. 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. 1112 FAMILY ~oi^n I oL'.'vj jMjiu/i'j. bumerus luid tw(i large, hetirt-sliaped common ones, black. Thorax nearly smooth. Elytra with humeri prominent; punctures very coarse on basal half, becoming finer toward apex. Length mm. Knox, Dubois, Posey and Crawford counties; scarce. May 8- June 26. Taken hy sweeping herbage along roadsides. This spe- cies is listed as a variety of 6-punctafa Oliv. The
. 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. 1112 FAMILY ~oi^n I oL'.'vj jMjiu/i'j. bumerus luid tw(i large, hetirt-sliaped common ones, black. Thorax nearly smooth. Elytra with humeri prominent; punctures very coarse on basal half, becoming finer toward apex. Length mm. Knox, Dubois, Posey and Crawford counties; scarce. May 8- June 26. Taken hy sweeping herbage along roadsides. This spe- cies is listed as a variety of 6-punctafa Oliv. The range of both is southern and the typical species may be found in the southern third of the State. (6576). sayi Crotch, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1873, 26. Elongate-oblong. Dull red; antenna?, legs, small spot on head and larger one on center of thorax, black. Thorax longer than in collaris. finely and rather closely punctate. Ninth stria of elytra narrowly interrupted near middle. Femora elavate, pubescent. Length '>~f\.5 mm. Dubois County; rare, ^fay 12. A southern form found on the spiderwort or day-flower Tradrscantia virf/iiiiana L. C^RiocERis G-eoff. 1704. (Cr., "a ram+ ;) â To this genus belong two introduced species which prey tipon asparagus. G. asparagi L. (Fig. -ISO), the common asparagus beetle, is about 7 mm. in length; bluish green, thorax red with two green spots; elytra with three or four yellow spots on sides which merge into a yellow margin. It has been taken neai- Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio, and \-ci-y probably occurs in In- Fig. 480. (After Chittenden ) Tribe IV. CLYTIIRIXI. Compact, stout, subcylindrical species of medium size, having the head large, deflexed; antenmc short, widely separated, 11- jointed, serrate; thorax margined on sid(>s, fitted closely to the elytra; front coxa' transverse, more or less prominent, the cavities closed behind; elytri lobed on sides, not covei-ing the |)>-gidium; legs sho
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