. 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 lejVP beetles. 1219 LXTX. Mantuka Stephens. 1831. (A mythological name.) To this genus belongs a single small, elongate-oval, brownish species, having the antennae slender, half as long as body, the outer five joints abruptly broader; thorax with a deep longitudinal basal impression each side opposite the middle of each elytron and ex- tending nearly half way to apex; first ventral segment nearly as long
. 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 lejVP beetles. 1219 LXTX. Mantuka Stephens. 1831. (A mythological name.) To this genus belongs a single small, elongate-oval, brownish species, having the antennae slender, half as long as body, the outer five joints abruptly broader; thorax with a deep longitudinal basal impression each side opposite the middle of each elytron and ex- tending nearly half way to apex; first ventral segment nearly as long as all the others; tibiae each with a small terminal spur; claws simple. 2256 (7032). Mantuka floeida^-a Crotch, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1873, 73. Elongate-oval, moderately convex. Brownish, with a bronzed lustre; elytra indefinitely paler on apical third; antennae brownish, the basal joints paler; legs reddish-yellow, the hind femora darker. Thorax nearly twice as wide as long, widest at base, gradually narrowed in front; surface coarsely, deeply and rather closely punctate, more sparsely between the basal depressions. Elytra scarcely wider at base than thorax, umbone not prominent, disk with ten rows of rather fine, deep punctures; intervals broader than stri®, smooth. Length 2 mm. Steuben, Llarion, Putnam, Orange and Posey counties; scarce. April 22-July 14. Taken by sifting and s^veeping. LXX. Systena Chev. 1834. (Gr., "com- ;) Small elongate, usually subdepressed species, having the antennse slender, half as long as body, slightly thicker toward the tip, the fourth joint longer than the third or fifth. Thorax broader than long, very little narrowed in front, margins 3^^^* f/°- ^^'^ ^^^^ very narrow, hind angles acute, disk but vaguely CMtteDden m Buii. 43, u. s. impressed in front of base; front coxs narrowly ^'"^ ^"''^ separated, the cavities closed behind; hind tibiae grooved on the outer edge and carinate, terminated by a single spur;
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