. 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. 1012 FAMILY LII. CEEAMBYCIDiE. larly punctured. All the joints of liind tursi densely pubescent beneath, with a smooth median channel. Length 22-47 mm. (Fig. 424.) Southern half of_ State; scarce. June 20--August 7. The fe- males are always much larger than the males. The beetle is known as the "Broad-necked Prionus" and the larvpj are said to injure the grape, apple, poplar and pine l)y boring in1
. 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. 1012 FAMILY LII. CEEAMBYCIDiE. larly punctured. All the joints of liind tursi densely pubescent beneath, with a smooth median channel. Length 22-47 mm. (Fig. 424.) Southern half of_ State; scarce. June 20--August 7. The fe- males are always much larger than the males. The beetle is known as the "Broad-necked Prionus" and the larvpj are said to injure the grape, apple, poplar and pine l)y boring in1o the roots. 1877 (5960). Pkionus pocui^eis Dalm., Schoenh. Syst. Ins., I, 1817, 148. More slender and parallel and with antennas more slender than in luti- coUis. Dark reddish-brown, shining. Thorax narrower than base of ely- tra, the teeth never reflexed. Elytra with sides straight, almost parallel; surface more sparsely and much less roughly sculptured than in hiticulUs. Length 25-45 mm. Lake County; rare. June 20. Said to occur in the ]\liddle and Southern States. 1S78 (5962). Prioni's imbeicoenis Linn., Syst. Nat, XII, 1780, 622. Broad, stout. Dark reddish-brown, shining. Antennte 18-20-jointed, male; 16-lS-jointed, female; the joints of male conical, each one hollowed to receive the next and with the lower edge pro- longed ; those of female more slender and simply serrate. Thorax very short and broad, the hind tocith indistinct. Elytra of female more convex than male; surface roughly and rather dense- ly sculptured. Length 22^7 mm. (Fig. i25.) Knox and Crawford counties; .scarce. July 4-July 9. Known as the "Tile-horued Prionus" on ac- count of the joints of antennae overlapping like the tile of a roof. The larvfe infest the roots of the grape and pear and also feed upon the roots of herbaceous plants. A member of the Austroriparian Fig. 425. Male. Natural size. (After Forbes.) III. Sphbnostetiius Hald. ). (Gr., "wedge + ;) Head sm
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