Till". KMlllMI'llOKIl) I5EETLES. VMo 



iiicrscd in llif tlinr.-ix: eyes l;ii-.uc, iisii;iily \cry liiicly ^riitiulntcd : 

 iiinndililcs \u>\ ciiiiiri^iii.-ili' ;il lip: iii;i\ill;i' witii llic ii|>i"'i" 1">''"' ">l"t<'ii 

 iilifoi-ni : jiiitciiiia' 1 1 -.jimitctl ( lO-joiiilcl in .•crt.iin fcninlcs ; tlio- 

 r;iN ;is wide ;is llic clylrji ;i1 l);isr. nin<-li inin-owcd in fi'ont ; idxlinncii 

 witli ;i variabU' iiutiilx'r of five vontral sc^nn'iits; rrunl rit\[v lar^e, 

 eonical. \vitlu)ut trochantins, the cavitios ojxmi behind; hind coxiV 

 transvci'so, hinicllatc. contiiiuous ; (daws |)cctinali' or lodlhcd, rai-dy 

 sim])h\ 



Only ahonl Iwciitydivc sixM-ics ol' the rainil\- ai'c known ffoiu 

 North Amcrira. 'I'hcsc arc Ircalcd in the lolhiwiiii:- works: 



hrCoutc. — "Notes on the six'cios of Mi/odihs inhabiting' the 

 Tnited States," in Proe. IMiil. Aead. Nat. Sei., 1865, 96-08. 



JJoru. "Notes on. tlie sixn-ies of Hliipiphorus of the United 



States," ill Trans. Amer. Ent. Soe., V, 1875. 121-125. 

 Lp(U)iite.—"^yno\Au'i\[ ii\h\o oF IMyodites, witli (h'seriptions," 



i„ Trans. Amer. Knt. Soc, VIII. 1880. 210-212. 

 //^;;.„._"Svii,)ptie table of Myodites." in Trans. Amer. Ent. 



Soc, XIX, 1892, 48. 

 By LeConte and Horn the family is separated into four tribes, 

 represented by five genera, ^fenibers of but two genera have as yet 

 been taken in tlie State, thougli single species of each of two others 

 probably occnr. 



KEY TO I.NMIIAX.V CK.VF.UA OF iniHMlMIOUlD.E. 



a. Elytra as long as the altdmnen. not sei.ar.ited tnwanl apex; eyes oval, 

 feebly emargiunte. I'klkcotoma. 



(10. Elytra shorter than tlie ahdonien. 

 J>. Mouth organs iter feet. 



V. Scutelhini covered b.v a lobe nt the ttase of thorax : el.vtra not nnuh 

 shorter than abdomen: middle cox.-e alninst fdntigmnis. 



1. KinriPHOurs. 



cc. Scutellnm not covered b.v the thorax: el.vtra very small; noddle 



eox:e widel.v separated. H- MvoDriKS. 



l>h. Month organs atrophied; fennile larviforni. without elytra and wings 



(species parasitic np(m the croton bug. Blntdla {icrmanica Tv.) 



IlnnMuirs. 



Pelecotoma Fisch. 1809. (Gr., "ax i to cut like.") 

 The single species of this genns, P. ffaripes Melsh., occurs in the 

 eastern United States and has been taken at Cincinnati. It is 

 black, with antenna\ paljM and legs yellowish, length 4.5 mm. 



I. RiiiPiPHORUS Fab. 1792. (Gr., "a fan + bearing.") 

 Rather small, wedge-shajied lorms having the antenna^ bipecti- 

 nate in males, serrate in females; el\1ra pointed behind and sepa- 



