. 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 LEAP BEETLES. 1205 2230 (6983). Tbichaltica scaueicula Crotcli, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Scl., 1873, 71. Oblong, nearly x^arallel, moderately convex. Reddish-yellow; elytra blue; antennm piceous. Thorax more than one-half wider than long, not uarro\yed in front, hind angles distinct; disk convex, shining, very sparsely and coarsely punctured. Elytra wider at base than thorax; disk slightly flattened at mid
. 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 LEAP BEETLES. 1205 2230 (6983). Tbichaltica scaueicula Crotcli, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Scl., 1873, 71. Oblong, nearly x^arallel, moderately convex. Reddish-yellow; elytra blue; antennm piceous. Thorax more than one-half wider than long, not uarro\yed in front, hind angles distinct; disk convex, shining, very sparsely and coarsely punctured. Elytra wider at base than thorax; disk slightly flattened at middle, with a short scutellar and ten long rows of coarse, deep, closely placed punctures; intervals narrtjwer than the striie and bearing sparse, short, semierect hairs. Length mm. Southern third of St^te; freqaent. May 6-June 24. The tho- rax and under surface are of a A^andykp brown, and the hairs of elytra are so small as to be visible only from the side with a strong lens. Occurs from Ohio to Texas. Spluerodcrrud opima Lee., tibiie and tarsi reddish-brown, length mm., occurs in lUinnis, North ('arolina and Texas. Subtribe B. (Ch^tocnemixi.) The members of this subtribe arc separated from the preceding only by the closed cavities of the front coxcC. They are, for the mcst part, very small oval or oblong species, with the upper surface usually uniform in color. Although the two subtribes are each probably represented in the State by about the same number of genera, the present one lias much the fewer Fig. 531. a. Antenna and claws of Blepharida; b, hind tibia and tarsus of CJuEtocriema; c, same of Dibolia; d, same of P&yUiocUs. (After Horn.) KEY TO INDIANA GEXER,\ OF IIALTICINI, SUBTEIBE B. a. Last joint of hind tarsi globosely swollen; elytra with punctures in rows; hind tibias with one spur. 6. Thorax not impressed; body hairy; hind tibire with but one carina. LXI. Hypoiampsis. hh. Thorax with a transverse impression near base; body glabr
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