318 FAMILY X. PSP]LAPHID.^. 



Antennre with second Joint small, oval ; third and fonrth smaller, obeonieal ; 

 joints 5-S larger, subglobnlar, equal ; ninth to eleventh transverse, forming 

 in male a densely pubescent club, three times as thick as eighth joint and 

 as long as the five preceding together; in female the club is smaller, less 

 pubescent and the preceding joints equal and cylindrical. Thorax sub- 

 globular, the basal groove sharply defined. Elytra each with a discal 

 groove on basal two-thirds. Front trochanters with a slender spine. Length 

 1.8 mm. (Fig. 149, d.) 



Lake, Steuben, and Starke counties ; scarce. May 25-June 16. 

 Brachygluta ahdomi nalis Auhe. red-brown, pubescence very fine, 

 length 2 mm., has been taken near Cincinnati. 



XII. Bryaxis Leach. 1817. (Gr., "to swarm.") 



In this genns the thoracic fovere are not connected by a groove. 

 The foHowing ])robably occur within the State : 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF BRYAXIS. 



(/. Median basal fovea of thorax smaller than those on sides; last three 

 joints of male antennse contorted. 

 h. Thorax as long as wide, convex; first dorsal of abdomen without 

 carime. perpunctata. 



l)b. Thorax wider than long, less convex ; abdominal carin?e present, in- 

 cluding between them two-fifths of the width of segment. 



605. CAVICORNIS. 



(Id. Thorax with three large, equal pubescent fovete; sexual marks on the 



abdominal segments of male, the antennae not modified. 



r. FovejTe of occiput open toward the eyes, or very near them ; thorax 



finely punctate; male with first dorsal segment acutely bilnbed; 



length 1.7 mm. 606. ii.linoiensis. 



cc. Fovea^ of occiput distant from the eyes ; thorax not punctate ; 



black, legs, antennae and palpi dusky yellow; length 1.3 mm. 



PERFORATA. 



B. perpunctata Brend., brown, punctate, sparsely pubescent, 

 length 1.8 mm., is known from Illinois. 



60.5 (1027). Rryaxis ca^^cornis Brend.. rrnc. Ent. Soc. Phil., VII, ]«66. 

 194. 

 Elongate-oval. Fuscous-brown, clothed with long, recumbent pubes- 

 cence; elytra and legs reddish-brown; antenn:e dark red, last four joints 

 fuscous. Head six-sided, fovete large. Antenn.ne longer than head and 

 thorax, the last three joints in male each differing in form, ninth wedge- 

 shaped, tenth scre\v-sha])ed, eleventh kidney-shaped. Thorax wider than 

 ](mg, finely punctate, the basal fovejTe all visible from above. Elytra finely 

 and sparsely punctulate ; discal lines straight, converging. Length 2 nnn. 



Putnam and Posey counties; rare. September 28-October 10, 



