. 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. 660 FAMILY XXVII.—LATHIilDIID^. 71/. villosa Zimra., dull reddish-yell(3w, larger than disUngucnda, with eyes smaller and more widely separated and pubescence longer and more bristling, occurs throughout the northern United States. *1264 (9992). Melanophthalma distinguenda Com., Coleop. Prov. Novoc., 38. Elongate-oval, moderately convex. Dull fuscous or brownish-yellow, the elytra usually darker. Thorax tran
. 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. 660 FAMILY XXVII.—LATHIilDIID^. 71/. villosa Zimra., dull reddish-yell(3w, larger than disUngucnda, with eyes smaller and more widely separated and pubescence longer and more bristling, occurs throughout the northern United States. *1264 (9992). Melanophthalma distinguenda Com., Coleop. Prov. Novoc., 38. Elongate-oval, moderately convex. Dull fuscous or brownish-yellow, the elytra usually darker. Thorax transverse, sides angulate at middle, margin obsoletely crenulate; surface rather strongly punctate, the sub-basal im- pression moderately deep, extending nearly from side to side. Elytra elongate-oval; strisc not impressed, punctures coarser at base than behind the middle; pubescence yellowish, long and conspicuous, the hairs arising from the inter^-als more erect than those from the stria;. Length mm. (Fig. ) Throughout the State ; common. Hi- bernates. January 6-November 28. Oc- X24. (AfterForbes.) curs in winter beneath bark and logs; taken by sifting in spring and in sum- mer often from flowers of the black haw {Viburnuni prunifoUiun L) and allied shrubs. 1265 (3823). IIelanophthalma pumiij^ Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VII, 1855, 302. Resembles the preceding but more parallel. Pubescence rather long and bristling. Punctuation of elytra coarser. Different other- wise as mentioned in key. Length mm. ilarshall and Putnam counties; scarce. ^lareh 20-June 24. Taken by sifting. 1266 ( ). Meianophthalma gibbosa Herbst., Kaf., V. 5. pi. 44, fig. 2. Oval, convex. Uniform piceous brown, rarely paler; antennae and legs reddish-brown; pubescence short, appressed. Head rather coarsely and closely punctate; eyes large and prominent. Thorax slightly wider than head, very little wider than long; sides rounded in front, then feebly con- vergent and
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