. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America [microform]. Beetles; Beetles; Coléoptères; Coléoptères. ^[entum very larp^o, qundrate, Msinuato in front, covering entirely tlie month beneath ; ])alpi sliort, o-jointed. MaxilliU with two small lobes; pulpi short, 'ijointed. Antenme insorted under the frontal miiri^in, ll-jointed, j',>ints nearly enual, rounded, the first larger, biit also roundud, Prothorax boneath with the side pieees distinct, the sutnro running parallel with the lateral margin; coxal cavities closed behind, widely separated. i\[esosternuni very short, side pieces dia
. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America [microform]. Beetles; Beetles; Coléoptères; Coléoptères. ^[entum very larp^o, qundrate, Msinuato in front, covering entirely tlie month beneath ; ])alpi sliort, o-jointed. MaxilliU with two small lobes; pulpi short, 'ijointed. Antenme insorted under the frontal miiri^in, ll-jointed, j',>ints nearly enual, rounded, the first larger, biit also roundud, Prothorax boneath with the side pieees distinct, the sutnro running parallel with the lateral margin; coxal cavities closed behind, widely separated. i\[esosternuni very short, side pieces diagonally divided, opiniera reaching the coxa>. Mctastcrmim very large; side pieces very narrow, almost coneealeil by the elytra. Klytra rounded at tij), covering the abdomen, with six or seven deep farrows, or n>ws of jiunetures; scutelluii^ wanting. Abdomen with six ventral segments; the Hrst visible only betveen the cox;e, broadly triangular; the three anterior ones closely connate. Anterior coxivs small, globular, not prominent; middle coxa^ globular, small; jiosterior coxic small, subtriangular, prominent internally, all of them widely separated. Legs short; anterior tibia? somewhat dilated, terminated by two hooks, on the under surface snlcato towards the tip, siibemarginate, and armed above the tip with a spine; middle and posterior tibiic with an internal terminal spine, spurs ilij'inet; tarsi 5-jointed, very slightly pubescent beneath; posterior trochanters prominent, oval. Two genera, of sinprnlar form, found under bark, constitute this family, whieh in several of its characters resembles the Caral)ida', but yet not so as to belong to the same scries. The auteuua) are. 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 perfectly resemble the original Le Conte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883. Washington : Smithsonian Inst
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