. Coleoptera. Beetles. 402 NATURAL HISTORY OF Fig. 505. iltjeanL the elytra are widely inflexeil, the jnotliurax !<c'arcely margined, and the terminal joint of the maxillary palpi shorter than the third joint. A. cyUmlriformis, the only species, is found in Kansas, New ^lexieo, and Arizona. It is the largest species of this family found in the I'nited States, and is brownish-black in color. Its habits are nocturnal. In Omits the elytra are narrowly inflexed, the prothorax distinctly margined, and the last two joints of the maxillary paljii subecjual. The nine described species
. Coleoptera. Beetles. 402 NATURAL HISTORY OF Fig. 505. iltjeanL the elytra are widely inflexeil, the jnotliurax !<c'arcely margined, and the terminal joint of the maxillary palpi shorter than the third joint. A. cyUmlriformis, the only species, is found in Kansas, New ^lexieo, and Arizona. It is the largest species of this family found in the I'nited States, and is brownish-black in color. Its habits are nocturnal. In Omits the elytra are narrowly inflexed, the prothorax distinctly margined, and the last two joints of the maxillary paljii subecjual. The nine described species are all from the Pacific slojie of North America, and are nocturnal. In Tetracha, the only representative of the Megacephalini found in the United States, the eyes are large and prominent, the jiosterior Otrnis coxa^ contiguous, and the third joint of the maxillary palpi longer than the fourth. 2\ virr/inica is dark metallic green abo^e, with light brown lesrs and antenuffi. Its length is about of an inch. It is found in the southern Atlantic states concealed mider logs and bark by day, for its habits are crepuscular. T. 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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