1810 FAMILY LXI. MOKDELIJD.E. 



II. Anaspis Geoff. 1762. (Gr., "without + shield.") 



Sixth ventral segment not visil)le; riuii-tli .i<>int of front and 

 middle tarsi very small and received upon the third, which is 

 slightly lobed; males with two slender appendages protruding from 

 l)etween the fourth and fifth ventral segments. Two of the eight 

 recognized species have heen taken in the State, while a third may 

 occur in the northern counties. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPl'X'IKS OK ANA.SIMS. 



(I. Upper surface entirely black; palpi, base of antenna' and front Icus dull 



yellow; thorax twice as wide as lonir; lenirtli ;'.-4 mm. .XKiKA. 



(lu. Upper surface, in part at least, yelldw : thorax (ine-balf widt-r than hmt;. 



h. Head, thorax and undci' surface black : elytra pale brownish-yellow. 



L'41!>. FLAVIPKNNhS. 



hb. Head fuscous or yellow ; lliorax ami clylra dull reddish-yellow. 



24-JO. RIKA. 



A. iiii/rd llidd., readily I'ccogiiizcd l)y the rol)ust form, is known 

 from Vermont and Ne\Y York to Lake Superior. 



l!4]l) (77»i!)). Anaspis flavo'icnnis Ilald., Jonrn. I'liil. Acad. Nat. S<m.. I, 

 1848, 100. 

 Elongate, slender. Color Liiven in key; tibia', tarsi, mouth parts ami 

 base of antenn;e brownish-yellow. Length o—t mm. 



Steuben, Marion, Putnam and Jennings counties; scarce. April 

 ii-May 25. Occurs on flowers, especially those of huckleberry and 

 (Jratcegus. 



2420 (7770). Anaspis ri'fa Say, Jonrn. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., V, lS2(i, 244; 

 ibid. II. :_!0!). 

 Elongate, slender. Head yellow or more or less piceous ; antenniie and 

 abdomen fuscous or dull yellow. Length 3-4 mm. 



Kosciusko, Fulton, Putnam antl C'rawford counties; scarce. 

 April 20-Jnne 27. 



III. ToMOxiA Costa. IS.")-!. (C!i-., "joint h sharp.") 



In this and succeeding genera the body is more or less ^Yedge- 

 shaped ; hind femora very large and fiat ; last dorsal segment conical, 

 prolonged; sixth ventral not visible; body pubescent and very finely 

 punctnlate. The species of Tomoxia are of a blackish color, varied 

 with irregular grayish pubescence. They have the anal style short, 

 obtuse; antenna' serrate; last joint of maxillary ])al]n more or less 

 elongate, triangular and thick, with tlu' a|)ical face concave. Two of 

 the three recognized species have been taken in the State. 



