. 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 SILKEN FUNGUS BEETLES. 581 y. Ent Soc, VIII, 1900, 1107 ( ). Atomaria ovalis Cnsey, Joum. N. 124. Oval, rapidly attenuate at each end, strongly convex. Black or piceous, shining; legs and antenna dull brownish-yellow. Antennse stout, one-half length of body in male. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides strongly converging on apical half, apex two-thirds as wide as base; disk rather coarsely and densely
. 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 SILKEN FUNGUS BEETLES. 581 y. Ent Soc, VIII, 1900, 1107 ( ). Atomaria ovalis Cnsey, Joum. N. 124. Oval, rapidly attenuate at each end, strongly convex. Black or piceous, shining; legs and antenna dull brownish-yellow. Antennse stout, one-half length of body in male. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides strongly converging on apical half, apex two-thirds as wide as base; disk rather coarsely and densely punctate. Elytra widest a little in front of middle where, together, they are one-third wider than thorax, thence narrowing to a rounded apex; surface rather sparsely and finely but distinctly punctured. Length mm. Steuben, Kosciusko and Clarion counties; frequent. April 11- July 11. Taken hy sifting and on the wing in early spring. 1108 (3389). Atomaria ephippiata Zimm., Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, II, 1869, 258. Oblong-oval, strongly convex. IIe;irt and thorax piceous; antenna;, legs and elytra reddish-yellow, the latter with a piceous crossbar before the middle, this sometimes reaching from side to side, sometimes broken into spots. Thorax strongly convex, sides rounded, minutely and sparsely ])unctured. Elytra distinctly wider, and two and a half times as long as thorax, finely but distinctly i)unctate. Length mm. (Fig. 217.) Throughout the State: frequent. March 17- June 22. XIII. Tis.\CTL\ Casey. 1000. Small, oval, convex .species, having' the even and unim- pressed at base; antenOcP more widely se]iarated than in Aloiiiarid, the club parallel and loosely 3-jointed; pi'osternal spine broad, sharply margined each 1109 (- -)â TiSACTiA suBGiâ\iiRA Cascy. .lourn. N. Y. Ent. Soc. VIII. 1900, 12(3. Oblong-oval, strongly convex. Blackish-piceons, glabrous, sliining; ely- tra (in si)ecimen at hand) indistinctly reddish near humeri and on apical third;
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