. 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. 994 FAHriLY L. SCA1IAP„3J',TT)J<;. Of the eight specimens in the collection, three are from Craw- ford County, the others from Bartholomew, Greene, Sullivan, Orange and Jefferson counties. All but two are males. July 25- September 4. One of the females is wholly chestnut-brown above; while one of the males has one elytron almost wholly chestnut- brown, the other one being of a normal hue. The species prob
. 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. 994 FAHriLY L. SCA1IAP„3J',TT)J<;. Of the eight specimens in the collection, three are from Craw- ford County, the others from Bartholomew, Greene, Sullivan, Orange and Jefferson counties. All but two are males. July 25- September 4. One of the females is wholly chestnut-brown above; while one of the males has one elytron almost wholly chestnut- brown, the other one being of a normal hue. The species prob- ably occurs sparingly over the area covered by the Austroriparian fauna of the State. It is said to live in the larval stage in old rotten wood. XXXV Phileurus Lat. 1807. ( ";) This genus is characterized by having the labial palpi inserted behind the mentum; mandibles prominent; head and thorax alike in both sexes, the former with two short horns or tubercles, the thorax with one tubercle on apical half. Stridulating organs are found on the under surface of the elytra, along the side margins. One of the four known species has been taken in the State. 1856 (5890). Phileceus valgus Linn., Sysl., Nat., 1758, 347. Elongate, subdepressed. Above black, shining; beneath plceous. Head deeply con- cave, with two blunt conical tubercles in front of eyes; tip of elypeus tooth-like, re- curved. Thorax transverse, with sides broadly rounded; surface sparsely and rather finely punctured and with a deep median groove, terminated in front by a short, blunt tuber- cle near the margin. Elytra striate, the striae with rows of rather coarse variolate punctures, the alternate intervals more ele- vated. Outer apical angles of hind tibi;B and „ „„ '^'^sal joint of tarsi each with a distinct spine. 413. xli. (Original.) Length 19^22 mm. (Fig. 413.) Southern portion of the State, from Jlonroe County southward, sc;irc(;: specimens from seven dillerent counties hav
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