33S FAMILY Xr. — STAPIlYLINTir.i;. 



031 i20S9). DixoPSis myi.i_e>-oides Kr.. Linn. Ent, XI, 1S57, 3S. 



Smaller and somewhat paler than am-cricaiia. Dull broTvn. the thorax 

 and elytra thickly clothed with silken yellowish prostrate pubescence; an- 

 tennte, legs, front margin of thorax and last ventral and dorsal s^ments. 

 dull brownish-yellow. Thorax and elytra as in americana, the latter about 

 as lous: as thorax, the granules finer. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Laporte and Posey counties ; scarce. April IS-Julr 15. Occurs 

 in moist places beneath rubbish. 



Tribe II. HYLL.T:NIXI. 



Head prolonged in a beak in front. Lobes of the masillse very 

 long and slender, the inner lobe entirely corneous, its inner side with 

 saw-like teeth. ]\IaxiUary palpi very long and slender. Labial 

 palpi very thin, bristle-Uke. Front and middle. tarsi with four, 

 hind tarsi with five joints. 



The tribe contains only one genus. 



IL :\rYLK_EXA Er. 1S3T. (Gr.. "to twist") 



Antennae slender, head rather smaU; ehi^ra as long as or shorter 

 than the thorax ; abdomen strongly narrowed toward the apex. 



032 (20SG'). :MYmEXA iiixrTA Grvh., Men. Col. Micr.. ISiXi. 174. 



Dark brown; legs and apical third of anteunse dull yellow. Thorax 

 one-half wider than long, sides of disk strongly sloping toward the front 

 angles, which are rounded. Elytra about two-thirds the length of thorax. 

 its surface, as well as that of the latter, densely and minutely punctate. 

 Length 2 mm. 



Putnam County; frequent. IMaivh 2i)-Oetober IT. Taken by 

 sifting vegetable debris from about a hillside spring. 



033 ( ). JlTtL^XA Tru'i>-A Brnh., Deutsoh. Ent. Ztsehr., 1907. 3S1. 



Head, thorax and abdomen in great part piceons : legs, basal joint of 



antenn«>. tip of abdomen and elytra (in great part) brownish-yellow; an- 

 teruie and base of elytra fuscous. Thorax one-third wider than long, hind 

 angles obtusely rounded. Elj-tra as wide and as long as thorax, the sur- 

 face, as well as that of the latter, minutely and densely punctate: apex 

 notched near tJie outer angle. Abdomen at base slightly narrower than 

 elj-tra ; densely and finely puuetate. Ijength 2.2 mm. 



Laporte County: rare. -Tuly 15. 



Tribe III. HTGROXOMIXI. 



Head not prolonged in a beak in front : antenna^ with eleven 

 joints; inner lobe of the maxilla^ externally corneous, internally 

 coriaceous ; all the tarsi with four joints. 



