338 FAMILY XT. — STAPH YLINID/E. 



(>;}1 (2089). DiNOPSis MYi.L.ENOiDES Kr.. Linn. Ent, XI, 1857, 38. 



Smaller and somewhat paler than aimneana. Dull brown, the thoi'ax 

 and elytra thickly clothed with silken yellowish prostrate pubescence; an- 

 tennae, legs, front margin of thorax and last venti'al and dorsal segments, 

 dull brownish-yellow. Thorax and elj-tra as in amcncana, the latter about 

 as long as thorax, the granules fiuer. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Laporte and Posey counties; scarce. Api-il 18-.Tnly 15. Occurs' 

 in moist places beneath rubbish. 



Tribe II. MYLL.1':niNI. 



Head prolonged in a beak in front. Lobes of the maxilhe very 

 long and slender, tlie inner lohe entirely corneous, its inner side with 

 saw-like teeth. IMaxillary pal])i xwy long and slender. Labial 

 palpi very thin, bristle-like. Front and middle tarsi with four, 

 liind tarsi with five joints. 



The tril)e contains only one genus. 



IL :\Iyll.i-:na Er. 1887. (Gr., "to twi.st.") 



Anteinni' slender, head rather small; elytra as hmg as or shorter 

 Ihan the thorax; abdomen strongly narrowed toward the apex. 



i;32 (2086). Myli.^na minuta Grvh., Mon. Col. Micr., 1800, 174. 



Dark brown ; legs and apical third of antenniB dull yellow. Thorax 

 one-half wider than long, sides of disk strongly sloping toward the front 

 angles, which are rounded. Elytra about two-thirds the length of thorax, 

 its surface, as well as that of the latter, densely and minutely punctate. 

 Length 2 mm. 



Putnam County; frequent. March 20-Octol)ei" 17. Taken by 

 sifting vegetable debris from about a hillside spring. 



<>-".3 ( ). MYLL.ENA VULPINA Bmh., Doutsch. Ent. Ztschr., 1907, 381. 



Head, thorax and abdomen in great part piceous; legs, basal .ioint of 

 antenna', tip of abdomen and elytra (in great part) brownish-yellow; an- 

 tci na- :ind base of elytra fuscous. Thorax one-third wider than long, hind 

 angles obtusely nmuded. Elytra as wide and as long as thorax, the sur- 

 i':\ci\ as well as that of tlie latter, minutely and densely punctate; apex 

 iKitclied near the outer aiigle. Abdomen at Itase slightly narrower than 

 elytra; densely and finely jiunctate. Length 2.2 nun. 



Lai)()i't(' Comity; i-arc. Jnlv lo. 



Tribe III. HYGRONOMINL 



Head not pi'olongcd in a ])eak in front; antennte wdth eleven 

 joints; inner lobe of the maxilke externally corneous, internally 

 coriaceous; all the tarsi with four joints. 



