THE ANT-LTKE FLOWER BEETLES. 1333 



Lawrence County; rare. June 5. The le,s, in the single sperb 

 men t hand, are pale, whereas LeConte s,vs that they « V™ , 

 with the base of front thighs rufous. A member ot the Austron 

 parian fauna. 



Tribe IV. ANTHICTNI. 



To this tribe belong by far the greater number of Species of the 

 family They have the neck very small; mandxbles emargmate at 

 ■Middle Le nearly contiguous; ventral segments five * both 

 les Casey has divided the tribe into 16 genera, representees 

 of ten of which have been taken in Indiana : 



KEY TO INDIANA GENERA OF ANTB1CINI. 



„. Thorax prolonged near apex into a horn-like process. NOTQXrs. 



6. Hind tarsi not longer than the tito Mecvnotarses. 

 hi, Hind tarsi much longer than the tib.se, 



««■ Thorax not prolonged over the head eoxal , lvi . 

 ,. very small and slender ant-1 he to ms. h. ann 



ties closed behind by a prolongation of the a cute . 1 

 presternum; head oblong, the eyes very small, placed .nftont^ 



eo. l£S*e in appearance; the front ooxal cavities widely open be- 



a . smes of mesosternum more or less abnormally dilated ; length not 



o T horax m d"plv constricted or narrowed behind the middle 

 . JSTfl^ nioniliform or bead-lihe ; constriction of thorax 



exiling across the dorsal surface. VIII. ToMonEBt . 

 ff. Antenn" long and slender; constriction of thorax not extend- 

 ins across the dorsal surface. 



tion fine and dense without seta?. • . 



front ones strongly so. 

 the rront uu _ v1qW1 hnt ^traisht and slightly oblique. 



^XTX^ir^ZL^ and the oox,; 



, r" 3* convex; head —rate or rounded 



, "x moderately large. oblUpie at the s.d^r^;^- 

 bescenoe simple. 



