Twenty-six samples of hybrid maizes (ROSSO flint maize, VOLGA dent maize, DEA and MONARQUE flint-dent maizes) were dry-milled and separated into fractions. The milling yield was determined. Particle size was measured by mechanical sieving for grits, and by laser diffraction for coarse and fine semolina and flours. Bimodal particle size distributions of fine semolina and flours were analyzed as a function of mode size and proportion. Despite inherent variations in culture conditions, differences were apparent between VOLGA and the three other hybrids. The principal mode was characteristic of the fraction considered, without clear varietal differentiation. Analysis of the secondary mode of fine semolina and flours showed that it was principally due to particles similar in size to starch granules (14 to 17/*m), VOLGA particles being smaller than the others. The relative "weight" of the secondary mode was greater with VOLGA than with the three other maize types. The small differences observed between DEA and the ROSSO and MONARQUE hybrids were not significant. A technological behaviour index is proposed: the calculated quantity (g) of very fine particles constituting the secondary modes of fine semolina and flours (per 1 g of ground maize). This index is inversely correlated with the yield of grits (r=0.913 for the 26 samples), and may therefore prove useful in the cultivation and processing of maize.