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FAMILY L. SCARABJEID2E. 



Of the eight specimens in the collection, three are from Craw- 

 ford Comity, the others from Bartholomew, Greene, Sullivan, 

 Orange and Jefferson counties. All but two are males. July 25- 

 September 4. One of the females is wholly chestnut-brown above; 

 while one of the males has one elytron almost wholly chestnut- 

 brown, the other one being of a normal hue. The species prob- 

 ably occurs sparingly over the area covered by the Austroriparian 

 fauna of the State. It is said to live in the larval stage in old 

 rotten wood. 



XXXV. PHILEURUS Lat. 1807. (Gr.. "love + well.") 



This genus is characterized by having the labial palpi inserted 

 behind the meiitum; mandibles prominent; head and thorax alike 

 in both sexes, the former with two short horns or tubercles, the 

 thorax with one tubercle on apical half. . Stridulating organs are 

 found on the under surface of the elytra, along the side margins. 

 One of the four known species has been taken in the State. 



lsr,(J (5890). 



1'iin.EUKrs VALGUS Linn., Syst., Nat., 1758, 347. 



Elongate, subdepressed. Above black, 

 shilling ; beneath piceous. Head deeply con- 

 cave, with two blunt conical tubercles in 

 front of eyes ; tip of clypeus tooth-like, re- 

 curved. Thorax transverse, with sides broadly 

 rounded ; surface sparsely and rather finely 

 punctured and with a deep median groove, 

 terminated in front by a short, blunt tuber- 

 cle near the margin. Elytra striate, the 

 stri;ie with rows of rather coarse variolate 

 punctures, the alternate intervals more ele- 

 vated. Outer apical angles of hind tibire and 

 basal joint of tarsi each with a distinct spine. 

 Length 19-22 mm. (Fig. 413.) 



Fig. 413. >< li. (Original.) 



Southern portion of the State, from Monroe County southward, 

 scarce; specimens from seven different counties having been taken. 

 April 16-November 30. Occurs beneath bark of decaying trees; 

 also at light. A true member of the Austroriparian fauna. Horn 

 mentions it as from Texas only, but states that it is also found in 

 South America. In general appearance it recalls a small form of 

 the common "bess-bug, " Passalus cornutus Fab. Probably hiber- 

 nates as imago, as a freshly moulted specimen was taken on No- 

 vember 7. 



