338 FAMILY XI. STAPIIYLINID/E. 



631 (2089). DINOPSIS MYTXJENOIDES Kr., Linn. Ent., XI, 1857, 38. 

 Smaller and somewhat paler than amcricana. Dull brown, the thorax 



and elytra thickly clothed with silken yellowish prostrate pubescence; an- 

 tennte, legs, front margin of thorax and last ventral and dorsal segments, 

 dull brownish-yellow. Thorax and elytra as in amcricana, the latter about 

 as long as thorax, the granules finer. Length 2-2.5 ram. 



Laporte and Posey counties; scarce. April 18- July 15. Occurs 

 in moist places beneath rubbish. 



Tribe II. MYLL./ENINI. 



Head prolonged in a beak in front. Lobes of the maxillae very 

 long and slender, the inner lobe entirely corneous, its inner side with 

 saw-like teeth. Maxillary palpi very long and slender. Labial 

 palpi very thin, bristle-like. Front and middle tarsi with four, 

 hind tarsi with five joints. 



The tribe contains only one genus. 



II. MYLL^NAEr. 1837. (Gr., "to twist.") 



Antennae slender, head rather small; elytra as long as or shorter 

 than the thorax; abdomen strongly narrowed toward the apex. 



632 (2086). MYLIJENA MTNUTA Grvh., Mon. Col. Micr., 1800, 174. 



Dark brown ; legs and apical third of antennae dull yellow. Thorax 

 one-half wider than long, sides of disk strongly sloping toward the front 

 angles, which are rounded. Elytra about two-thirds the length of thorax, 

 its surface, as well as that of the latter, densely and minutely punctate. 

 Length 2 rnm. 



Putnam County; frequent. March 20-October 17. Taken by 

 sitting vegetable debris from about a hillside spring. 



633 (- ->. MYLI^ENA VULPINA Brnh., Deutsch. Ent. Ztschr., 1907. 381. 

 Head, thorax and abdomen in great part, piceous; legs, basal joint of 



antenna', tip of abdomen and elytra (in great part) brownish-yellow; an- 

 tei'iKt and base of elytra fuscous. Thorax one-third wider than long, hind 

 angles obtusely rounded. Elytra as wide and as long as thorax, the sur- 

 face, as well as that of the latter, minutely and densely punctate; apex 

 notched near the outer angle. Abdomen at base slightly narrower than 

 elytra ; densely and finely punctate. Length 2.2 mm. 



Laporte County; rare. July 15. 



Tribe III. HYGRONOMINI. 



Head not prolonged in a beak in front; antennas with eleven 

 joints; inner lobe of the maxillae externally corneous, internally 

 coriaceous; all the tarsi with four joints. 



