Classification of the Coleoptera of North America (Volume 1-2) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1862. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... of the Cucujidae; Hypophloeus is slender and cylindrical; Eutochia (Aniara\ Dej.) resembles in appearance Uloma, though stouter and more convex, and has, on the under surface of the prothorax, the peculiar rugous sculpture seen in Helops. Pygidium not covered by the elytra; antennae thick, perfoliate, epipleurae not extending to the tip of the elytra. Hypopblcbus. Pygidium covered by the elytra; antennae slender; Outer joints of antennae gradually larger; Tibial spurs obsolete; epipleura entire. Pbateus. Tibial spurs distinct; Epipleurae not extending to the tip of the elytra. Am .una. Epipleune entire. Eutochia. Last two joints of antennae suddenly larger; epipleurae entire. Dicedus. Adelina is represented by one species, A. pallida Lee. (Pytho pallida Say), from the Atlantic district, and another, A. plana Lee, from the Colorado Desert. The latter species is remarkable for the sides of the front of the male being dilated into an acute angle, under which is seen a short acute horizontal horn. The other genera are represented only in the Atlantic States. In Eutochia picea Lee. (Aniara picea Mels.), the anterior tarsi of the male are dilated, and the anterior tibiae are curved inwards. The type of Prateus is a small brownish insect, P. fusculits Lee, of elongate form (13 une long), coarsely but not densely punctured; the thorax is not wider than long, somewhat rounded, and finely margined on the sides, moderately convex, not narrower at tip than at base; the elytra are two and a-half times longer than the thorax, and without striae; the epipleurae extend to the tip of the elytra. It is found in the Middle and Southern States. The only species of Dioedus known to me is a small (10-13 une long) oblong, reddish-brown, shining insect, with strongly punctured t...