. 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 ANT-LIKE FLOWER BEETLES. 1337 VII. DiLANDius Casey. 1895. Of this genus its author says: "Peculiar in having the acute side pieces of the prosternum behind the eoxaj more inwardly pro- longed than in Anihicus, so that they coalesce at or near the middle, thus closing the coxal cavities. The mesosternum extends in one extremely large unbroken polished plate from side to side of the body; its lateral
. 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 ANT-LIKE FLOWER BEETLES. 1337 VII. DiLANDius Casey. 1895. Of this genus its author says: "Peculiar in having the acute side pieces of the prosternum behind the eoxaj more inwardly pro- longed than in Anihicus, so that they coalesce at or near the middle, thus closing the coxal cavities. The mesosternum extends in one extremely large unbroken polished plate from side to side of the body; its lateral edges bearing a sparse fringe of long stiff, bristly ; Two species are known, one of which was described from southern Illinois and has been taken by Dm-y near Cincinnati. L>4S2 ( ). DiLANDH's MYRMEcops Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., VIII, 1S95, 643. Very sleuder and elongate. Blac'k, densely and minutely pubescent: basal half of antennse and legs i>aler; elytra with a narrow basal ci-ossbar and a broader one at middle light brown, the hind nne bordered in front by a narrow oblique bar of coarser, silvery white pubescence. Head rounded at base, coarsely and densely punctate. Antennae one-half the length of body, the third joint longer than fourth. Thorax slightly narrower than head, much longer than wide, deeply constricted at basal third, the front lobe globular; surface, as well as that of elytra, minutely and densely punctate. Elytra much longer than head and thorax, and twice as wide as latter; disk with a deep cross-impression near base. lyength mm. Posey County; rare. April 7. One specimen from beneath board in woodland pasture. Dury's specimen was taken from be- neath a flat stone on November 17, so that it probably hibernates as imago. VIII. ToMODERUS Laf. 1848. (Or., "cut-f ;) Robust, convex species, with antenna? stout, bead-like, thickened and somewhat perfoliate near tips; femora stout, club-shaped; eyes rather small, somewhat coar
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