. 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. 98 FAiriLT II.—;. 13'^ 1517). PTEKOsTicHis PUBPURATUS .J'jnm. Phil. Acad. Xat. ?i. PTEBOsncHus MUTis Sar. Trans. Amer. Phil. IL l^i;. 44: ibid. II. 470. EloDzate, rather .slender, subdepressed. Black, shin- ing : antenna and legs piceous. Thorax more evident- ly narrowed at base, side^ less rounded, bind angles distinct Elytral stria deep, finely punctured, inter- vals subconvex. Length
. 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. 98 FAiriLT II.—;. 13'^ 1517). PTEKOsTicHis PUBPURATUS .J'jnm. Phil. Acad. Xat. ?i. PTEBOsncHus MUTis Sar. Trans. Amer. Phil. IL l^i;. 44: ibid. II. 470. EloDzate, rather .slender, subdepressed. Black, shin- ing : antenna and legs piceous. Thorax more evident- ly narrowed at base, side^ less rounded, bind angles distinct Elytral stria deep, finely punctured, inter- vals subconvex. Length mm iFig. 60a.) Throughout the State: common. Hibernates. April -^-December 13. 140 ;0p. PiEEosntHxs PE:sxsyLTA>;ici s Proa Phil. Ac-ad. Nat. 314. Elongate, rather robust Black, very shining; palpi, tibiae and tar-i dark reddish-brown. Side margins of thorax a little wider toward the base, basal impressions linear with a few pimctures. Elytral striae deep, indistinctly ptmctured; intervals slightly convex, the third with five large punctures, the basal one near the third stria, the others on or near the second. Length mm. A northern species taken in Lake County, near Pine; rare. -June 26. 141 (.). PiEEOSTicHus Luczom III. isi7. 321. Elongate-oval, rather slender, subdepressed. Head and thorax black: antennae, legs and elytra dark reddish-brown. Thorax narrowed behind: sides oblique, narrowly dejiiessed; hind angles obtuse, basal impressi'U- sparsely punctured. Elytral striae finely punctured, the secrnd and third with five or six large, indented dorsal ptmctures placed somewhat alter- nately; intervals nearly flat. Length mm. Steuben County; rare. August 13. Four specimens were taken from beneath leaves in a low wooded tract on the eastern border of Clear Lake. A species of northern range. Gaorp D. Three small Sfiecie,-, comprise this group. In addition to the characters given in key to Groups, they have
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