. Coleoptera. Beetles. 398 XATURAL HISTORY OF Fig. 401. â Btm- bidium IcBvif/a- lum. slender and with long legs. Its coloi- is light brown. This species is eyeless, although Grenier states that , from southern France, has minute non-pigmented eye- spots, and that these spots are black in A. iiiilleri, from Hungary. The' larva of an AiiophtliSc(tritcs itself the hind angles of the thorax are wanting, the elytra are without a humeral carina, the maxillae are slightly hooked at the tip, and the basal joint of the antennfe is long. *S'. mibterraneus is a very common species
. Coleoptera. Beetles. 398 XATURAL HISTORY OF Fig. 401. â Btm- bidium IcBvif/a- lum. slender and with long legs. Its coloi- is light brown. This species is eyeless, although Grenier states that , from southern France, has minute non-pigmented eye- spots, and that these spots are black in A. iiiilleri, from Hungary. The' larva of an AiiophtliSc(tritcs itself the hind angles of the thorax are wanting, the elytra are without a humeral carina, the maxillae are slightly hooked at the tip, and the basal joint of the antennfe is long. *S'. mibterraneus is a very common species in New Eng- land, and is from to 1 inch in length, with large mandibles. It is said to live in the burrows of Ckqyris, a scarabreid, and probalily de- vours coprophagous larvae. Monhotia f/hriosa, a species from southern Europe, which is similar to ^Semites, attains a length of over two inches. Pasimachiis differs from Scarites in havinsr the hind ano-les of the â/'asima- â - ' ciius aepressus. thorax distinct, the elytra with a humeral carina of variable length, and the maxillie very oT)tuse at the tip. The species, which are usually mai-giiu^d with blue, are all North American. P. deprcssus is of a dull black color, without strife or p>unctures, and is foimil in the southern Unite(l States. Fig. 401;. â .l/bno penryi(e. American. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dimmock, George, 1852-1930. Boston, Mass. : S. E. Cassino
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