1344 FAMILY LXII. ANTHICIDyE. 



strongly deflexed, neck very small ; last joint of maxillary palpi 

 large and hatchet-shaped; first joint of hind tarsi in our species 

 very long. Casey has divided the tribe into 13 genera, six of which 

 are probably represented in the State. 



KEY TO INDIANA GENERA OF XYLOPHILINI. 



a. Eyes hairy, deeply emarginate. 



b. Head deeply sinuate at base, its hind angles round, not prominent- 

 pubescence of elytra short, matted and duplex. XV Elonus' 

 bb. Head truncate at base; pubescence long, stiff and simple 



c. Antenn* inserted within the deep notch or emargination of eye 

 those of male with fan-like processes; hind angles of head denti- 

 form, setose. ~v"\tt ™ 

 . , . XVI. Emelinus. 



^teno® inserted just without the coarsely granulated eyes, sim- 

 pie in both sexes. XVIL Zonantes. 



aa. Eyes almost smooth, feebly emarginate, the notch sometimes almost oh- 

 solete. 



d. Second and third antennal joints small. XVIII Phomalus 



del. Third antennal joint elongate; thorax narrower than head; body 

 elongate, black or piceous without spots. 

 e. Antennae gradually and feebly enlarged towards apex. Vanonus 

 ee. Antennae terminating in an abrupt parallel five-jointed club. 



Tanilotes. 



XV. Elonus Casey. 1895. 

 Oblong, opaque species clothed with short hairs intermixed with 

 longer and more erect ones ; head deeply constricted and strongly 

 sinuate at base ; last joint of labial palpi large, suboval, truncate 

 and deeply concave at apex; antennas with second joint short, wider 

 than third, the last joint elongate, obliquely pointed or bent! Two 

 of the three known species probably occur in the State, although 

 but one has been taken. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF ELONUS. 



a, Brownish-black ; elytra orange at base, without a zigzag median band. 



„ . , ■ BASALTS. 



aa. Grayish-black ; elytra with an angulated narrow band about the mid- 

 dle and an apical spot of gray pubescence. 2498. nebulosus. 



E. basalts Lee, length 2.8 mm., is known from Virginia and 

 Illinois. 



2498 (7900). Elonus nebulosus Lee, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, V, 1875, 175. 



Grayish-black, opaque; abdomen and elytra brown, the latter reddish- 

 brown at base and marked with grayish pubescence as mentioned in key • 

 tarsi and palpi pale. Eyes very large, separated by about one-third their 

 width. Thorax slightly longer than wide, the apex three-fifths as wide as 



