1272 FAMILY LVI. CISTELID.K. 



cc. Last joint of maxillary palpi broad, triangular. 



(1. Third joint of antemue nearly or fully equal to fourth. 



e. Form oval ; punctuation and pubescence usually minute and 

 dense; front tarsi as long as the tibia 1 ; antemue slender. 



IV. ISOMIRA. 



ee. Form oblong, subparallel ; punctuation and pubescence generally 

 coarse and sparse; front tarsi shorter than the tibia 1 ; antenn-e 

 shorter and stouter, the joints obeonical. 



V. MYCETOCHAKKS. 

 (/(/. Third joint of anteniue always distinctly shorter than fourth, but 



longer in the female than in the male. 

 /. Mandibles emarginate or truncate at apex ; front tarsi more or 



less dilated in the male. 



g. Legs short, the tarsi distinctly shorter than tibia?; mandibles 

 obliquely truncate at apex, feebly and obtusely bilobed. 



ANDKIMUS. 



gg. Legs long and slender, the tarsi as long as the tibia*: mandi- 

 bles deeply notched at apex, the lobes acute and subequal. 



VI. CAPXOCIIKOA. 



//. Mandibles acute at tip; front tarsi of male not dilated, but elon- 

 gate and distorted ; antenn;e long and filiform. 



VII. ANDROCIJIKI s. 



I. ALLEOULA Fiik 1S(M. (L., "by another way.") 



Oblong-oval species, gradually pointed behind, and having the 

 tarsal lobes, especially the one on the next to the last joint, highly 

 developed; apical side of last joint of maxillary palpi longer than 

 the outer side; punctures of elytral stria 1 finer toward apex. One 

 species has been taken in the State, while another may occur in the 

 northern counties. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF ALLECULA. 



o. Larger, 9-10 mm.; eyes of female separated by about one-half their 



width, those of male not quite contiguous. 2354. PUNCTULATA. 



da. Smaller, not over S mm. ; eyes of female separated by fully their own 



width. ATRA. 



-354 (7589). ALLECULA PUNCTULATA Melsh., I'roc. Phil. Aead. Nat. Sci.. 



Ill, 1846, 59. 



Elongate-oval. Dark chestnut-brown to black, sparsely clothed with 

 fine yellowish pubescence; antennae and tarsi reddish-brown. Thorax one- 

 half wider Ihan long, sides distinctly converging and nearly straight from 

 base almost to apex, hind angles rectangular, Itase broadly and deeply sin- 

 uate; sui'l'acc coarsely and rather sparsely punctate and with a faint basal 

 t'ovea each side. Elytra scarcely wider than base of thorax, gradually nar- 

 rowed from middle to apex; surface deeply striate, the stria 1 with coarse. 

 rather .distant punctures; intervals subconvex. distinctly punctate. Male 



