THE SHORT-WINGED SCAVENGER BEETLES. 



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LXXXIV. Anthobium Leach. 1819. (Gr., "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; tibiae pubescent; hind 

 tarsi as in H'omaliunj. Two species have been taken and one other 

 perhaps occurs. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF ANTHOBIUM. 



a. Body distinctly convex : thorax not grooved : elytra as long as or longer 

 than abdomen, acuminate in female. 928. convexum. 



aa. Body feebly convex or subdepressed. 



&. Thorax not grooved, sparsely and finely punctate : elytra of female 

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



lilj. Thorax distinctly grooved: elytra of female truncate, not reaching 

 much beyond the middle of abdomen. pothos. 



92S (2S6S). Anthobium convexum Fauv.. Bull. Soc. Linne.. II, 1S7S. 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. 

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

 Thorax distinctly wider at base than apex, sides feebly curved; 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. Length 

 2-2.5 mm. 



Steuben. Fountain. Marion and Martin counties; 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. 



929 (2870). Anthobium horxi Fauv.. Bull. Soc. Linne.. II, 1878, 202. 



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

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

 finely and sparsely punctate ; antenna? 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 base and apex : disk finely and sparsely 

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

 Length 2-2.1 mm. 



Martin, Posey and Crawford counties; scarce. May 6-May 25. 

 A. pathos Mann, reddish-yellow, abdomen black. 2.5-2.8 mm. in 

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



LXXXV. Ephelis Fauv. 1878. (Gr.. "on -a nail or stud.") 



Rather elongate, feebly convex, strongly punctate species hav- 

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



