THE ANT, I. IKE FLOWER BEETLES. 



1327 



LeConte.-" Synopses of the Genera Eurygenms, Sh r< «/«»'/>»*> 

 Maeratria, Gorphyru and XylophUus," tn Proc. 1 hil. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci., VII, 1855, 270-276. 



ff0 ™ _" Synopsis of the Species of the Corphyra of the U. b., 

 ™; Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, III, 1871, 278-283; V, 1874, 40- 



• 43: X, 1883, 305-310. 



LeConU-" Table of the Species of Xylophihts," m Trans. 



Amer. Phil. Soc, XVII, 1878, 425-426. 

 Horn.-" Synopsis of the U. S. Species of ;N oto^s and Jf»- 



i» Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., XI, 1884 165-176. 

 Oosey— " Synopsis of the Anthicida; of the U. S, m Ann. in. 



Y Acad. Sei, VIII, 1895, 624-809. 

 The family is subdivided by Casey into six tribes, five of which 

 are represented in the State. 



KEY TO INDIANA TRIBES OF ANTHICIDjE. 



„ Abdomen composed of five free ^^^ti^m^lZZZ 

 „„,.„,, with the next to last joint lobed beneath, tibial spms gen 



erally distinct; labial palpi minute. 

 „. Neclfwlde; eyes large, finely faceted and generally emargmate, s,,e 



c Tarsal dawsTmple or slightly dilated at base; thorax constricted 

 ( ' X£liisa Tribe I. Eurygeniini. p. 132.. 



near apex; iLiU . , Kgap 



cc Tarsal claws with a broad basal tooth on the inner side at base. 



i t ap cal part abruptly bent; thorax not constricted near apex. 



1X * ai 1 Tribe II. Pedilini, p. 1329. 



(vmnrffinatp • thorax constricted at apex; 

 hb. Neck narrow; eyes not emargmate, mom* 



smaller, less than 5 mm. 

 d Eve s large oval, rather finely granulate; basal segment ot abdo- 



*S ehmgate; hind cox, ~^Z£S$£ 

 a , — . generatly coarsely gradated ; ha^egment 



«< not elongated; hind — a t -tant^tsal 



claws simi'lo. „, tlle flrS t or basal one formed 



^TZT^^Xhe suture sometimes evident; tarsi 

 with the second joint from >ast lobed beneath ; tibial spurs ^ obsolete, 

 abial palpi with the last Joint large and more or less dilated 



1 Tribe V. Xtlophilisi. p. Id4a. 



Tribe I. EURYGENIINI. 

 Elongate beetles, clothed with gray pubescence and having the 

 mandibles broadly truncate at tip; maxillary palpi dilated: next to 

 last joint of all the tarsi bilobed. Representatives of two ot the ft, < 

 genera occur in the State. 

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