. 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. 612 FAMILY XXV.âiiisteuid^t;. (J. Sntural stri;i entire. .'. Form snbe.^linclrical; all the dorsal struo entire. pakai-LELL'S. <â (â . Ii'(]rui depressed; flftli dorsal abbreviated at base. 1168. -EQUus. (hi. Sutural htria abbreviated at base; form cylindrical. /. Tborax evenly punctured; mesosternal stria entire. 1169. COAECTATUS. ff. 'I' nearly smootb at middle; mesfisternal stria broadly inter-


. 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. 612 FAMILY XXV.âiiisteuid^t;. (J. Sntural stri;i entire. .'. Form snbe.^linclrical; all the dorsal struo entire. pakai-LELL'S. <â (â . Ii'(]rui depressed; flftli dorsal abbreviated at base. 1168. -EQUus. (hi. Sutural htria abbreviated at base; form cylindrical. /. Tborax evenly punctured; mesosternal stria entire. 1169. COAECTATUS. ff. 'I' nearly smootb at middle; mesfisternal stria broadly inter- rupted. 1170. BASALIS. * 11(15 ("fil!)). HiSTEE cAKOLiNus Payli., Monog. Hist, 1811, 45. Broadly ovate, subdepressed. Black or piceous, shining; legs reddish-brown. Thorax with outer marginal stria pres- ent, very fine; disk smooth. Elytra with three entire dorsal stria;, fourth and fifth apical, reaching the middle, sutural somewhat longer. Front tibise with five rather fine teeth; middle tibise with four, hind tibiae with three, short spines. Length mm. (Fig. 232.) Probably our most common species of Hister; Fig- 232. X 7. "^ _ (Original.) found throughout the State, especially m low, moist woods beneath bark and logs. January 11-Novernber 30. Often gregarious in winter. *11G6 (3520). IIiSTEE LECONTBi Marsuel, Monog. Hist, 1853, 273, pi. 7, fig. 17. Oblong-oval, strongly depressed. Thorax smooth at middle; sparsely and rather coarsely punctured on sides, the marginal stria entire. Elytra with three entire dorsal stria;, fourth apical, extending to middle or beyond, fifth short, apical; sutural often wanting, sometimes as long as fifth. Propygidium coarsely but very sparsely punctured. Front tibiae with four teeth; middle tibia' with three, hind tibiae with two, short spines. Length mm. Throughout the State; common. Feljruary 11-Deeember 29. Occurs beneath the close-titting bark of logs and stumps, especially that of oak and elm; rarely on fungi or at


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