. 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. KJOl- PAMIIjY TjIX.—PYTXIID/E. XIX. NoTHUs Oliv. 1811. (Gr., "a ;) Our single species resembles the Lainpyrid, Telephorus tiline- akis Say, in general appearance. Px-sides the eharacters given in tribal key it has the head deflexed; antenna; slender, subserrate; last joint of maxillan- palpi large, dilated, nearly cultriform; front coxa^ conical, contiguous. The males have the hind femora c


. 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. KJOl- PAMIIjY TjIX.—PYTXIID/E. XIX. NoTHUs Oliv. 1811. (Gr., "a ;) Our single species resembles the Lainpyrid, Telephorus tiline- akis Say, in general appearance. Px-sides the eharacters given in tribal key it has the head deflexed; antenna; slender, subserrate; last joint of maxillan- palpi large, dilated, nearly cultriform; front coxa^ conical, contiguous. The males have the hind femora curved, tli(; tibia; armed with a sharp spine on the inner edge near the tip, and the tarsal claws 2400 (7<iO,S). NoTHUS VARIANS Lec, New Sp. N. Am. Col., I, LSI id, 145. Blongate-oblong, parallel. I'iceous or blackish-piceous, sparsely elothecl with fine, gray, prostrate hairs; thorax reddish-yellow, with a broad, l)laek stripe each side of mid- dle, these often connected or even confluent; autenniE and legs usually piceous, sometimes in part or wholly dull yellow. Thorax sub- orbicular, slightly broader than long, its an- gles all (jbtusely rounded; surface finely and rather closely punctate. Elytra finely, dense- ly and rugosely punctate. Length 5-S mm. (Fig. 573.) Throughout the State; frequent. May 1-July 1. Occurs on flowers and foliage, especially those of Fig 573. X 6. (Original ) Tribe IX. MYCTERINI. While no member of the tribe has been taken in the State, a single species of each of its two genera may occur. The genera are separat mm., "ocmrs in the Atlantic ; Painily hlX. TiiK l-'vTitiD Bakk Beetlics, A small family, represented in the United States bv onlv aliout 20 species. They aiv s,.,rated from those of Melandryidre bv hav-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perf


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