New Species of North America Coleoptera (Volume 1) (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. 1863. Excerpt: ... 170. P. opacus. Niger, subopacus, capite thoraceque nitidis, illo parce grosse punctato, et punctulato, hoc fortiter crebre punctato, elytris profunde dense punctatis, abdomine subtilius punctato, antennis palpis pedibusque flavo-testaceis.-Long.-32---37. Georgia. More slender than the preceding, being of the same form as P. parous. PALAMNITS Er. 1T1. P. pallipes. Nigro-piceus, nitidus, capite fortiter hand dense punctato, thorace obovato, latitudine hand breviore, parce grosse punctato, elytris thorace latioribus et sesqui longioribus, piceo-testaceis fortiter punctatis, abdomine bifariam (sicut in speciebus alteris) reticulato, antennis palpis pedibusque pallide testaceis. Long.-20. Atlanta, Georgia. A specimen kindly given me by Col. Motschulsky. Larger in size and different in color from our other species. 173. P. lividus. Flavo-testaceus, nitidus, capite thoraceque punctis perpaucis notatis, hoc obovato, latitudine haud breviore, elytris thorace hand latioribus et paulo longioribus parce fortiter punctatis, abdomine rufo-piceo, reticulato. Long.-15. One specimen found on leaves of Salix, at Fort Yuma, California. Similar in appearance to P. testaceus, but the thorax is not transverse and Has a much more sparse punctuation, and the elytra are shorter. 173. P. larvalis. Testaceus nitidus, capite thoraceque punotis paucis grossts sparsis notatis, hoc latitudine haud breviore obovato, elytris thorace nee latioribus nee longioribus, grosse haud dense punctatis, abdomine piceo, fortiter reticulato. Long. '13. Long Island, near New York, under moss. Differs from all the preceding species by the shorter and more coarsely punctured elytra. DIANOITS Curtis. 174. D. chalybeus. Nigro-cceruleus nitidulus, subtiliteralbo-pubescens, thorace subtilius punctato, elyt...