TIIH ClACK BEF/rr,KS. 



1 



iK'.-itli with ;i (louse ])i'iisli ol" bail's. 'I'lic aiitciitin' arc scrralc willi 

 lliird joint usually a litllc lonu'.M' llian fourtli and the. hind ani^-h's 

 (if th(U-ax arc |ii'(>iiiincnt and stronti'ly cafinalc. h\n\y (»!' llic seven 

 species known I'loui Ihe I'uited Slates liave heen taken in Indiana. 



KKV lO INDIANA SI'KCIKS OK M KI.ANAC'I'KS. 



(/. Stri;e on disl; of elytra not at all iuiiiressod, their luiiictures very line 

 and separated one from another by more than their own diameters; 

 intervals tiat, very minutely and indistinctly imnclulate. 



1470. PiCEUS. 

 an. Strhx? of elytra more or less impressed, the punctures more distinct and 

 not separated by more than their own diameters; intervals distinclly 

 punctulato. 

 h. Elytral stria> deeply impressed, coarsely i)unctate ; intervals strongly 

 couve.x. 1471. morio. 



bJ). Elytral strhe feebly impressed, finely punctured ; Intervals nearly 

 flat, 

 c. Thorax rather sparsely and finely punctured. 



1472. PlINCTIOOLLIS. 



C€. Thorax very densely and coarsely punctured. 147;3. consous. 



1470 (4514). Melanactes piceus DeGeer, Ins., IV, 1775. 1G2. 



Elongate, subdepressed. 

 B 1 a c k, strongly shining ; 

 antemue and tarsi piceous. 

 Thorax a little longer than 

 broad, slightly narrowed in 

 front and at base of hind 

 angles ; sides feebly curved, 

 strongly margined; disk 

 finely, sparsely and shal- 

 lowly punctate, more dense- 

 ly at sides. Elytra with 

 sides parallel to middle, 

 thence feebly n a r r o w e d 

 into a rounded apex, 

 length 23-32 mm. 



Throuo-hout the 

 State; scarce in t h e 

 northern counties; fre- 

 (|uent in the southern 

 pai-t. :\ray 18-July 2:1 

 Occurs heneath stones 

 and rulihish in dry lo- 

 calities. {Fig. 2 9 2.) 



™i 1 1 Fig 292. Melameles inreus DeG.— a, \.ir\ i i (iul.\ih\ /.van.e 



1 he SnppOSed larva, as seen by mght; c, beetle; rf, enlirged heul in.i imt-nl lu\ i, i.eii- 

 , f. 1 , • Lirgeci leg of same. (Aftei Rile\ .) 



wlien I 111 I f^rown, is 



