1354 FAMILY LXIV. MELOID 2E„ 



Tribe I. HORIINI. 



In this tribe the head is large squarely truncate behind- an- 

 tennas not very long and not thickened toward apex; eves trans- 

 verse kidney-shaped, claws of tarsi cleft to base, the upper portion 

 with fine comb-like teeth, the lower one very slender. One of the 

 two genera is represented in the State. 



II Trior ania Lee. 1860. (Gr., "three times + head.") 

 Head triangular; last joint of maxillary palpi longer than 

 third; mandibles not toothed; hind tarsi one-half shorter than 

 tibiae. One of the three species occurs in the State. 



2512 (8021). Teiceaxia saxguixipexxis Say. Journ. Phil. Acad Nat Sei 

 HI. 1S24. 279; ibid. II. 166. 

 Elongate-oblong. Black, sparsely clothed with short, erect hairs- ely- 

 tra uniform brick red. Thorax submiadrate. about as wide as head." one- 

 third wider than long; surface, as well as that of head, densely, coarsely 



T^/mm PUBCtate ' ElTtm aenSely and ratber ^o S ; Length 



A few specimens taken by Woleott near Hessville, Lake County 

 localities ' ° CCLlrS ° n S ° rrel and beneath cover » §and 7 



Tribe II. XEAIOGXATHIXI. 



. °™ 1 1 llem i bers of tRis ^ are rather small, oblong species hav 

 the head triangular and squarely truncate ^L; ^ry 



ss riti? the fourth . joint th - «s 



cleft to base, the upper portion with strong, comb-like teeth the 



ZZZ To ?tl e >f 3 acute and ™ aUy — sl «- 



at hand " ™ ^ resented * the collection. 



KEY TO INDIANA GENEEA OF XEMOGXATHINI 



M s~ a ;r er iobe proiw b ~ e; — -t a**- 



aa. Maxilla, with outer lobe aot prolonged ^o™ A . 



b ■' 1 > ■ -ZOXITIS. 



HI. Nemognatha 111. 1807. (Gr, "a thread + jaw. ") 

 In this genus the enter lobe of the ruaxilbe is prolonged into a 

 slender; fleztble process., betimes nearly as long as the hoi y vhieh 

 resembles somewhat the sucking tube of a butterfh. Pour of tie 8 



r^;:~ LeCoDte have *- — * - 



