1310 FAMILY LXI. — MORDBLLIDyE. 



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



Sixth ventral segment not visible; fourth joint of front and 

 middle tarsi very small and received upon the third, v^hich is 

 slightly lobed ; males with two slender appendages protruding from 

 between the fourth and fifth ventral segments. Two of the eight 

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

 occur in the northern counties. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF AX.\SI'I.S. 



". Upper surface entirely black ; palpi, base of antennse and front legs dull 



yellow; thorax twice as wide as long; length 3^ mm. mora. 



aa. Upper surface, in part at least, yellow ; thorax one-half wider than long. 



1}. Head, thorax and imiler surface black; elytra iiale brownish-yelldw. 



2410. fi^avipi''..\n:s. 

 bb. Head fi.isc(jus or yellow; (hoi'ax and elytra dull reddish-yellow. 



2420. RITA. 



A. nigra ll:dd., readily recognized l>y the robust form, is known 

 from Vermont and New York to Lake Superior. 



2419 (7769). Anaspis flavipennts Ilald., .Tourn. I'hil. Acad. Xnt. Sci., 1, 



1848, 100. 

 Elongate, slender, (.'olnr given In key; tibiie, tarsi, mouth iiarts and 

 base of antennse brownish-yellow. Length 3-4 mm. 



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

 il-Rlay 25. Occurs on flowers, especially those of huckleberry and 

 ( 'ratcegus. 



2420 (7770). Anaspis eufa Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., \', 182(j, 244; 



ibid. II. 300. 

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

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



Kosciusko, Pulton, Putnam and Crawford counties; scarce. 

 April 20-June 27. 



III. ToMOXiA Costa. 1S,->4. (Cr.. "joint -^ sharp.") 



In this and succeeding genera the l)ody is more or less wedge- 

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

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

 punctulate. The species of Tovio.ria are of a blackish color, varied 

 with irregular grayish pubescence. They ha\ v, the anal stvle short, 

 obtuse; antennffi serrate; last joint of maxillary palpi more or less 

 elongate, triangular and thick, with the api.^al face c(,ncave. Two of 

 the three recognized species have been taken in the State. 



