usually red. 1027. quadbisignatus. 



cc. Width of median pale crossbar about one-third the length of ely- 

 tra ; meso- and metasterna usually dark. 1G28. iciiN'EUMONErs. 

 66. Median pale crossbar narrow, lunate on each elytron; smaller spe- 

 cies, 4-7 mm. 



d. Abdomen red. 1629. QVADRiouTTATtTs. 

 dd. Abdomen black. 



c. Shining, slender ; elytral sculpture finer. 1630. nigbifrons. 



cc. Subopnqne, rather robust; elytral sculpture coai-se. 



/. Disk of elytra without trace of costa;, their tips black; an- 

 tenna- entirely red. analis. 

 ff. Disk of elytra obsoletely costate, the tips pale; antennre red 



'^^"^'' '^"^l^y- 1631. KOSMAR,-..! 



(/». Elytra black at base. 



g. Elytra entirely bla<-k ; abdomen black, 1^;^^ thobacicus 



gg. Elytra with pale median crossbar; abdomen red. var. rufiventris. 



1(!27 (5165). ENo.r.EBUs quadrisigaatus Say, Bost. Journ. Nat Hist I 



1S35, 162; ibid. II, i;:;s. " " 



. ^^'7-''"; "'"^l«'^it"l.v i-"l'"st. strongly ,.„uvex. Head, thorax, basal 



third of elytra and under surface dull red; apical two-thirds of elytra 



