. Coleoptera. Beetles. BEETLES. 353 Fu;. :iU7.— Tene- hrio ohst'urus. metallie-ijreen coloi- witli bvowiiisli leys, is very roinmon on various l<iiiils of small fungi growing on bark of dead trcrs ami ^tuIn|l^. The male is distinguislieil from tiie female l)y two slender horns that surmount the head; the female has the general aspect of a small siieeies of Chrysomelida'. The species of Platijdema are oval, some- what flattened beetles, and have the first joint of tlie posterior tarsi Ioniser tlian the second and third joints. Their lar\a' feed uiion fungi under liark. In the n'enus 2\ii(Jjr
. Coleoptera. Beetles. BEETLES. 353 Fu;. :iU7.— Tene- hrio ohst'urus. metallie-ijreen coloi- witli bvowiiisli leys, is very roinmon on various l<iiiils of small fungi growing on bark of dead trcrs ami ^tuIn|l^. The male is distinguislieil from tiie female l)y two slender horns that surmount the head; the female has the general aspect of a small siieeies of Chrysomelida'. The species of Platijdema are oval, some- what flattened beetles, and have the first joint of tlie posterior tarsi Ioniser tlian the second and third joints. Their lar\a' feed uiion fungi under liark. In the n'enus 2\ii(Jjr!o are included hlack, elongated, winged beetles, in which the antenna' are gradually thickeneil toward the tip, the epipleurte entire, the legs slender, and the entire insect of a dnll-lilack color. The larva of T. molitor is the well-known uieal-worm, and .•ill ^tages of the insect are found al)0ut ffranaries and Ijake-houses, where they are v<'ry destructive to stoi'ed grain and all farinaceous matter. Some of the s|)ecies of I'eiitbrio aw found about decaving woo<l, and t'hapuis .md Candeze write that these, as well as other larva' of Tenebrionida', may be distinguished fr(.)m the larva' of Elaterida' — the wiri'-wonns— which thev so closely resemlile, "by the structure of their moutli-parts, tliat is liy the attachment of the lobe to the liasal piece of the niaxillas ami by their \ isil)le clyjieus and ; Uplx cennnboides, a black beetle \\ itii slender legs, common in the eastern United States, is about ') of an inch ;-. Its is tinely punctate when examined with a lens, although it appears sniiiolh to the naked eye; its elytra are deeply and irregidarly indeuteil. It is found under , as is also fyhthiinus opacus, a beetle of about the same size, which has Ixith thorax and elytra coarsely punctured. Al/cfobates pi'/nisi//ra}iic'i, found in the same regions as [^;: cerctmboides, resembles the latter in form and siz
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