TiiK snoirp-\viN(;i:i) s(".\vI';n(ikk hkk'plks. 



4S:-5 



;is cInIi-.m. iiKirc lli.-ni twice ;is wide ns luiii;-. Iiasc ;ui(l ;i|ic\ t niiitalc ; sides 

 i-(Miii(lc<l. w i(lel.\ (lepiessed : in:ii-,i;iiis with ;i siii;ill hliiiil, tooth ill Troiil ol' 

 inidcHe and aiinthiT one loiiitii t'foin itase: disk coarsely and nij,'<isel.v itune- 

 tafe and witli a doep entire median groove. lOIytra more tlian twici' as 

 Inni: as tliorax. densely, coarsely and ru.i,'osely punctate. Ahdonien linely 

 and rallier closely imnetate. r.eni;lh 2..'> J.7 mm. 



('r:i\vroi-(l ("(Uiiily ; fjirc. .May 2(!. O.-ciirs in fiiii.uM. 



I'niliinis (iloiiniriiis Ki'ichs.. hinck of Iji-owiiish-hlack. aiilctiiia' 

 (lull yellow, leiiolli 1-1. :! iiiin.. has l)eeii rceorded rroiii near ("iii- 

 ciiiiiali and Dotroit. 



Sid)f:unily X. PIESTINAE. 

 Klonoato, slender. i)ai-;dl('l species, reseinhling: Ciieiijids in ^en- 

 oral appeai-aiiee and. like them, living' l)eneath bark. They have 

 the anlenna' inserted under the siiles of the front, straight, with 

 the outer joints slightly thickened; thoracic spiracles covered; i)ro- 

 sternnni wholly of a horn-like texture; front coxa' globubir. The 

 North American .species of this snbfamilv and the next are treated 



by ■ ^ il :i 



LcCo)ilf.—Iu Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc.. VI, 1877. 249-252. 

 fanvd.—In BuU. Soe. Linne.. IT. 1878, 167-188. 

 The following genera of the s)il)family are prol)abl\' re]>resented 

 in the State: 



KEY TO INDIANA GENEKA OE I'lESTINvE. 



(/. Abdomen not margined. 



/*. Tarsi .".-jointed; front cox.-e sejiarated. LXXXVII. LisPiNUS. 



/;/;. Tarsi :;-.iointe(l ; li'oni cox.-e <-(.nt i-nuus. LXXXVIII. (Jlyptoma. 



(III. Alidomen ma ruined ; tarsi .".-.jointed; front cox;e contiguous. 

 <-. l'"i-ont tiliia- not s|iinose. 



il. .\l.domen widely inai'gined. Trioa. 



(1(1. Alidomen very linely inargin(^l. Eleusi.s. 



<■(-. l'"rout tiliiu' with spinnles; liody nuicli tlatfened ; front improssecl. 



horned in male. Siagonium. 



LXXXVII. Lispjxrs Erichs. 1840. (Gr.. "dean.") 



Very slender species having the liead directed for- 

 ward; antenna' not longer than head and thorax; 

 mandibles small, not toothed; thorax sub<(nadrate ; 

 elyti'a truncate. (Fig. 171.) One species has been 

 taken and a.in.ther may occur in the State. 



KEY TO INDIANA .SIMXTES OK I.ISPINIS. 



(/. Black or piceous, shining; legs reddish-hrown ; front not 



imi.resseu ; length 4.:i-4.."> nnu. linearis. Fig. 171. Lispinw 



angustatiis Erich.s. X 

 an. Chestnut brown; front willi two shallow impressions; 7. A Madagascar spc- 

 , ^, f. - rvnt. •■ c'es- (After Erich- 



length 2.;) mm. 932. exiguus. son.) 



