. 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. 276 FAMILY VIII. SIIJ';. The antennae are 11-jointed and never elongate, the terminal joint being flattened and oval at tip; elytra more or less costate, but not striate, the lateral margins reflexed. KEY TO INUIAXA .SPECIES OF SIIJ?H.\. '. Eyes lai'oje. promiuent; form elongate; hind femora much stouter in males. 539. subinamensis. r. Eyes imt prominent; form oval; hind femora similar in both sexes. 6.
. 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. 276 FAMILY VIII. SIIJ';. The antennae are 11-jointed and never elongate, the terminal joint being flattened and oval at tip; elytra more or less costate, but not striate, the lateral margins reflexed. KEY TO INUIAXA .SPECIES OF SIIJ?H.\. '. Eyes lai'oje. promiuent; form elongate; hind femora much stouter in males. 539. subinamensis. r. Eyes imt prominent; form oval; hind femora similar in both sexes. 6. Labrnm l>r(inilly emarginnte; third .ioint of antennae as long or longer than the second. ' c. Thorax entirely black. -540. cc. Thorax with black disk and reddish-yellow margin. 541. NOVEBORACENSIS. 66. Labrum deeply emarginate; third joint of antennt'e shorter than sec- ond ; form broadly oval. 542. ameeicaxa. *539 (1704). SiLPiiA suKiNAMEX'sis Fab., Syst. Ent, ITOs, 72. Morter;itely el()ii,t;ate. depressed. Black or piceous; elytra with narrow subapical orange red cross-bur. often broken into spots, sometimes entirely wanting. Thorax transversely oval, broadly flattened behind. Elytra gradu- ally broader behind, apex obliquely truncate; disk flat with three distinct c(ist». Length mm. Throughont tlie State; frequent. Hibernates as imago beneath logs close to carrion. January 19-December IS. *540 (1708). SiLPHA iN^QUAEis Si)ec. Ins., I. 17S1. S7. Oval, slightly oblong, depressed. Black, opaque. Thorax twice as wide as long, narrowed in front, base w'ith a broad truncate lolie at middle; elytra very little long- er than wide, rounded at apex, the disk with three cost*, the outer and most distinct shorter and terminating in a slight tuber- cle one-third from apex. Length 10-14 mm. (Fig. 136.) Throughout the State; com- mon. Hibernates in different January 16-November Fig. 136. a, larva; d, same, natural size; /, q, h, mandible, labium and maxill
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