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FAMILY XI. — STAPHYLIXIDJE. 



631 (2089). Dixopsis myix^noides Kr., Linn. Ent.. XI, 1857. 38. 

 Smaller and somewhat paler than americana. Dull brown, the thorax 



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

 tenna?, legs, front margin of thorax and last ventral and dorsal segments, 

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

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



Laporte and Posey counties ; scarce. April 18-July 15. Occurs 

 in moist places beneath rubbish. 



Tribe II. MYLLiENINI. 



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

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

 saw-like teeth. Maxillary palpi very long and slender. Labial 

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

 hind tarsi with five joints. 



The tribe contains only one genus. 



II. Myll2ena Er. 1837. (Or., "to twist.") 



Antennas slender, head rather small ; elytra as long as or shorter 

 than the thorax; abdomen strongly narrowed toward the apex. 



632 (2086). AIyll.exa minuta Grvh.. Mom Col. Mien, 1806. 174. 



Dark brown; legs and apical third of antennae 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. March 20-October 17. Taken by 

 sifting vegetable debris from about a hillside spring. 



633 ( ). Myllexa vulpixa Brnh.. Deutsch. Ent. Ztschr.. 1907. 3S1. 



Head, thorax and abdomen in great part piceous; legs, basal joint of 



antennae, tip of abdomen and elytra (in great part) brownish-yellow: an- 

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

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

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

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

 elytra ; densely and finely punctate. Length 2.2 mm. 



Laporte County : rare. July 15. 



Tribe III. HYGRONOMINI. 



Head not prolonged in a beak in front ; antennae with eleven 

 joints; inner lobe of the maxillae externally corneous, internally 

 coriaceous ; all the tarsi with four joints. 



