Pamphlets on Biology (Volume 2872); Kofoid Collection (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1908 Excerpt: ... Elytra two and one-half times as long as pronotum, and at base about as wide as pronotum at middle; sides parallel from base to near the tips, which are conjointly, broadly rounded; disk slightly flattened above; surface coarsely, confluently punctate, and clothed with a few erect, inconspicuous hairs. Abdomen beneath vaguely granulose, sparsely, feebly punctate, and sparsely clothed with long, inconspicuous hairs; last segment broadly subtruncate at apex. Prosternum sparsely, coarsely punctate, and clothed with a few inconspicuous hairs; prosternal process very narrow between the coxal cavities, not expanded posteriorly, and acute at apex. Legs long, sparsely clothed with long, erect hairs. Femora strongly, abruptly clavate toward tips, petiolate at bases; anterior pair short, straight, and the clubs globose; middle and anterior pairs long, arcuate, and the clubs elongate. Tibiae long, and subcylindrical. Length, 5.6 mm.; width, 1.6 mm. Type locality.--Pinares, Oriente, Cuba. Type.--U.S.N.M. No. 43742. A unique example (sex not determined) collected by William M. Mann. Remarks.--Described from the type. This species differs from the other species of this genus in having the pronotum wider than long, uniformly, arcuately rounded at the sides, and the antennae distinctly longer than the body. PENTANODES ALBOFASCIATUS. new.pedes Male.--Small, elongate, slightly depressed above, opaque, except basal halves of elytra, which are shining. Head, pronotum, sutural regions of elytra, and antennae (except joints 3 to 5, which are yellowish) reddish; body beneath yellowish, abdomen black, and the legs reddish. Head finely granulose, sparsely, coarsely, irregularly punctate, sparsely clothed with moderately long, recumbent and erect, white hairs, front wider than long, ..