. 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. 3S2 FAMILY XXIII.âMrCETOPHAGID-i;. 1110 (3390). Ephistemus apicalis Lee, X. Sf. X. A. Col., I, 1'^''"- <'-â Oval, convex. Black or piceous-black, shining, without punctures; ely- tra gradually feebly paler on apical half: legs and antennae paler. Thorax transverse, the sides evenly curi-ed. Elytra one-third wider than thorax and about three times as long, the tips narrowly rounded. Length 1 mm. Lake,
. 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. 3S2 FAMILY XXIII.âMrCETOPHAGID-i;. 1110 (3390). Ephistemus apicalis Lee, X. Sf. X. A. Col., I, 1'^''"- <'-â Oval, convex. Black or piceous-black, shining, without punctures; ely- tra gradually feebly paler on apical half: legs and antennae paler. Thorax transverse, the sides evenly curi-ed. Elytra one-third wider than thorax and about three times as long, the tips narrowly rounded. Length 1 mm. Lake, Parke and ilarion counties: scarce. April 23-^uly 1. Family XXIII. The Fixers Beetles. To this belong a limited miml)er of small, oval, slightly ciiiivi-x beetles, vhich live on funtri and beneath bark. They have the upper surfa<-e hairy and dei'^.-ly pniK-tiired and the elytra are lirown nr blackish, usually prettily marked with yeUow spots or bands, or yellow with black spnts. The name. Maceiophagidce, is from two Greek words meanin": "funtrns"" and "to eat," and is in- dicative of the of the insects. The principal distincfuishiug charaetHis ni the MyeetophaL'ids are the ^inted antennae, inserted immediately in front of the eyi â ,. the outer joints gradually or suddenly enlarged; eyes rather large, with cuarse facets: thorax as wide as elytra at base; elytra covering the abdomen and rounded at tip; front coxa? oval, rounded, narrowly separated, the canities either widely open or closed; middle coxa? rounded, narrowly separated; hind coxae trans- verse: abdomen with five free and equal ventral segments: legs slender, tibise nearly linear, with small terminal spurs; tarsi filiform, -t-iointed. the front nnes of the males 3-jointed, more or less dilated and pubescent beneath. (Fig. 21S. I As already noted under the family Crypt^phagida, the genus Diplocalus has been transferred from this family to
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