. 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. THE STAG BEETLES. 907 bles with a large median tooth which points obliquely inward and upward. Elytra deeply striate, both striae and intervals finely and rather closely punctured. Length 15-26 mm. Throughout the State; frequent. April 27-December 8. Hi- bernates beneath old, partly burned logs. Occurs most commonly in June and July about the roots of oak, linn and maple trees and stumps, in the decaying woo
. 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. THE STAG BEETLES. 907 bles with a large median tooth which points obliquely inward and upward. Elytra deeply striate, both striae and intervals finely and rather closely punctured. Length 15-26 mm. Throughout the State; frequent. April 27-December 8. Hi- bernates beneath old, partly burned logs. Occurs most commonly in June and July about the roots of oak, linn and maple trees and stumps, in the decaying wood of which the larvs bore. The word Dorcus means antelope, and this species is sometimes called the "antelope ; III. Platycerus Geoff. 1764. (6r., "broad+ ;) Small oblong beetles having the eyes nearly entire instead of being notched in front by the sharp side margin of the head; sixth ventral segment visible; front tibi«p armed on the outer side with numerous fine, saw-like teeth. The mandibles of the males incline upward and are larger than those of the females. 1719 (5416). Platyceeus quEKcus Web., Obs. Ent, ISOl, S-j. Oblong, subdepressed. Blackish or dark reddish- brown, often tinged with brassy or greenish, shining. JIandibles of male as long as "head and about 6-toothed at tip; of female, much shorter. Thorax one-half \Aider than long, sides rounded, hind angles obtuse; surface sparselj' punctured, male; more densely and coarsely. female. Elytra with three or four subobsolete strife next to suture, deeply and rather sparsely punctured. Length 10-12 mm. (Fig. ) Throughout tho State; common. ^March 25- October 29. Occurs beneath bark and logs, es- ' natural size, pecially those of oak. Begins to emerge as imago the latter part of March. Slates about Slay IV Ceruchtjs SlcLeay. 1S19. (Or., "bearing a ;) Larger and more con\'ex than Platycerus, \xi\h antennae straight; body subcylindrical and front coxaj con
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