. 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. THE CLICK BEETLES. 735 ohliquus Say. in 1836. The form with yellow space at apex of elytra was by him as areolatus 13 years previous, and hence that name has priority. 1390 (4248). Elatee Germ., Zeitschr., V, 1844, 169. Elongate-oblong, subconvex, pubescent with rather long yellowish hairs. Head, thorax and under parts dull reddish-yellow; elytra reddish-brown. Thorax broader tha
. 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. THE CLICK BEETLES. 735 ohliquus Say. in 1836. The form with yellow space at apex of elytra was by him as areolatus 13 years previous, and hence that name has priority. 1390 (4248). Elatee Germ., Zeitschr., V, 1844, 169. Elongate-oblong, subconvex, pubescent with rather long yellowish hairs. Head, thorax and under parts dull reddish-yellow; elytra reddish-brown. Thorax broader than long, but slightly naiTowed In front; bind angles short, acute, feebly divergent; surface very finely and sparsely punctured. Elytral striie feebly impressed with rather coarse punctureis; intervals finely and sparsely punetulate. Length mm. Kdsi-iusko, Posey and Crawford counties; scarce. June 21— July 11. Beaten from vegetation. Our smallest species of the genus. XXYII. Drasterus Esch. Ib29. ( ";) In this genus the dilated part of the hind coxa is truncate and not emarginate in front of the trochanter; antennae feebly serrate, the third joint longer than second, the two together longer than the fourth. For a s^-nop- tical table and notes on the eight known North American species, see Lcf'onic.—Trans. .\mer. Ent. So- ciety. XII, 1884. 4-6. But one species has bceji taken in Indiana, though another one probably occurs. 1391 ,). Deastebius elegans Ent Syst., I, 1708. 230. Elongate-oblong, subconvex. Dull red- dish-brown, finely and sparsely pubescent; head, median spot or stripe on thorax, scutellum, spot before the middle on each elytron and subapical crossbar, black. Thorax slightly longer than wide, feebly narrowed in front; hind angles acute, prominent; surface rather finely but very distinctly punctured. Elytral with rather coarse punctures; intervals slightly convex, sjjarsely and finely puuctulate. Length 6-7 mm. (Fig.
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