THE LA:\rELLTCOi;X BEETLES. 



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Tribe III. CETOXIINI. 

 In addition to the flattened form and prominent conical front 

 coxa', the members of this tribe have the antennse always 10-jointed ; 

 scutellmn usually triangular and pointed; pygidium visible and 

 tarsal cla^vs equal and simple. In some genera the side pieces or 

 epimera of the mesothorax are continued upward so as to form a 

 little piece Avhich is easily seen at the shoulders between the thorax 

 and elytra. In flying, the true Cetonias do not raise the elytra, as 

 most beetles do, but the inner mngs pass out from the side under 

 the elytra, which are a little narrower at the tips than the base and 

 do not at all embrace the sides of the body. The members of this 

 tribe differ from the other "leaf chafers" in being for the most 

 part flower beetles, the mouth organs being furnished with a brush 

 of hairs with which they collect the pollen. They are therefore 

 mostly diurnal, flying about from flower to flower during the heat 

 of the day. At night and in cloudy or rainy weather they are to be 

 found beneath bark or other eo'\ er. Seven of the nine genera com- 

 prising the tribe in North America are represented in the State. 



The following literature treats of three of these, the descriptions 

 of the species of the others being mdely scattered: 



Horn. — "Synopsis of the Euphorise of the United States," in 



Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, XVIII, 1880, 397^08. 

 Horn. — "Descriptions of New Coleoptera of the United States, 

 with Notes on Kno^vn Species," in Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 

 III, 1871. The genus Cremastochilus is treated on pp. 

 339-341. 

 Horn. — "A Monographic Revision of the Species of Cremasto- 

 chilus of the United States," in Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 

 XVIII, 1880, 382-397. 

 Horn. — "Revision of the United States Species of OcJwdceus 

 and other Genei'a of Scaraba?idEe,'' in Trans. Amer. Ent. 

 Soc, V, 1S76. The genus TrirJiiit.'; is monographed on pp. 

 194-197. 



KEY TO INDIANA GENEBA OF CETONnNI. 



(1. Side pieces or epimera of tlie mesothorax visible from above; elytra 

 more or less sinuate on the sides Isebind the humeri. 

 h. Thorax lobed at the base, the lobe covering the scutellum ; head of 

 liiith sexes witli .i more i>v less distinct fmntal and clypeal spine. 



XXXVI. CoTixis. 

 bh. Scutellum not covered by a lolie of the thorax. 



