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THE ANT-LIKE FLOWER BEETLES. 



mu( * strong and without distinct puncture, except a very few within that 

 impression. Length 3.3-3.5 mm. 



Putnam County; rare. April 27. One specimen taken bj sitt- 

 ing dead leaves. Described from Indiana and Iowa. 



X. Lappus Casey. 1895. 

 Casey separates four species from Anthicus and describes 14 

 new ones tinder the above name. The characters distinguishing 

 ;XWn, S and allied genera are given in the generic key. 

 Two species have been taken m the State. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OE LAPPCS. 



, Body and >egs deep hlach —out; Hind Uhhr of ma^not dUated^ 



usually black or pieeous; hind tibiae ot maie ^ STUEMII . 



inner side. 



2486 (T936). Lappvs obscvbes Laf.. Mon. Anthie. 1848 116 

 the hairs become coarser and slightly pa ei 



Lai transverse impression of elytra faint. Length 2.7-3 mm 



Orange and Posey counties; scarce. Jnne Wane 18. Beaten 

 from wild grape and elder. 



basal impression of elytra distinct. Length 2. . -3 mm. 



Tippecanoe, Crawford and Harrison counties; scarce. June 11- 



July 5. 



XI. Hemantus Casey. 1895. 

 Sufficiently distinguished by the characters given in generic 

 wattle n lesosternum in our species dilated so as to extend more 

 £. half Z between the coxae and elytra! humeri, its outer mar- 

 gin bearing a close fringe of long, fine decumbent hairs. 

 2488 ( 7945). Hemantus eloralis Payk.. Faun. Suec, I. 1798, 258. 



" 8S R iddish.t,owu, « ^«™>™^^rjLZ 



tra pieeous; P^-^*^^^ are rounds = 

 iTSSSE-SS I ha. ., disU « a sma* douhle tubercie on 



