. 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. 6f)C P;VMii,v —;. Putnam County; rare. September 7. Readily known by the' brassy tinge and the yellow spot on elytra. Occurs on foliage of the laurel or shingle oalc, Qucrcus imhricaria Michx. ;; ferniginca Linn, and Calitys scatra Thunb., both mem- bers of the boreal fauna, have been recorded from Michigan. III. Grynochaeis Thorn. 1859. (Gr., "fire-brand + ;) Ova
. 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. 6f)C P;VMii,v —;. Putnam County; rare. September 7. Readily known by the' brassy tinge and the yellow spot on elytra. Occurs on foliage of the laurel or shingle oalc, Qucrcus imhricaria Michx. ;; ferniginca Linn, and Calitys scatra Thunb., both mem- bers of the boreal fauna, have been recorded from Michigan. III. Grynochaeis Thorn. 1859. (Gr., "fire-brand + ;) Oval, subdepressed beetles, having the margins of thorax and elytra flattened; front truncate; antennal grooves feeble; front tibiaa without a terminal hook. Three species are known from the United States, one of which has been taken in Indiana. 1278 (3851). Geynochaeis 4-lineata Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., IT, 1844, 104. Oblong-oval, subdepressed. Black, feebly shining; an- tennae and under parts pieeous. Thorax twice as wide as long, slightly wider at base than apex, hind margin truncate; sides nearly straight, margins reflexed, hind angles obtuse; disk alutaceous, finely and sparsely punc- tate and with a transverse impression behind the mid- dle. Elytra oblong, sides parallel, each with four nar- row costae; intervals each with three or four rows of coarse punctures. Length 6 mm. (Fig. 248.) Lawrence County; rare. Occurs be- (Originai.) ' ueath loosc bark of walnut and oak. Family XXIX. MONOTOMID.^1 The Monotomid Beetles. To this family belong a few small, depressed beetles, resembling rather closely those of certain genera of the family Cucujidse and also those of the genus Ehizophagns of the Nitidulidee. They live beneath the bark of trees or in the nests of ants. The word Mono- tonia means literally "a single cut," and probably refers to the small subapical tooth of the mandibles. Prom closely allied families they may be separated by having th
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