. 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. 140 FAMILY tl.—:. XXXVIII. (iALERiTA Fab. 1801. ( "a ;) Pi^lieseeiit licctles of medium size and graceful form, having the head and elytrn black or bluish-black, the thorax cordiform, red- dish-brown. Head elong-ate-oval, strongly constricted behind; neck slender; first joint of ; elongate. Elytra oval, broadly obliquely truncate behind, finely striate. They occur be
. 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. 140 FAMILY tl.—:. XXXVIII. (iALERiTA Fab. 1801. ( "a ;) Pi^lieseeiit licctles of medium size and graceful form, having the head and elytrn black or bluish-black, the thorax cordiform, red- dish-brown. Head elong-ate-oval, strongly constricted behind; neck slender; first joint of ; elongate. Elytra oval, broadly obliquely truncate behind, finely striate. They occur beneath co\-cr. along fence rows and in open woodlands and are often at- tracted in great numbers by electric lights. Dr. Forbes dissected 17 specimens of G. janus and found that 8S per cent of their food consisted of cankerworms and other injurious forms, the canker- ^vorms alone maldng up T)!? per cent. A symiptic tabic of the genus is given by Lccoiitc—Bull. Brook, Ent. Soc, II, 1S79. 61. Five species of the genus ;ire known from the United States, two of Avhich occur in Indiana. KEY TO INDIA N'.\. Sl'IX'TES (IF (;\. (/. Ileiul beliiiul tlie e,\cs romideil; 1)u1k'siciu-c of elytra uniform, obliquely derumbeut. 241'. j.\m ,s. aa. Skies of head beliiiul, obli(]ue and less rounded: iiubescenre oi elytra erect near tlie sculelluui. 24.'!. ':. 242 |,1). (iALEiUTA ,1A-Ms V:< ."^.vst. 1, 1S(U. :',i;; Say. II, 44(i. Elouiiate-oval. Black, densely clothed with short hairs; lejrs. palpi, thorax and base of nii1eini,-e reddish-brown. slightly longer than wide, the margin .it hind angles, which are rectangular, striie line, not imnctured ; intervals flat, finely, transversely rugose. Length 17-22 mm, Southern half of Rtatc: frequent. April I'l-August 14. *2-i:i ,:;). (;.\ierita Dniry, Ins., I. ITTti, !U, \"ery similar to the preceding. Distinguished by the char- acters given in key a
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