. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. â .â¢1 ". â . * â â â t 26G COLEOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA, Sub-Family lI.âSrONDYLlN^E. Body clongatu, ratlier convex and roliust, punclurod, opaque (ir nearly so; head large, eyes transverse, not eouvex, rather tinely granulate, ieebly euiarglnate. Antenna) short or extending Iji- yond tlie base of the prutiiorax, inserie.] under slight ^ ill tViint of the eyes, near the base of the mandibles; Isl joint oval, stout, a little longer than tlie od; 2d about half as long as ad, or (.Seapliinus)
. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. â .â¢1 ". â . * â â â t 26G COLEOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA, Sub-Family lI.âSrONDYLlN^E. Body clongatu, ratlier convex and roliust, punclurod, opaque (ir nearly so; head large, eyes transverse, not eouvex, rather tinely granulate, ieebly euiarglnate. Antenna) short or extending Iji- yond tlie base of the prutiiorax, inserie.] under slight ^ ill tViint of the eyes, near the base of the mandibles; Isl joint oval, stout, a little longer than tlie od; 2d about half as long as ad, or (.Seapliinus) nearly as long; remaining joints eijual, trans- verse (.Seaiiliinus), or oval (Sjiondylis), each with two foveie on till' under .>urfaee, wiiieli in the former are very large and deep, in the and near tlio apex; lltli joint pointed at tip. liabruin small, separate. Mandibles long, slender, not toothed: (lalpi long, not dilated, last joint oval, truneate; nicntinn very transverse, buccal fissures wide, filled by tlic base of the niux- illa;; ligula very large, corneous, coneave, eniarginate in front, with Iiroadly-rounded lobes; labial palpi distant, situated on tin- inferior surface, but remote from the sides. Alaxillie wilii verv small sleiKlei lobes Protliorax oval, convex, narrowed lieliind. not margined; niesonotuni jiolisiied, sjiarsely puncture", without stridulatiiig plate, broadly channelled, distinctly separated from the seutellum by a transverse excavation. Elytra parallel, rounded at tip, epipleune narrow, not extending to the suture; wings perfect. I'losternuni distinct between the coxiv, whicii arc suiiconieal, somewhat prominent, angnlaled externally, and inclosed liehind; middle coxa3 oval, cavities widely o|)en externally, with distinct trochantin, niesostcrnuin triangular, slightly truncate' at lip; epi- sterna of metatliorax ratiier wide, narrowed behind, hind coxa- large, extending to the side of the abdomen, prominent in Sea
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