'I'lii'^ sAi'-i'i;i:i)iN(! nioi'Vrr.KS. 0;^'} 



Starke. Mai'sli.-ill. .Mai'idii and Clark '.'(iiiiit ics ; scarco. April 9- 

 .Iiily ',]{). ()cciir.s ill spring- al sap 'if maple aixl oilier I r'ees ; in 

 smiinier on tlowers. 



('. )iia(iil(ih(s ICriclis.. ■iiid ('. miicoior Say, both 4..") nun. in 

 liMiiitli and piceons in line, are of wide disi rihnt ion in tlio Allantie 

 reiiioii. Tlirljrsl ii;iiiicd li.Msliecn lakiMi al ( 'iiieinnal i. 



\'. ( '()N(iii;i.i s Krielis. IS-I-!. (dr.. "eone I end."') 



'I'lie nieiiiliers oi' this ^fiiiis lia\e an elonjiate forni. and resemble 

 those of Trofidphhriis ol' the Staphylimda'. This is due to the ab- 

 domen l)eino' nuieli elong'atod. three joints being exposed above. 

 Beneatli. the first two segments are short and equal; the third and 

 fourtli are of e(|nal leiiiith. eaeli as h)ng as the first two together; 

 fifth elongate, flattened conical, longer than the preceding two 

 together. The males lia\-e the terminal dorsal segment truncate 

 and feebly emarginate. with a small additional segment exposed. 

 Three s]ieeies are known from the United States, one of which oc- 

 curs in Indiana. 



1220 (3692). CoNOTELis or.seuius Erichs., Gitui. Zeits., IV, 1S43, 252. 



Elongate, subdepressed. Bkick or picenus, opa(iue, sparsely pubescent ; 

 logs and antenure brownish-yellow, the club piceous. Thorax one-third 

 wider than long, slightly narrowed in front, hind angles obtusely rounded; 

 surface finely rugulose, sparsely punctate. Elytra together nearly square, 

 usually less black than thorax, surface tinely granular, with numerous 

 irregular rows of obsolete jiunctures. Length 3.5—4 mm. 



Tippecanoe, Putnam, Clarion, Vigo and Posey counties; scarce. 

 June 15-.Tuly 15. Occurs on tlowers of dogwood (Cornus) and 

 hollyhock. 



Tribe III. NITIDULINI. 



This tribe is the largest of the family and is composed of 

 elliptical, usually depressed and often widely margined, species. 

 The elytra cover tln^ entire abdomen or leave only the pygidium 

 exposed. Its members live on sap. on tlowers, in fungi, under bark 

 or on dried animal matter. Twelve genera comi)rise the tribe, nine 

 of whicli are represented in Iiuliana. 



KEY TO IMKANA GENERA OF NITIDULINI. 



(/. Prosternum depressed behind the front coxaj, not prolonged. 



h. Tarsi very distinctly dilated on all the feet; tips of elytra usually 

 t runcate. 

 c. .\pical segiueiil of .•ibddiiieu iisunlly oxjiesed : elyti'a withoul coslic 



