1344 FAMILY LXII. ANTHICID.E. 



strongly deflexed, neck very small ; last joint of maxillary palpi 

 large and hatchet-shaped; first joint of hind tarsi in our species 

 very long. Casey has divided the tribe into 13 genera, six of which 

 are probably represented in the State. 



KEl' TO INDIANA GENERA OF XYLOPIIILINI. 



(/. Eyes hairy, deeply emarginate. 



6. Head deeply sinuate at base, its hind angles round, not prominent; 

 pubescence of elytra short, matted and duplex. XV. Elonls. 



bh. Head truncate at base; pubescence long, stiff and simple. 



c. Antennae inserted within the deep notch or emargination of eye, 

 those of male with fan-like processes ; hind angles of head denti- 

 form, setose. XVI. ExMelinus. 

 cc. Antenuie inserted .iust witlmul the coarsely granulated eyes, sim- 

 ple in both sexes. XVII. Zonantes. 

 aa. Eyes almost smooth, feebly emarginate, the notch sometimes almost ob- 

 solete. 

 (1. Second and third antennal joints small. XVIII. Phomalus. 

 (/(/. Third antennal joint elongate; thorax narrower than head; body 

 elongate, black or piceous without spots. 

 c. Antenuie gradually and feebly enlarged towards apex. Vanonus. 

 re. Antenn;e terminating in an al)rupt parallel five-jointetl club. 



Tanilotes. 



XV. Elonus Casey. 1895. 



Oblong, opaque species clothed with short hairs intermixed with 

 longer and more erect ones; head deeply constricted and strongly 

 sinuate at base; last joint of labial palpi large, suboval, truncate 

 and deeply concave at apex ; antenna; with second joint short, wider 

 than third, the last joint elongate, obliquely pointed or bent. Two 

 of the three known species ]irobably occur in the State, although 

 but one has been taken. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF ELONUS. 



a. Brownish-black ; elytra orange at base, without a zigzag median band. 



BASALIS. 



iia. Grayish-black ; elytra with an angulated narrow band about the mid- 

 dle and an apical spot of gray pubescence. 2408. nebulosus. 



E. hasalis Lee, length 2.8 nnn., is known from Virginia and 

 Illinois. 



2498 (TDOO). Eeonus NEni'Losrs Lee, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, V, 1875, 175. 

 Grayish-lilack. opa(nu'; abddmcn and elytra brown, the latter reddish- 

 brown at base and marked with grayish pubescence as mentioned in key; 

 tarsi and palpi pale. Eyes very large, separated by about one-third their 

 width. Thorax slightly longer than wide, the apex three-fifths as wide as 



