THE FIUKFIJKS OR IJ(iHTNIN(! HI 'OR. 825 



ITiTO (ISC.:;). 'I^iriiowx i:hy iikk i;iMiAi.rs I'":il>.. Syst. Illciil., II. ISdl, Kir.. 

 Obluii.iT, coiiiprcsscHl. r>l;irl<, ((p.-Kinc. s|i;irscly ;iml liiicl.N- inibt'Scriil ; 

 frout, occiinit .•iiid uiuU'r siirliHH' dl' Iicid it'ddisli-yi'llow. Thorax trans- 

 verse, trnufntc in I'rdut. Iiroadly rdundcd bcliind. the sides short, inflexed. 

 lOl.vtra one-liair as haii,^ as alidniiicii, niinidi'd .il lip; whi^s strai.nht. extend- 

 in;: aliai^ the dursal snrla<-c nl' Ihc alidniiicn. I.cni;ili I nini. 



Mai'ioii and roscy (•diitii ics ; scarrc. -May 17-Jiily ^5. ()(jeui's 

 nil leaves of vai'idiis slirul)s. 



Suhl'ainily 111. TELEPHORINAE. 



The iiieiiiliers ol' this siihlatnily (iilfer iVom those ol' the two pre- 

 eediiid' hy haviiii:' the month oi'yaiis more strongly developed; ej'es 

 smaller; antenna' more widely separated at base and by the straight 

 or nearly straight ontline of the innei" side of the metathoracic 

 episterna. Light orgr.ns are wlioily lacking and the sexes are quite 

 similar in form and the development of the wings. The subfamily 

 is separated into three tribes, all of which are represented in In- 

 diana. 



KEY TO TBIBES OF TELEPHORIN.qS. 



(I. Tarsi with joints three and four lobed beneath; nientum sliort. 



Tribe I. Omethini, p. 825. 

 '/'/. Tarsi simple or with tlie fourth joint only lobed beneath. 



h. ;Mentuin very long, wider in frout ; prosternum feebly developed, 

 separated by a nienibraue from the surrounding parts. 



Tribe II. Chauliognatiiini, p. S2G. 



?j?>. Meutum small, quadrate, often semimembranous; prosternum normal, 



fully developed. Tribe III. Telephorini, p. 828. 



Tribe 1. OMETHINI. 



This trilio compi'ises two genei'a of small oblong beetles pos- 

 sessing ihe chai'acters of tbe tribe '/CI- ijJioi ini as set forth on a suc- 

 (•(•eding page, but having tln^ tliirrl and fourth joints of the tarsi 

 prolonged or lohed beneatb. Tlic typical c'cnus, OincflK s, is repre- 

 sented in the eastern Ibiited States l)\- a single species, 0. mavgi- 

 iiaius Lee., which ha^- iu-en lakcn by Diiry near Cincinnati and 

 therefore ]n'obably occius in the s(/n1heru third of the State. The 

 other genus is established for a new species, closely allied to 

 (hn< iJns, which has l)eeo tai<( ii in Hiree of 1hi' sontliei'n counties. 



KEY TO GEiNEKA OF THE TRUJE 0^^•:^11I^I. 



a. Elytra with finely imiirossed stri;o; clypeiis ti'uiicate: antenna' alilie in 

 the sexes. < »mki iii;s. 



(Id. El.vtra wlioliy without stria'-, dypeus Itrnndly eniargimUe : antenna' un- 

 like in tile se.xes. XVI. Blancuakdia. 



