. 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. 992 FAMILY L. HCAHAB/EIDiE. 1852 (5871). LiOYKUs relictus Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. S ,194; ibid. II, 296. Oblong, very robust. Piceous black, shining. Trans- verse carina of head interrupted at middle; elypeus with two teeth. Thorax strongly convex, hind angles broadly rounded, surface finely and sparsely punc- tured. Elytra with rather fine punctures, those of center of disk arranged in three double row
. 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. 992 FAMILY L. HCAHAB/EIDiE. 1852 (5871). LiOYKUs relictus Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. S ,194; ibid. II, 296. Oblong, very robust. Piceous black, shining. Trans- verse carina of head interrupted at middle; elypeus with two teeth. Thorax strongly convex, hind angles broadly rounded, surface finely and sparsely punc- tured. Elytra with rather fine punctures, those of center of disk arranged in three double rows; those on sides and near suture much confused. Male with inner claw of front tarsi thickened, dilated and ab- ruptly curved. Length 18-23 mm. (Fig. 410.) Throughout the State, frequent; more so about the sandy lake shores of the northern coun- ties. May 26-Aug'ust 26. Occurs at electric light and beneath rubbish. The larvaj live in old, well-rotted manure Fig. 410. X 1}. (After Knobel.) XXXII. Aphonus Lec. IS^jS. (Or., "without-(;) The untoothed mandibles and the lack of stridulating organs on the under surface of the elytra are the principal characters separat- ing this genus from Ligiji-us. In our spei-ies the tip of the elypeus is elevated, and immediately behind it is a sharp, transverse ele- vated line which bears three blunt teeth. One of the four recog- nized species has been taken in the State. 1S5;; (."],S74). Apjionis tbidentatlts Suy. Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, ]82;i, L'Oil; ibid. II. i:;4. 0))l(>ng-()\'ate, robust. or piceous-black, ,'; liciieath dark reddish-brown. Thorax about one-third wider than long, strongly eonyex. sides feebly eiirved, hind angles obtuse, basal margin sinuate; surface finely and sparsely punctate. Elytra striate, the strisie with rows of rather fine punctures; intervals suhconvex, irregular in width and with scattered coarse punctures. Length l.'J-ie mm. Putnam, Vigo, Floyd and Posey
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