. 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. 1218 FAMILY IjIII.—CHRYSOMELID,^. 2253 (6980). Bpiteix beevis Schwarz, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 1S78, 367. 1 Broadly ovate. Piceous, shining; antennae and legs pale i-eddlsh-brown; hind femora iiie- eous. Thorax twice as wide as long, slightly narrowed in front, sides distinctly curved; punc- tures moderate in size, close but not crowded; antebasal impres- sion scarcely evident, the longi- tudinal ones not vis
. 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. 1218 FAMILY IjIII.—CHRYSOMELID,^. 2253 (6980). Bpiteix beevis Schwarz, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 1S78, 367. 1 Broadly ovate. Piceous, shining; antennae and legs pale i-eddlsh-brown; hind femora iiie- eous. Thorax twice as wide as long, slightly narrowed in front, sides distinctly curved; punc- tures moderate in size, close but not crowded; antebasal impres- sion scarcely evident, the longi- tudinal ones not visible. Elytra a little wider at base than tho- rax; strise feebly impressed on disli, deeper on sides, the punc- tures of former rounded and distinct, those at sides more quadrate and closer. Length mm. (Fig. 539.) Throughout the State; scarce. April 22-September Fig. 539. X28. (After Forbes.) 25. Shorter and more con- vex than cucumeris, from which it is easily separated'by the lack of antebasal impression. (6991). Epitbix tarvula Fabr., Syst. Eleut, I, 1801, 468. Obloiig-oval, subconvex. Dull reddish-yellow; elytra often with a fus- ciius ti'ansverse cloud at middle; abdomen brown; antennte and legs pale reddish-yellow, the four outer joints of former and hind femora of latter often darker. TIkhux convex, shining, nearly twice as wide as long, not narrowed in front; antebasal impression evident but not deep; surface dis- tinctly but rather finely and sparsely punctate. Klytra ver.\' little wider than thorax, unibone feeble, punctures rather (bourse and nut crowded on (lisle; finer and ii](pre close-set on sides, wliere the iiilcrvals are subconvex. Length mm. Southern hall' of State; frequent. April IS-Xovember '22. Taken by sifting and sweeping. ; ( ). ErrrKix iumkralis Iinry, .Toiivn. Cin. Sec. Nat. Hist., XX, 19(l(;, ;.. (_»vate, rather robust. Head, thorax and legs reddish-brown: darker br(jwn, the uuilniiies paler, 'i'lierax f
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