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FAMILY LVI. CISTELIim 



cc. Last joint of maxillary palpi broad, triangular. 



d. Third joint of antennae nearly or fully equal to fourth. 



e. Form oval; punctuation and pubescence usually minute and 



dense; front tarsi as long as the tibia?: antenna? slender. 



IV. ISOMIRA. 



ee. Form oblong, subparallel ; punctuation and pubescence generally 

 coarse and sparse: front tarsi shorter than the tibia- antennae 

 shorter and stouter, the joints obconical. 



, , . . V. Mycetochakes. 



aa. third joint of antenna- always distinctly shorter than fourth, but 

 longer in the female than in the male. 



f. Mandibles emarginate or truncate at apex : front tarsi more or 



less dilated in the male. 

 Q. Legs short, the tarsi distinctly shorter than tibia? ; mandibles 

 obliquely truncate at apex, feebly and obtusely bilobed. 



Andsimus.. 



00. Legs long and slender, the tarsi as long as the tibia; : mandi- 

 bles deeply notched at apex, the lobes acute and subequal. 



VI. Capxochboa. 



Tt. Mandibles acute at tip : front tarsi of male not dilated, but elon- 

 gate and distorted : antennae long and filiform. 



VII. AXDBOCHIBUS. 



I. Allecula Fab. 1801. (L„ "by another way.") 



Oblong-oval species, gradually pointed behind, and having the 

 tarsal lobes,, especially the one on the next to the last joint, highly 

 developed; apical side of last joint of maxillary palpi longer than 

 the outer side: punctures of elytra! strhe finer' toward apex. One 

 species has been taken in the State, while another may occur in the 

 northern counties. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF ALLECULA. 



a. Larger, 9-10 mm. ; eves of female separated by about one-balf their 

 width, those of male not quite contiguous. 2354. pttnctulata 



aa. Smaller, not over S mm. : eves of female separated by fully their own 

 width. 



ATBA. 



2354 (75S9). Allecula punctotata Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat Sei 

 III, 1846, 59. 



Elongate-oral. Dark chestnut-brown to black, sparsely clothed with 

 tine yellowish pubescence; antennae and tarsi reddish-brown. Thorax one- 

 half wider than long, sides distinctly converging and nearly straight from 

 base almost to apex, hind angles rectangular, base broadly and deeply sin- 

 uate; surface coarsely and rather sparsely punctate and with a faint basal 

 fovea each side. Elytra scarcely wider than base of thorax, gradually nar- 

 rowed from middle to apex ; surface deeply striate., the stria- with coarse, 

 rather distant punctures: intervals subconvex. distinctly punctate. Male 



