. 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. Hg. 423. Natural dze. (After Riley.) II. Prioxts Geoff. 1764. (Gr., "a ;) Very lar^ic, broad forms having the antennal joints conical, stout and overlapping in male; more slender and subserrate in fe- male; the surface of the fourth and following joints covered with fine, reticulate, <.-levated lines bearing special sense organs; thorax Hrined each side with two or three sharp teeth; elytra
. 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. Hg. 423. Natural dze. (After Riley.) II. Prioxts Geoff. 1764. (Gr., "a ;) Very lar^ic, broad forms having the antennal joints conical, stout and overlapping in male; more slender and subserrate in fe- male; the surface of the fourth and following joints covered with fine, reticulate, <.-levated lines bearing special sense organs; thorax Hrined each side with two or three sharp teeth; elytra broadly rounded at apex, pumtate and ornamented -with raised lines. Three of the six recognized species occur in the State. KEY TO I^DIA^â A SPECIES OF PEIONUS. a. Antennal joints 12; soles of hind tarsi densely pubescent. h. Elytra at base not wider than thorax; all .joints of hind tarsi densely pubescent beneath. 1870. i^ticollis. bij. Elytra at base wider than thorax; basal joint ni' hind tarsi nearly smooth. 1877. POCULARIS. f/a. Anteinial joints 16-20; soles of hind tarsi with scattered hairs. 1878. is7i; (.',;.0 ). I' Drury, 111. Xat. Hist, II, 1773, 83. Broad, stout. I'iceous black, shining. An- teimiB of male lor.^er than body ; of female about one-lialf llie len^lli. Thorax tilmost or quite as broad as the buse of elytra. sidi'S with three teeth, the hindmost one often indistinct; these sometimes slightly reflexed. Elytra broader at base than apex; each with three slightly elevated lines; surface roughly, coarsely and very irregu- Fig. 424. Female. Xutural size. (After LeBarofi.;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Blatchley, W. S. (Willis Stanley), 1859-1940. Indianapolis : Nature Pub. Co.
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