. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana : with bibliography and descriptions of new species . Beetles. TlfE PLAT BARK BEETLES. 565 inmctured but with a faint smooth median Hue on basal half. Elytra deeply striate, not iHnietalc. Eyes almost invisible from above. Length mm. Throughout the State; (•(immon. February L!-Oetiiber 13. Hi- bernates in numbers beneath bark, especially that of sugar maple. Subfamily III. CUCUJtNAE. The al>sence of the Imrn-like plates concealing the maxilhe is the chief dist


. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana : with bibliography and descriptions of new species . Beetles. TlfE PLAT BARK BEETLES. 565 inmctured but with a faint smooth median Hue on basal half. Elytra deeply striate, not iHnietalc. Eyes almost invisible from above. Length mm. Throughout the State; (•(immon. February L!-Oetiiber 13. Hi- bernates in numbers beneath bark, especially that of sugar maple. Subfamily III. CUCUJtNAE. The al>sence of the Imrn-like plates concealing the maxilhe is the chief distinction l>etwecn this and the preceding subfamily. The following genera are known to iie repi'esented or may occur in the State. KEY TO IXDIANA GKNER.\ OF (/. Head widest behind the eyes; color bright red. V. Crcrjcs. aa. Head widest across the eyes. 6. Body elongate, cylindrical; margined. Nabthecius. 1)1). Body depressed. c. Antenna' shorter than head and thorax, the latter not margined. PEDIACI'S. cc. Antenme longer than head and tliorax. (/. not serrate at sides, sometimes with a single tooth at front angles. c. Elytra sliort; thorax not margined. Ino. ic. Elytra IdU,;,'; tliorax margined. /. First antennal joint aluiut .as long as head. Dendeophagi's. ff. First joint much shorter than head; thorax with an im- pressed line each side of disk. g. Spurs of front tibi:e uneiinal in length. yi. :j, gg. Spurs of front tibife equal. Lathropls. dd. Thorax distinctly serrate at sides; first joint of antennae nearly as long as the head. yil. Brontes. V. 's Fab. ITT.'i. (XL. a word of S(juth .Vmcrican origin.) To this genus belongs our largest and most brilliantly colored member of the family. *1077 (3316). Cucx-Jis Fab., Siiec. I, 1TS1. Elongate, very depressed, sides parallel. Above bright searlet red; beneath duller red; tibiiB and tarsi darker. Antenna; black, equal to head and thorax in length. Head


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