. 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 PEEDACEOT'S PITING BEETLES. 233 the margins; elytra with the margin broadly yellow and usually with a sub-basal yellowish band from which extend backward four or five narrow dull yellow lines; under surface dark piceous, the presternum paler. Length mm. Lake and Steuben counties; rare. May 27-August 16. 455 (1478). Hydaticvs i^ Thoms., Op. Ent., Ill, 324. Elongate-oval, subconvex. Piceo
. 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 PEEDACEOT'S PITING BEETLES. 233 the margins; elytra with the margin broadly yellow and usually with a sub-basal yellowish band from which extend backward four or five narrow dull yellow lines; under surface dark piceous, the presternum paler. Length mm. Lake and Steuben counties; rare. May 27-August 16. 455 (1478). Hydaticvs i^ Thoms., Op. Ent., Ill, 324. Elongate-oval, subconvex. Piceous abuve and beneath; front of head, thorax except a basal cross-bar, front and middle legs and antennae reddish- yellow ; side margins of elytra dull brownish-yellow; middle tibiJB piceous. Dorsal rows of punctures distinct. Female with tips of elytra slightly pro- duced and subsinuate. Length mm. One male in Field ^Museum e(>lleetion from "Ind.," probably St. Joseph County, The dark basal cross-bar of thorax is widest at middle and tapers to a line each side. H. hiniarginatus Say. 12 mm. in length, occurs from Ohio to Georgia and Florida. XXI. AciLius Leach. 1817. (L., a Roman name.) ]M cdium-sized subdepressed species, slightly obovate in form, and having the upper surface distinctly and regu- larly punctate; thorax not ; hind coxas very large. Females with elytra either sulcate or smooth. ]\lalc,s with front tarsi broadly dilated, with one large and two small disks beneath, the middle tarsi simple, the jjg hind claws equal (Fig. 118.) Two species have been (^f'^fCo^^t"*-) taken in Indiana, while one other may occur. KEY TO INDIA>;A SPECIES OF ACILITS. a. Vertex with a distinct M-shaped black mark; sulci of female elytra un- equal in length, the outer ones longer and reaching nearly to base. h. Hind femora X'eddish-brown; length mm. 456. SEJIISULCATUS. hb. Hind femora black; length 12 mm. mediatus. (Id. Xfvtex without an M-slin[)ed
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