13] FAMILY L/XI. MORDELLID.E. 



II. ANASPIS Geoff. 1762. ( Gr., ' ' without + shield. ") 



Sixth ventral segment not visible; fourth joint -of front and 

 middle tarsi very small and received upon the third, which is 

 slightly lobed; males with two slender appendages protruding from 

 between the fourth and fifth ventral segments. Two of the eight 

 recognized species have been taken in the State, while a third may 

 occur in the northern counties. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF ANASPIS. 



a. Upper surface entirely black; palpi, base of antenna' and front legs dull 



yello\A' : thorax twice as wide as long; length 31 mm. NK;RA. 



a<i. Upper surface, in par) at least, yellow; thorax one-half wider than lung. 



1). Head, thorax and under surface black ; elytra pale brownish-yellow. 



2410. FLAMPENN'S. 



lili. Head fuscous or yellow; thorax and elytra dull reddish-yellow. 



2420. RI-FA. 



A. mijm Ilald., readily recognized by the robust form, is known 

 from Vermont and New York to Lake Superior. 



241!) (77(59). ANASPIS FLAVIPF.XMS Ilald., Journ. I'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. I, 



1848, 100. 



Elongate, slender. Color given in key; tibia', tarsi, month parts and 

 base of antenme brownish-yellow. Length 3-4 mm. 



Steuben. Marion, Putnam and Jennings counties; scarce. April 

 9-May 25. Occurs on flowers, especially those of huckleberry and 

 Cratcegus. 



2420 (7770). ANASPIS RCK\ Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., V, 1S2C, 244; 



ibid. II, 309. 



Elongate, slender. Head yellow or more or less piceous ; antenna? and 

 abdomen fuscous or dull yellow. Length 3-4 mm. 



Kosciusko, Fulton, Putnam and Crawford counties; scarce. 

 April 20-June 27. 



III. TOMOXIA Costa. 1Sr>4. (fir., "joint + sharp.") 



In this and succeeding genera the body is more or less wedge- 

 shaped ; hind femora very large and flat ; last dorsal segment conical, 

 prolonged; sixth ventral not visible; body pubescent and very finely 

 punctulate. The species of Tnnn>.ria are of a blackish color, varied 

 with irregular grayish pubescence. They have the anal style short, 

 obtuse; antenna 1 serrate,; last joint of maxillary palpi more or less 

 elongate, triangular and thick, with the apical face concave. Two of 

 the three recognized species have been taken in the State. 



