Till': SAI'-l'l'liCDINM; HKK'n-KS. (i"2!* 



ll'jil scii-liicills ; Iriis s||(i|-l. sniiicw lijil stoitl, ItI i-;ic| i Ic n\- pjirllv so: 



tarsi short, u>ii;ill\ <lil;itr(l ;iinl li;iirv hciicaili. \isiially livc-joiiitcd. 

 with tlio fourth joint vci-y siiiall. rarely lour- or tlir('e-joint('(l. 



rractieali\' the oiil\- availaMr jtapci' t I'cat iii.u' of the Norlli Aiiicr- 

 icaii species of the family is thai of 



Horn. — "Revision ol' the \i! idiilid;!' of the I'liilfd States." /// 

 Trans. Anier. Km. Soe.. \'ll. ls7:i. L'tIT :i;!ti. 



About 120 species of the lainily. divided aiiioiiti' '-Vl ^-eiiei'a, are 

 known from North America. Ol' these 4!> sjx'cies. bclon.uin;.'' to 22 

 L'cnera. have been taken in Indiana. For convenience the family 

 was liiNt di\-idi'd by lloi'n inioeiyht ti'ihes. se\-en of which ai'e rei)- 

 resented in the colleelicn at hand. 



KKV TO I.NDIA.NA liaiiKS OK .M llIU l.n).i;. 



a. Anleiiua' ll-juiuled. eiuliiiLC in a ihreejuinled cliili;" all the tarsi similar 

 ill both sexes. 

 h. Tarsi 5-jointe(l. 



c. I>abruiu free, amre or less visible; rnlur i-,irely sliiniug blacli. 

 (/. .Maxilhe with two lolies: .iiileinial elul> elongate, loose. 



Tribe T. Rk.vchypterini, p. GliO. 

 dd. Maxill;T) witli one lol)e; anteniial club rounded, compact, 

 e. Thorax not margined at base; liead liorizontal. 

 ■f. Abdomen with two or tlu-ee segments exposed. 



Tribe II. Carpophilini, p. 031. 

 /'/". Abdomei\ wiiolly covered or with but one segment exposed. 



Trilie III. NiTiDULiNi, p. 0.35. 

 <('. Thorax margined at base, covering the base of elytra; head 

 more or loss bent downward. 



Trilie IV. Cychramim, p. (M."i. 

 cc. Labrum united with tlie front or lower part of face; color usually 

 shining iilack or piceous with reddish or yellow markings. 



Tribe VI. Ipini, p. 04S. 

 1)1). Tarsi four-jointed; body contractile; thorax margined at base, cover- 

 ing the base of elytra. Tribe V. Cybocepiialini, p. 647. 

 (lit. AnteniKO 10-.1ointed, the club two-.iointed ; hind tarsi of males 4-jointed. 



Tritoe VII. Riiyzophagini, p. 050. 



Tribe I. BRACIIYPTERINI. 



The members of this ti-ibe occur usually on fiowers and have 

 the antennal ulub gradually formed and not of compact construc- 

 tion; maxilliTC with two lol)es: labrum distinct, usually small, often 

 deeply emarginate. The males have a small additio!ial apical dorsal 

 segment. Four genera constitute the tribe, two of which are rep- 

 resented in Indiana. 



*Iti some .species of Ccrcus tl>c cliib has but two joints. 



