. 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 DARKLING BEETLES. 1261 2329 (7506). Diaperis maculata Oliv., Encyc. Meth., VI, 1791, 273. Broadly oval, convex. Black; head be- tween the eyes and elyti-a, in great part, orange-red; the latter being marked with black as follows: a sutural line not reaching scutellum and wider on apical half, a rounded spot on middle of basal third and another elongate and smaller one near the margin, a large irregular s
. 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 DARKLING BEETLES. 1261 2329 (7506). Diaperis maculata Oliv., Encyc. Meth., VI, 1791, 273. Broadly oval, convex. Black; head be- tween the eyes and elyti-a, in great part, orange-red; the latter being marked with black as follows: a sutural line not reaching scutellum and wider on apical half, a rounded spot on middle of basal third and another elongate and smaller one near the margin, a large irregular spit on apical half reaching from mar;,'in nearly to sutural line. Thorax nearly three times as wide as long, finely and sparsely punctate. Elytra with rows of rather ^I'lt h^ ofVrva?i, k/ofiaie';' "."an- fine, feebly impressed punctures; intervals tenna of beetle. (After Riley.) flat, minutely and sparsely punctulate. Length mm. (Fig. 504.) Throughout the State; common and gregarious beneath bark, especially that of elm, and in fungi. March 16-September XVIII. Arrhenoplita Kirby. 1837. (Gr., ";) Small elongate-oval, bluish or greenish species, having the epi- pleurffi abbreviated and the males (in our species) armed with two short horns on clypeus and two longer ones on vertex. Two of the three recognized species occur in the State. Formerly listed under Hoplocephala. 2;?30 (7508). Akrhenoputa viridipennis Fab., Syst. Bleut, II, 1801, 586. Elongate-oval. Thorax, legs and under surface, except abdomen, orange- red; head, abdomen and apical half of antennte piceous; elytra green or blue, with metallic lustre. Thorax nearly three times as wide as long, sides feebly curved, hind angles rounded, surface finely and rather sparsely punc- tate. Elytra finely striate-punctate; intervals nearly flat, minutely punrtu- late. Length mm. Posey County; scarce. April 13. Taken from beneath bark of fungus covered log. Probably throughout th
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