'nil-; (•^ i.i\hi;ii'Ai. i;,\i;k i;l■;l■•.•^l.l■:^;. •.)•»' 



Trihc V. CKKYI.oMM. 



Small oblong- or (.v;il Ihittcncd bccllcs Imviiii;' llic las! joint, ol" 

 palpi small and poiiilcd. next to lasl thick, oval; middle and hind 

 coxa' \vidcl\' scpai'alt'd ; lirsl \cnlial sc^inciit as lonii' as the throe 

 rollowin^-; lii-st llii-ci' joints of tarsi short. to<:('tlici- shoi-tci- than 

 fourth. Two genera are i'epi-e-;ente(| in Indiana, faili li\- a single 



species. 



Ki;v '1(1 (;i'',M';i!A oi'' ci'.mi.dM ni. 



a. Auteiiii.i- in-.jdiiilcd, .lull <nni|Hrs.Ml nf a siiiiclc joint ; I'foiiL co.xal eavi- 



ties closed hcliiiHl : I ihia- wil li siiiall Icniiinal sjnirs. X. Cerylon. 



ltd. .Vuteima' ll-Jdiiilcd. .liil' U Juiiiicd ; Irniil coxal cavities open beliind; 



tihiic witli.iut Ici-iniiial s|iiirs. XI. IMiir.OTiiERMrs. 



X. Ckkvt.ox I. all'. ISO'J. ((ii-.. the name of a bird.) 



Head small, deeply insiM-ted : front coxie widely se|)arat,ed, pro- 



stei'iMim broad. 



*l(H;r» (.">"2!H»). ("I'.nvLON eASTANiaM Say. .loiiiii. I'hil. .Vcad. .Nat. Sei., V, 

 tS-JC, 12.19; ibid. II, :'.l2t. 



<)l(l(in.i:-cl<iiii;afe. deiiresscd. I>ark rcddisii of ehestmit-ljrowii, sliiuiii.u. 

 'I'luir.MX iicaii.N square, hind anuics rectan.^ular, (lisle witli a sliiilit inipres- 

 siiiu iiu each side al base, i-atlicr coarsely but not densely i>nnctnred. Ely- 

 ira scarcely wider than thorax, surface striate, the strUe punctured. Jami^'IIi 

 1' :! nun. 



l'^-!(]nent in the southern hall of State; less so iu the northern 

 counties. Mareh iM-Deeemljcr 28. Oeeurs in winter on the under 

 side of deeply buried logs, and also then and at other seasons be- 

 neath bark of elm and other trees. 



XI. Philotiiermis Aube. 18:W. (Or., "love ^ heat.") 

 *|nr,(; (:;l';Hi. liiiLornicKMrs gi ap.uk ri.rs I.ee., N. Spec. .\. .\nier. ("o!.. 



ist;:;, oo. 



101()n.!;ale-(>val. suhdepressed. Dark reddish or chestnut-brown, shininj,'. 

 Thorax broader than hmj:. broadest at base; sides regularly curved from 

 apex to base, mar,i,'iii distinctly reflexed; disk sparsely and finely punctate. 

 Elytra not wider fh.in thci-ax. with rows of rather coarse punctures which 

 are less distinct toward a|ic\. Length 2-3 nun. 



Throughout the State; common. ^lareh 12-Deeomber 25. Oc- 

 enrs bcTieath bai^k and i-arely ])eneath stones. 



Tribe VI. MT KM II HI XI. 



The principal distinctive characters of this tribe, in addition 

 to those given in the key, are the very small oval body, the lO-jointed 



