. 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 LAIIELLICORX BEETLES. 939 &6. StriiE of elytra punctured; head with a median tubercle; basal mar- ginal line of thorax present. c. First joint of hind tarsus shorter than the next three together; claws of middle tarsi chelate in the male. 1772. splendidtjs. cc. First joint of hind tarsus equal to the next three; claws of middle tarsi of male not chelate. 1774. blackburxii. aa. Body above opaque, blac
. 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 LAIIELLICORX BEETLES. 939 &6. StriiE of elytra punctured; head with a median tubercle; basal mar- ginal line of thorax present. c. First joint of hind tarsus shorter than the next three together; claws of middle tarsi chelate in the male. 1772. splendidtjs. cc. First joint of hind tarsus equal to the next three; claws of middle tarsi of male not chelate. 1774. blackburxii. aa. Body above opaque, black; elytra not striate, but with rows of punc- tui'es. 1773. oPAcrs. G. spjiiioparus Jekl., has been taken near Cincinnati. *1772 (.|0(;). Geotkupes splexdidus Fab., Syst. Ent, 1798, 18. Broadly ovate. Color very variable; brilliant me- tallic green, purple or bronze. Clypeus rounded in front, surface coarsely and roughly punctate and with a distinct median tubercle. Thorax twice as wide as long, surface finely and sparsely punctured, more coarsely and densely on sides. Elytra deeply sti-iate, the strife with well-defined punctures; intervals smooth, flat or subconvex. Male with middle tarsus short and thick. Length 12-17 mm. (Fig. 367.) Throughout the State; common. March 16- Rs-367-xi|. December 20. A pair were found mating beneath a log on the latter date. They evidently sometimes feed upon carrion as a pair, also mating, were taken beneath the bones of a dead horse on May 6. 1773 (5601). GEOTBtPES opAcrs Hald., Proc. Phil. Acad. Xat Sci., VI, 1858, 362. Broadly oval. Above black, opaque, often with a purplish tinge; un- der surface and legs bluish. Clypeus rounded, rough, with few punctures and with a distinct tubercle near the frontal suture. Thorax with fine, irregularly scattered punctures, more coarse and numerous on the sides. Elytra smooth, not striate, each with about 16 somewhat irregular rows of fine punctures. Length 12-15 mm. Lake and Vigo counties; rare, ilay
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