•rill'; sii()i;i'-\vi\(5ED scavknckij inci'^i'Lios. 339 



'riu' only uoHUs of (he ti'ihc occnrriiiu' in Indiana is: 



III. ({vKowciiA Casey. ISDH. (Gr.. "ciivle i claw.") 



l']lont:a1r. lincac. (Icprcsscd; head of moderate size; antenna' 

 lono-. slender, the onti r joints nsnally sli<;litly enlarged; third joint 

 of maxillai'y palpi hnt sliii-htly lon.u'er than second; thorax oblong; 

 elytra long and well developed; tarsal claws divergent, abruptly 

 lient downward beliind Ihe middle. 



G34 (9608). Gyronycha m scickps Ca.sey. Ann. N. Y. Aead. Sei.. VII. ISO:',, 

 P.TC. 

 Dull ri'ddisli-hrown. licad iiircims; Icirs and basal joints of anlcnna' pah" 

 yellow. Head about as loni: as wide, shorter and slightly narrower than 

 thorax; antenn;e as lon,t: as llnu-ax and elytra, the outer .ioints feebly l)nt 

 distinctly lar.u(>r. llio third shni'tcr than Ihe second, 'i'horax slightly longer 

 than wide, sides focbly roinidcd: disk, as well as that of elytra, faintly alu- 

 taceous. minutely and densely punctate. Elytra one-third wider and longer 

 than the thorax, thickly clothed with fine, short yellowisli jiubescence. 

 Length '2.~ nun. 



I'nlnani ("oniity: rare. Octol)er 17. 



Trilte lY. OLIGOTINT. 



Head not prolongi^l in a beak in front. Antenna* with ten joints 

 oidy. Inner lobe of the maxilbe as in the preceding tribe. All the 

 tarsi with four joints. 



Although no representative of the tribe has been found thus far 

 in Indiana, yet it is very probable tliat one or nH)re members of the 

 following geinis occur: 



Olioota ^lannh. 1880. (Gr., "little.") 



Very small: aiitenna' short. th(> outer joints nnn*h thickened; 

 head rathei- small, narrower than lhoi-ax. base not constricted; tho- 

 rax very slnu-t. natch widei- than long, as wide at base as elytra 

 which ari' i-alhei- short ; abdomen pointcMl ])eliind. 



Tribe Y. IIOMTOCII AIMXI. 



Ilcnid not pi-olonged in a beak in front; inner lobe of the max- 

 ilhv horn-like or corneous on iinier side, leatherdike on outer side 

 (in Silusa the whole innei- loV)e is horn-like") . Front and middle 

 tarsi Avith four, hind tarsi with five joints. The following genera 

 are probably represented in the State: 



