TTIK MKI, . \NDRYI I > I'.AKK F'.KKT! ,KS. 12!).) 



Kosciusko and Putnam counties; rare. March 20-June 22. 

 Sifted from dead leaves in low moist places. Ranges from Pennsyl- 

 vania to Louisiana. 



Wicroscapha dari"<>rnis Lee., oval, convex, black, shining, head, 

 base of antenna 1 , and front legs paler, length 2.8 mm., was described 

 from Illinois and Georgia, 



Tribe VI. MlOLAXnUYIM. 



Tlie genera, comprising this tribe, as at present limited, agree in 

 having the next to last joint of at least the front and middle tarsi 

 excavate beneath, emarginate and lobed; front tarsi of males di- 

 l;;ted ; front eoxjv contiguous; tarsal claws simple; thorax as wide at 

 Itase as elytra ; head not constricted behind. 



Representatives of the following genera are known to occur or 

 probably occur within the State : 



KKY TO INDIANA (! ION ERA OF AI [OLA N DRY 1 NI. 



n. Fron! coxal cavities with an outer fissure or cleft. 



li. Frontal suture I between front and dypeus) distinct; trochantins of 



front coxie distinct; length 7 or more mm. 

 c. Elytra deeply striate; thorax with three grooves on basal half. 



X. MELANDRYA. 



re. Flytra punctured, not at all striate; joints 2 and 3 of antenna? to- 

 gether not longer than joint 4. XI. EMMESA. 

 1th. Frontal suture and trochantins of front coxa? not visible. 



il. Middle coxa? contiguous; anteume slender; fourth joint of maxil- 

 lary palpi large, hatchet-shaped. XYLITA. 

 (hi. Middle cox;e separated by the mesostenmm. 



c. Maxillary palpi with fourth joint wider than the second and 



third ; pubescence prostrate. 



/. Antenna? thick, outer joints wider than long; last joint of max- 

 illary palpi hatchet-shaped. CAREBARA. 

 //'. Antenna' slender; last joint of maxillary palpi elongate, cultri- 

 form or shaped like a pruning knife; length less than 4 mm. 



XII. SPILOTVS. 

 ee. Maxillary palpi with fourth joint not wider than second and 



third. 



//. Maxillary palpi not serrate or serriform, the fourth joint elon- 

 gate; color uniform brown; length more than 11 mm. 



XIII. ENCHODES. 



!/!/. Maxillary palpi mure or less serrate or serriform. the last joiiU 

 elongate, cultriform : thorax elongate, its side margins ef- 

 faced in front, obsolete behind. MYSTAXVS. 

 ua. Front coxal cavities entirely closed on the outer side. i. e., without an 



outer fissure or cleft. 



//. Maxillary palpi with last joint cultriform or pnining-knife shaped; 

 length 6 or more mm. XIV. I'IIIXKOTKYA. 



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