. 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 SHOET-WINGED SCAVENGEn BEETLES. 359 broadly curved, hind angles obtuse and blunt; disk alutaceous, very finely and sparsely punctate, sometimes with a fine median impressed line. Ely- tra slighily wider and longer than thorax, finely, distinctly and densely punctate. Abdomen slightly narrower than elytra, polished. Length 3 mm. Putnam County; rare. Octoher 17. Described from Indiana and New York. 083 (95
. 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 SHOET-WINGED SCAVENGEn BEETLES. 359 broadly curved, hind angles obtuse and blunt; disk alutaceous, very finely and sparsely punctate, sometimes with a fine median impressed line. Ely- tra slighily wider and longer than thorax, finely, distinctly and densely punctate. Abdomen slightly narrower than elytra, polished. Length 3 mm. Putnam County; rare. Octoher 17. Described from Indiana and New York. 083 (9533). Zybas planifek Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Scl., VII, 1893, 32fl. Rather stout, subparallel. Dark reddish-brown, shining, the elytra darker except on humeri; abdomen black, the first three segments in part or wholly pale; legs and base of anrennte pale reddish-brown. Antennae reaching middle of elytra, the third joint twice the length of second, ob- conical. Thorax one-half wider than long, widest at apical third, sides straight on basal half, disk convex, finely and sparsely punctate and with a faint median impressed line. Elytra two-fifths wider and slightly longer than thorax, rather coarsely and roughly punctate. Abdomen one-fourth narrower than elytra, parallel, smooth or nearly so. Length mm. Putnam, Lawrence and Crawford counties; scarce, ilareh 20- May 25. The thorax of male has a large flattened median area and is more coarsely punctate than in female. XXI. Xenodusa Wasm. 1894. (Gr., "strange + ;) Robust brown species having the antennre very slender, head small; thorax wider than elytra, the sides much elevated; abdomen as broad as elytra, parallel, the first four or five dorsal segments with tufts of yellow hairs on the sides. 684 (2041). Xenodosa cava Lee, N. Sp. N. Am. Col., I, 1863. 30. Elongate, robust, parallel. Eeddish-brown, shining, sparsely pubescent. AntenuiO reaching middle of abdomen, the third joint twice the length of second. Thor
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