THE CHECKERED BEETLES. 853 



black, with two yellowish-white crossbars narrowly interrupted at suture, 

 the broader one at middle, the narrower one on apical fourth; antennas and 

 legs black. Thorax bell-shaped with a faint transverse groove in front of 

 middle, sparsely and finely punctate. Elytra rather coarsely and very 

 densely punctate. Length 8-12 mm. 



Crawford County; scarce. June 25-September 4. 



1G28 (5171). Enoclerus iciinrumoneus Fabr., Gen. Ins 

 Mant.. 1777, 230. 

 Elongate, robust, convex, feebly shining. Head and tho 

 rax pale brick red ; antenna 1 , legs, pro-, meso- and meta 

 sterna black. Elytra black with a very broad median yel 

 lowish crossbar, their basal margin narrowly and suture be 

 fore the crossbar red. Thorax as in the preceding, the trans 

 verse groove less evident. Elytra coarsely and densely punc- 

 tate, their apical fourth densely clothed with grayish hairs 

 Length S-ll mm. (Fig. 334.) 



Clark County; rare. May 15. 



1G29 (5167). Enoclerus qtjadriguttatus Oliv., Ent., IV, 1795, No. 76, 18. 

 pi. 2, fig. 23, a, 1). 



Elongate, moderately robust, snbdepressed, subopaque. Head, thorax 

 and basal two-fifths of elytra dull red ; antennas, legs, meso- and metasterna. 

 spot on head (often wanting) and apical three-fifths of elytra black; black 

 portion of elytra with a narrow crossbar very near its front edge and a 

 crossbar or spot (rarely wanting) on apical fourth, whitish. Thorax as in 

 quadrisignatus. Elytra rather coarsely and densely punctured, the pale 

 crossbar and apex clothed with dense grayish pubescence. Length 4.5- 

 7 mm. 



Wells, Putnam and Posey counties; frequent. March 23-No- 

 vember 7. The var. rufiventris Spin, has a range which should in- 

 clude northern Indiana, 



1630 ( ). Enoclerus nigrifrons Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 



1823, 190; ibid. II, 121. 



Elongate, subdepressed, very shining. Black or fuscous, legs in part 

 and basal third of elytra dull red. Upper surface more finely punctate than 

 in quadriguttatus, which it otherwise resembles. Length 4.5-6.5 mm. 



Laporte County; rare. June 27. Two specimens beaten from 

 pine limbs near Dune Park. Listed as a synonym of quadrigut- 

 tatus, but now regarded as a distinct species. 



E. analis Lee., red, under surface in great part and legs black; 

 elytra, except base, black with two whitish crossbars, length 5.5-7 

 mm., is known from Ohio. Illinois and westward. 



Fig. 334. 



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