. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America [microform]. Beetles; Beetles; Coléoptères; Coléoptères. OTIINUnAE. 103 not distinct; coxal cavities small, roumleil, confluent, closed behind. Mesostcrnum short, narrow; aide pieces divided by au almost longitudinal suture, Rretasternum moderate, side pieces narrow. Elytra elongate, rounded at tip, luuving the tip of the abdomen uncovered; scntellum small, trianguhir. Abdomen with five free ventral segments, slightly dimi- nishing in length. Coxa), anterior small, conical, prominent, and contiguous; middle ones rounded, prominent, slightly s
. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America [microform]. Beetles; Beetles; Coléoptères; Coléoptères. OTIINUnAE. 103 not distinct; coxal cavities small, roumleil, confluent, closed behind. Mesostcrnum short, narrow; aide pieces divided by au almost longitudinal suture, Rretasternum moderate, side pieces narrow. Elytra elongate, rounded at tip, luuving the tip of the abdomen uncovered; scntellum small, trianguhir. Abdomen with five free ventral segments, slightly dimi- nishing in length. Coxa), anterior small, conical, prominent, and contiguous; middle ones rounded, prominent, slightly separated by tlie mesosteriium; hind ones transverse, not prominent, slightly separated, extending to the sides of the body. Legs slender; tibia) linear, with minute terminal spurs; tarsi slender, tolerably long, joints diminishing in length, anterior and middle 5-jointed, hind ones (of the male only?) 4-jointed; claws simple. A small insect (-22 unc. long), of elongate form and brownish- black color, with slight brassy tinge, coarsely puneturtMl, and irregularly clothed with short whitish hairs, presents the alxive assemblage of characters, irreconcilable with any family known to me. The pnnctuation and character of pubescence resemble those of certain species of Dasytini from California; and the prominent anterior and middle coxic would seem to give wcitflit to the affinity tluis indicated. But the anterior cnxal cavities are completely closed behind, and arc much smaller than in any of the families of Serricorn Colcoptcra allied to Pasytes. The simple structure of the claws, the 4-j()inted hind tarsi, and the entire absence of a visible sixth ventral segment, besides many other characters, forbid the association with Pasytes. There is consequently no course left but to place it as a distinct family, in the neighborhood of Cryptophagida?. I found under decomposing Opuntia leaves, at San Diego, Cali- fornia, a second species of this genus, of rather broader form, with the e
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