THE AN'i'-i,(>viN(; ni;i:'ri,i;s. V.V^ 



(!27 (I'.KI'.t). 'l'i;i\iioMi:i i:a hi i:i a !.("<•. . 1 '.nsl . .I«iurii. \;il. Hist.. VI. ISl'.l, IDS. 

 Dull bniwuiyli-ycliow. shiuiiii;. very liut>ly pulK'secnt. Iload sliKlilly 

 wider than long, tiiioly but tlistiuctly punctate. Anlenn;e reaching middle 

 of thorax, .ioints .'i to S bead-like, very small, ninth and tenth wider but not 

 longer, eleventh very large, ovate-conical. Thorax as wide as long, widest 

 just in front of middle, disk with a deep transverse sulcus at base, eonnect- 

 '' iiig a small fovea eacli side. Elytra each with two basal fovere, the discal 

 line reaching iniddlc l.ciigtli .8 mm. (Fig. I'lli. r.) 



I 'ill ii;iiii ( '(Mini \- : rare. A pfil '12. 



XIX. Mi'Mj'.A Cas'v. 1S!)7. (A iiainc.) 



Head siiiallcr; last antcnnal .jniiil larji-c. coiic-shaixMl ; occiput in 

 I 111' species witli a iiKMiiaii iiupi-cssidn ; fii'st dorsal not cl()iio;atc; 

 second viMitial short. 'c than the ncxl two. .Males willi front and 

 middle fcMiiora niiich -■Wdllcii. Three spi' ics pci'haps occiii" in llic 

 State. 



Ki:V lO IMHA.XA M'KCIKS OK MKLli.X. 



(/. Discal stria' of elytra short. 



h. Thoi'ax not [iiinrlurcii. ns wide ;is liead. (Jl-'S. c.xkvii.a. 



/'/;. 'I'lmi-a.x liiiely and distinctly pniicjured. wider than head. 



TIIOUACICA. 



(III. Discal slria' half the length of each elytron. 629. ma.ja. 



(IL's (IIHK;). MEi.r.A PARVLLA Lcc, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., VI, 1849, 108. 



I'.rownish-yellow, shining, tinely pubescent. Head one-fifth wider than 

 long, smooth, frontal margin slightly curved; occipital fovese deep. An- 

 tenn;e as in T. duhia. the last .juiut larger. Thorax subglobose, narrower at 

 lia.se; disk with a deep transverse basal groove which is angulate at middle 

 and unites with a small fovea each side. Elytra strongly convex, the discal 

 groove limited to bas.il fnui'lh. Length 1 nun. (Fig. 152. (/.) 



Slaike and Aloni'oc counties: rai'c. \\;\y S-^Iay 18. 



.17. thoracica lU't-ud., dull yellow, pnheseence ti.ae, abniidant, 

 h'uo'th .9 mm., was described from Illin!;is and Iowa, and is said to 

 occm' on moist, i'otlcn wood, ^\■ith anls. and to be abundant in June. 



020 ( ). .Mei.iia ma.ia r.reiid.. Tr.-ins. .Vmer. Ent. Soc, XIX. 1892. 107. 



Differs from parnila in the longer discal stria of elyti'a and in having 

 the sutural stria punctured on the outer side, r^ength 1.1 mm. 



rutnam Coiiiily; t-are. .\pril 17. 



Tr>)vu)])h cUis: f.h<:n]i I ii.s Broud.. yellow, pubescence tine and 

 s[)arsc. len<jrtli 1.2 mm., was described from Iowa and may occur in 

 Xortheni Indiana. 



