. 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. i-.«_/^> VJ-J-i BORING BEETLES. 1011 IsTu (5';. oim-iosoMA bbuxnbum Forst, Xov. Spec. Ins., 1771, 37. Elongate, iiarallel. Uniform light chestnut- brown, shining. Head with a deep impression be- tween the Thorax more than twice as; wide us Ions, each side with three sharp teeth. Elyti'a eacli with three fine raised- lines, surface and rather thickly punctured. Fifth ventral sejin
. 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. i-.«_/^> VJ-J-i BORING BEETLES. 1011 IsTu (5';. oim-iosoMA bbuxnbum Forst, Xov. Spec. Ins., 1771, 37. Elongate, iiarallel. Uniform light chestnut- brown, shining. Head with a deep impression be- tween the Thorax more than twice as; wide us Ions, each side with three sharp teeth. Elyti'a eacli with three fine raised- lines, surface and rather thickly punctured. Fifth ventral sejinient rounded in female, broadly truncate in male, leaving the sixth visible. Lentjth 22-40 mm. (Fife'. i-S-i.) Throughout the State; freiiueiit. June :i!)- August 14. Often enters houses to which it is attracted Ijy light. The larvfe are supposed to live only in pine, evidently feed on oak and walnut trees in Central Indiana, -ivhere pine are Hg. 423. Natural dze. (After Riley.) II. Prioxts Geoff. 1764. (Gr., "a ;) Very lar^ic, broad forms having the antennal joints conical, stout and overlapping in male; more slender and subserrate in fe- male; the surface of the fourth and following joints covered with fine, reticulate, <.-levated lines bearing special sense organs; thorax Hrined each side with two or three sharp teeth; elytra broadly rounded at apex, pumtate and ornamented -with raised lines. Three of the six recognized species occur in the State. KEY TO I^DIA^â A SPECIES OF PEIONUS. a. Antennal joints 12; soles of hind tarsi densely pubescent. h. Elytra at base not wider than thorax; all .joints of hind tarsi densely pubescent beneath. 1870. i^ticollis. bij. Elytra at base wider than thorax; basal joint ni' hind tarsi nearly smooth. 1877. POCULARIS. f/a. Anteinial joints 16-20; soles of hind tarsi with scattered hairs. 1878. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enha
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