. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America [microform]. Beetles; Beetles; Coléoptères; Coléoptères. CRYPTOPIIAOIDAE. 99 â â ^V being more prolonged, with the tip received into the dccjily t'liiargiuatc niesostunuiui, but by the very tlifl'ereut form ol" the body, which is oval, and resembles cousiderubly a Nitidulidc of the genus Epuriea. The head is flat, the front not prolonged, and in the male is deeply incised at tij), exposing a membranous triangular epistouui. The antennas of tlie female are olul)ljed, aa usual; those of the male are stout, and scarcely thickened at the
. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America [microform]. Beetles; Beetles; Coléoptères; Coléoptères. CRYPTOPIIAOIDAE. 99 â â ^V being more prolonged, with the tip received into the dccjily t'liiargiuatc niesostunuiui, but by the very tlifl'ereut form ol" the body, which is oval, and resembles cousiderubly a Nitidulidc of the genus Epuriea. The head is flat, the front not prolonged, and in the male is deeply incised at tij), exposing a membranous triangular epistouui. The antennas of tlie female are olul)ljed, aa usual; those of the male are stout, and scarcely thickened at the end. The mandiltles are promhient, and suddenly incurved at the tip. The hind tarsi of the male are 4-jointed. The genus lives on flowers. Our species is finely punctured, and densely clothed with fulvous hair. Group II.âCryptophagl. Small insects, of an elongated form, living in decomposing vegetable matter; usually of a brown color, and clothed with rather coarse hair. The sides of the are usually toothed. The prosternum is slightly prolonged, but the mcsosternura is not emarginate for its reception. The antenna; and front are alike in both sexes, and the latter is somewhat prolonged. The posterior tarsi of the male of Cryptopliagus have but four joints; in Paramecosoma and Tomarus the tarsi are 5-jointed in both sexes. Body pubescent; sides of the thorax toothed or serrate ; Meutum with an ohtusf emarginate medial tooth. Ckyptopiimius. Mentum with an acute medial tooth. Body glabrous ; sides of the thorax smooth. Tomakus. The two first-mentioned genera are represented in every por- tion of our territory; the third only in the Atlantic district, and resembles in appearance Atomaria, but difters from it by the insertion of the antennic, and the absence of pubescence. Tribe III.âATOMARII]*!. The antennae are inserted between the eyes, at the anterior part of the front, and are usually very closely approximated. The mentum is tridentate in fro
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