'I'lIK MKI.AN'Din II) IJAK'K BKKTI ,F.S. I'J!).') 



Kosciusko and Pulnain coiintios; i-arc. IMai-ch 20-Jiine 22. 

 Sift(Ml from (load leaves in low moist places. Ranges from Pennsyl- 

 \aiiia to liouisiana. 



Micros''ap]ia cldd'orins Leo., oval, conve.x, hlack, shining-, head, 

 base of antenna^ and front legs paler, length 2.8 mm., was described 

 I'l'om I llitiois and ( Jeorgia. 



'I'liiic \ I. .Mi:i..VM>i;vi.\i. 



The genera compi'ising this triltc, as at |)r<'S('iit limited, agree in 

 having the next to last joint of at least the IVont and middle tarsi 

 excavate beneath. emai'ginat(> and lobed ; front tarsi of mah^s di- 

 luted ; IVont coxa' contiguous ; tai'sal claws simple ; thorax as wide at 

 base as elytra ; head not constrictini behind. 



"Repi'esentatives o\' the following genera arc known to occur oi* 

 ])r()bably occur within the State: 



KKV TO rM)l.\N.\ (aiNKK.V OF M Kl..\ M)UV I M. 



(/. I'l-diil coxal cavities witli ;m outer tissure or delt. 



//. I'l-ontal suture (lietween front aud cl.vi)eus) (iistinct; trodianlins of 

 front coxie distinct; lengtli 7 or more nnii. 

 c. Elytra deeply striate: tliorax witii tlu'ee i^rooves on iiasal lialf. 



X. Mki>am)|{va. 

 cc. Elytra i)uncture(l, nol at all siriale: Joints 2 and o of antenna' to- 

 gether not longer than joint 4. XI. Emmesa. 

 l)h. Frontal suture and trochantins ot front coxie not visible. 



(I. .Middle cox;e contiguous; autenn;e slender; fourth joint of maxil- 

 lary palpi large, hatchet-shaped. Xylita. 

 (III. Middle coxa^ separated by the mesosternum. 



('. Maxillary palpi witli fotirth joint wider than the second and 



third : pubescence prostrate. 



/. .\ntenna' thick, otiter joints wider tlian htng; last joint of nuix- 



illary palpi hatchet-shaped. (Iareuara. 



//. Antenna' slender; last joint of maxillary iKilpi elongate, cultri- 



foi-m or sliai»ed like a pruning knife: lengtli less than 4 mm. 



Xn. SriEoTrs. 

 re. Maxillary italjii with fourth joint not wider 11i;in second and 

 third. 

 !/. Maxillary |ialpi not seri'ate oi' seiTiforni, llie fourlli joint ebin- 

 gate : coloi- uniform brown: length iuoit tlian 11 nun. 



XIII. Enchodes. 

 i/fl. Maxillary pali)i mure or less serrate or serriform. the last joint 

 elongate, cultriform : thorax elongate, its side margins ef- 

 faced in front, obsolete behind. Mystaxis. 

 (la. Front coxal cavities entirely closed on tlie outer side. i. c, witliout an 

 outer tissure or cleft. 

 fl. Maxillary paljii with last joint cultriform or ]iruning knife shajied : 

 length f, oi- more mm. Xl\'. I'meceothya. 

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