FAMILY XXXIII. PARNKLE. 



Subfamily II. PARNINAE. 



In our geuera of this subfamily the head is retractile and pro- 

 tected beneath by the prosternum. which is lobed in front; antennse 

 short, 11-jointed. the first and second joints enlarged: prosternal 

 spine wide ; mesosteriium broad, einarginate ; hind coxa? dilated into 

 a plate. Four genera are known, three of which may occur in the 

 State. 



KEY TO INDIANA GENERA OE PABXI]^. 



a. Body rounded; eyes not hairy; last joint of maxillary palpi hatchet- 

 shaped ; length 3 mm. Ltjtrochus. 

 aa. Body elongate; last joint of maxillary palpi elongate; larger. 5-6.5 mm. 

 1). Antennae close together at base, their clubs pectinate ; eyes hairy. 



Peloxomes. 



IjIj. Antennae widely separated, their clubs lamellate; eyes glabrous. 



EL Deyops. 



Lutrockus fattens Lee. oval, bronzed, densely clothed with clay- 

 yellow hairs, has been recorded by Dury from Cincinnati. 



Pelonomus obscurus Lee. subcylindrical. piceous. densely clothed 

 with erect hairs, length 6.5 mm., is recorded from the " Southern 

 and Western States." 



II. Dkyops Oliv. 1790. (A mythological name.) 



Oblong species of medium size, having the head retractile and 

 when bent downward protected beneath by the lobe of the pro- 

 sternum ; joints 4 to 11 of antenna? distinctly lamellate ; prosternal 

 spiue wide. Five species are known, from North America, two of 

 which have been taken in Indiana, while a third probably occurs. 



KEY TO IXDIAXA SPECIES OF DEYOPS. 



a. Body finely and densely clothed with silky pubescence. 



1296. LTTHOPHEEES. 



aa. Body coarsely pubescent. 



Base of thorax and space along elytral suture without pubescence. 



1297. EASTIGIATUS. 



bl). Surface everywhere pubescent; alternate intervals of elytra more 

 convex. striates. 



1296 (3921). Deyops leth ophites Germ.. Ins. Spec. Nov.. 1S21. SS. 



Oblong, subconvex. everywhere covered with a dense and evenly dis- 

 tributed silky pubescence which has a slightly bronzed lustre. Thorax 

 broader than long, disk convex, base Insinuate, front and hind angles acute. 

 Elytra rapidly narrowed behind the middle to an acute apex; last ab- 

 dominal segment, as in the next species, nearly devoid of pubescence and 

 reddish in hue. Length 5-5.5 mm. 



