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FAMILY LI. SPONDYLIM. 



aa. Tarsi dilated and spongy pubescent beneath (except in Hcemonia) ; 

 sensitive surface of antenna? widely diffused. 

 b. Subinentuin not pedunculate; front not or very rarely prolonged in 

 a short beak. 



c. Antennae usually long or greatly developed, their insertion much 

 embraced by the eyes and usually upon frontal prominences ; 

 form usually oblong, with sides parallel ; front often large, verti- 

 cal and quadrate ; thorax rarely margined ; tibial spurs distinct ; 

 upper surface usually hairy. 



Family LII. Oerambyoiimc, p. 1007. 

 cc. Antenna? moderate or short, their point of insertion rarely or not 

 at all surrounded by the eyes and not upon frontal prominences; 

 front small, oblique or inflexed ; thorax most frequently mar- 

 gined; tibial spurs usually wanting; upper surface usually gla- 

 brous, frequently brightly colored and shining. 



Family LIII. Chrysomeluxe, p. 10.95. 

 bb. Submentum pedunculate; front prolonged into a broad quadrate 

 beak ; antenna? inserted in front of the eyes, serrate or pectinate ; 

 prosternum extremely short ; hind femora more or less thickened ; 

 larva? living upon seeds. Family L1Y. Bruchid.e, p. 1233. 



Family LI. SPOND YLIDiE. 

 The Aberrant Long-horned Beetles. 



This family comprises but four known North American species, 

 closely allied to the true long-horned beetles of the next family, but 

 differing in the form of tarsi and structure of antennae. They have 

 the antenna 1 short, the scape very short, much constricted at base, 

 inserted at the sides of head near the base of the mandibles, the 

 second joint rather large, though smaller than third; mentum 

 transverse ; elytra parallel, rounded at tip, covering the abdomen, 

 the latter with five ventral segments; legs rather short, compressed; 

 tarsi 5-jointed without brush or hairs beneath, the fourth joint dis- 

 tinct, fifth long, with slender claws. 



The name Spondylis, that of the typical genus, is derived from 

 a Greek word meaning "a vertebra joint," and was probably ap- 

 plied by Fabricius on account of the joints of the antenna? having 

 deep pits or grooves on one side, in which organs of special sense 

 are supposed to be located. The North American species live be- 

 neath bark, principally that of pine. The family is divided into 

 two subfamilies, one of which is represented in Indiana by the 

 single genus : 



