. 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. 1364 FAMILY LXV.—RHIPIPHORIDJS. VIII. PoMPHOPOEA Lec. 1862. (Gr., "a ;) The only characters separating this genus from Pijrula and Gan- tharis are those set forth in the key. One of the five species occurs in the State. I'.jyO (8124). PoMPi-iopcEA iENEA Say, Jouru. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 3824, 301; ibid. II, 168. Elongate, slender, sulx-ylindrlcal. Under surface, head and thorax greeni
. 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. 1364 FAMILY LXV.—RHIPIPHORIDJS. VIII. PoMPHOPOEA Lec. 1862. (Gr., "a ;) The only characters separating this genus from Pijrula and Gan- tharis are those set forth in the key. One of the five species occurs in the State. I'.jyO (8124). PoMPi-iopcEA iENEA Say, Jouru. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 3824, 301; ibid. II, 168. Elongate, slender, sulx-ylindrlcal. Under surface, head and thorax greenish, rather thickly clothed with long gray hairs; elytra bronzed and with a few short, scattered liairs; antenna? black; legs reddish-yellow, the knees and trochantins black. Upper surface alutaceous, the head and tho- rax sparsely, irregularly and rather finely punctured. Thorax bell-shaped and with distinct median impressed line. Elytra finely rugose, not dis- tinctly punctate. Front til)i;e of male straight and with two spurs; hind tibial spurs unequal, the outer broader. Length 10-16 mm. Pntnaiu and Vigo counties; rare. April 20-May 4. Occurs on blossoms of apple, pear, etc. P sayi Lec. (Fig. 595), length 15-lS mm., and P. itnguicularis Lec., length 18-20 mm., were both described from Illinois and may occur in Indiana. Ac- cording to the descriptions, they differ very slightly from (oica. the elytra being glabrous and the legs more or less blue- black In unguicularis the hind tibiaj of male are dilated toward apex and Fig. 590. Pomphoma Sayi X 2j s^rougly Compressed, while in miji the Wter CMttenden in Bull. 38, U. S. Div. ^ibia^ ai'O Family LXV. RHIPIPIIORIDxE. The Ri-TiPiPHORiD Beeti,es. A small family of wedge-shaped beetles rcsemliling the .Mordel- lidiv closely in general appearance, but haviiio' the sides of thorax ^vlthout a sharp edge; hind body not terminatizig in a spinous as in most Slordellids; elytra usually shorter than the abdo^ men and nar
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