854 FAMILY XI .II. CLERID I';. 



1631 (5169). Knooleeus kosmarus Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 



1823, 190 ; Ibid. II, 121. 

 Elongate, convex, slightly wider behind. Dull red, subopaque; elytra 

 with a narrow crossbar in front of middle and a much broader one on apical 

 third, black, the two separated by a curved yellowish-white bar, apex also 

 yellowish-white or pale red ; tibiae and outer joints of antennae fuscous ; ab- 

 domen black, polished. Thorax bell-shaped, finely and densely punctate. 

 Elytra with coarse, dense' ecjnfluent punctures, arranged in very irregular 

 rows ; intervals subcostate, especially at base, the pale crossbar and apex 

 clothed with rather dense whitish hairs. Length 4r-7 mm. 



Southern two-thirds oi State, common; not taken north of 

 Marion and Vermillion counties. 2Iay 21-September 16. Occurs 

 especially on the foliage of the greater horseweed. 



1632 (5180). Enoclbkds THOBAciotrs Oliv., Ent, IV, 1795, No. 76, 18, pi. 2, 



fig. 22, a, 6. 

 Elongate, slightly wider behind, subdepressed. Black, often with a 

 bluish or violaceous tinge ; thorax and sometimes the front of head reddish- 

 yellow, the former with a large black discal spot on basal half (this rarely 

 extending to front margin) ; legs and antennse very rarely dusky yellow. 

 Elytra rather coarsely and very densely- punctate, obsoletely costate. Length 

 5-7 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent, ilay 4~June 28. Occure on 

 foliage in damp meadows. 



VI. Thanasimus Latr. 1806. (Gr., "mortal.") 

 Eyes emarginate in front, finely granulated; maxillary palpi 

 slender; labial palpi dilated; autennal club loosely 3- jointed, very 

 gradually enlarged; tarsi apparently 4-jointed, slender, elongate, 

 claws broadly toothed. P^ur species are known from America 

 north of Slexico, one of which occurs in Indiana. 



1633 (5184). Thanasimus dubiiis Pabr., Gen. Ins. Mant, 1777, 229. 

 Elongate, depressed, subopaque, somewhat wider behind. 



Head, thorax, under surface and base of elytra dull red; 



antennse and legs varying from red to pitchy black, the legs 



usually red, the tibire black ; elytra in great part black, with 



a narrow aagulate crossbar In front of middle and a broader 



sinuate one near apox formed of dense recumbent grayish- 



white hairs. Thorax bell-shaped, finely and densely punc- 



^Y tate and with a deep curved transverse groove in front of 



• middle and a median -impressed line behind the groove Ely- 



^ tra with r,)ws of coarse punctures on basal half, these grad- 



Fis.335. "ally indistinct toward apex. Length 7.5-9 mm. (Fig. 335.) 



(Originki.) Lake and Elkhart counties; rare. Julv 23- \u- 



S'ust 9. . '^ - 



