. 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. lt)-22 F.\. LII. CBKAMBYCID/E. oblong black points, length 1(J nini., ranges froiu the Middle States to Mexico. Gracilia miinita Fab., piceous, length 6 mm., is an introduced European species whi<;h occurs in the Atlantic States. Stromatium puhcscens Hald., pale yellowish-brown, length mm., is known from Pennsylvania. XII. Chion Newm. 1841. (Gr., ";) To this genus belongs the sing


. 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. lt)-22 F.\. LII. CBKAMBYCID/E. oblong black points, length 1(J nini., ranges froiu the Middle States to Mexico. Gracilia miinita Fab., piceous, length 6 mm., is an introduced European species whi<;h occurs in the Atlantic States. Stromatium puhcscens Hald., pale yellowish-brown, length mm., is known from Pennsylvania. XII. Chion Newm. 1841. (Gr., ";) To this genus belongs the single species: 1890 (). Chion cinotus Drury, Nat. Hist, II, 1773, 85. Elongate, slender, subcylindrical. Brownish, sparsely clothed with fine grayish pubescence; elytra usually with an oblique yell:]\v blotch In front of middle. Antennte of male much longer than in female, about the length of body. Tho- rax cylindrical with a short, sharp spine each side. Elytra finely and rather densely punctate, each with two short spines at apex. Length 16- 32 mm. (Fig. 433.) Throughout the State; scarce. April 25-June 18. Occurs beneath l)ark, most commonly that of hickory, in the wood of which the larvp; dwell; also taken at light. The form with yellow spot on elytra, whic'n is of most frequent occurrence in the State, as var. fiargrDiirus Fig. 433. JJatural size. (After Forbes.) is the one usually lisU XIII. EfiriiiA Serv. 18:-!4. (Gr., ";) The members of this genus are readily distinguished liy the two pairs of ivory-white spots on each elytron. But one of the eleven known Xorth American species occurs in th(> State. 1891 (6042). Ebueia quadhigeminata Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., V, 1826, ; ibid. II, 33:;. Elongate, slender, subcylindrical. Pale brownish-yel- low; elytra each with two nearly equal oblong whitish spots at base, and a second pair .iust behind the middle, the outer one of which is nearly double the size of the inner. Thorax


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