. 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. TILE I'TIEDiCEOrS niVING BEETLKS. 223 XI. Matts AuIjp. 183S. Here belongs one medium-sized species having the head very broad; thorax margined; prosternnm deeply suleate; claws of hind tarsi unequal, the outer one being nearly twice as long as inner. 431 (1404). Matus bicabikatis S;iy. Traus. Ainer. Phil. Soc, II, 1823, 98; ibid. II, 512. Klimgate-oval. slightly fâ ou^â¢ex. Unifoiiu brownish-red. shining; an
. 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. TILE I'TIEDiCEOrS niVING BEETLKS. 223 XI. Matts AuIjp. 183S. Here belongs one medium-sized species having the head very broad; thorax margined; prosternnm deeply suleate; claws of hind tarsi unequal, the outer one being nearly twice as long as inner. 431 (1404). Matus bicabikatis S;iy. Traus. Ainer. Phil. Soc, II, 1823, 98; ibid. II, 512. Klimgate-oval. slightly fâ ou^â¢ex. Unifoiiu brownish-red. shining; an- tennas paler. Thorax rounded at sides, front angles acute. Elytra with two or three rows of faint dorsal punctures. Length S-0 mm. Lake, ^larshall. Wells, ^Marion and Vigo counties; frequent. Hibernates. IMarch 14-December 2fl. Readily known by the elon- gate form and peculiar color. XII. CoPTOTOMUS Say. ISM-I. ( "cut-f ;) ^ledium-sized oval species having the terminal joint of the palpi .->omewliat compressed and notched at tip; prostemum with an ele- \ated carina; last joint of hind tarsi equal to fourth; claws eciual, pressed together and apparently single. One species occurs in the State. 432 (1396). C'OPTOTOMUS inteeeogatus Fab., Syst. Eleut, I, ISOl, 207. Elongate-oval, subconvex. Head, thorax and un- der parts reddish-brown; vertex black; thorax black at base and ajiex; elytra i)itch-brown, with numerous small pale markings, a short stripe near the scutellum and an irregular marginal stripe, yellowish. Female with l)asal iiortion of elytia . less shining than in male and marked with short, dense indistinct stri;e. Length 7 mm. (Fig. Ilia.) Throughout the State; frequent, ^ilarch IG-Oetober 2S. Probably hibernates. Tal?en at electric light in Fig. nla. (After Sharp.) XIII. Er. 18o2. (Gr., "oar or leg +;) Rather small beetles having the claws ec|ual in both sexes; pro- sternum with an acute carina in front;
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