. 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. ]296 PAMIIiY LVIII.— !W. Maxillary pfilpi with last .ioint liatcliet-sha],.Ml; length less than 4 mm. /, of middle tihuv small, equal; second joint ot antenuiE shorter ,, . 1 XV. SVMPHORA. than third. l,n Spurs of middle tihia> very unequal; third joint of antennae not longer than second. Anisoxya. X. Melandrya Fah. 1801. (Gr,. "black-i oak,") This and the next sjcniis have t
. 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. ]296 PAMIIiY LVIII.— !W. Maxillary pfilpi with last .ioint liatcliet-sha],.Ml; length less than 4 mm. /, of middle tihuv small, equal; second joint ot antenuiE shorter ,, . 1 XV. SVMPHORA. than third. l,n Spurs of middle tihia> very unequal; third joint of antennae not longer than second. Anisoxya. X. Melandrya Fah. 1801. (Gr,. "black-i oak,") This and the next sjcniis have the head inclined, never vertical: suture between front and clvpeus distinct; last joint of maxillary palpi wider, hatchet-shaped; front coxiv conical, contiguous with distinct trochantins; middle coxa' contii;-uous. Uilandrya, the ])ical genus of the family, is represented in the United States and 1 ndiana hy one species. 2:!'.!." (;!). JEklandrva strtata Say, 's IT. 1S2:!, ; ihid. I, Elongate-oval. Hlack, shining; termi- nal joints of palpi and antenna' reddish- hrowii; pubescence very tine and sparse. Thorax gradually narrowing fnnn base to apex, where it is but slightly wider than the head; surface finely and sparsely punc- tate and with three wide, shallow grooves \m basal half, the middle one the longest. Elytra gradually broader from base to apex, widely and deeply striate; inten-als convex, sparsely and irregularly pmvctate. Length ~.'>ATt mm. ( .")T'_',") Throughout the State; conunon in the southern counties, less so north- ward. April 18, Occurs be- neath Fig 572. (Original,) XI, Emmesa Newm. 1838. (Gr., ";) One of the two known United States species occurs in the State, 2:i0(i (7(;>.j). Emmesa labiata Say. Long's Exped., II, 1,;., 2S7 ; ibid. I. 190. I'>longate. subparallel. Black, shining, sparsely and finely pubescent; labruni, terminal joints of palp
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