994 FA]\rTLY L. — sr.MiAii.iaD.i';. 



Of the oio-lit specimens in the col lection, three are from Craw- 

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

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

 Septemher 4. One oF the females is wholly chestnut-brown above; 

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

 l)rown, 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. PiiiLEURiis Lat. 1807. (Gr.. "love + well.") 



This genus is characterized by having the labial palpi inserted 

 behind the mentum; mandibles pi'omineut; 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 mai-gins. 

 One of the four known si)ecies has ])een taken in the State. 



1S."(i (."■.SDO). riiii.Ei i:rs vAuas Linn., Syst., Nat., 1758, 347. 



Elongate, subdepressed. Above black, 

 shining; 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 

 roinided; 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 

 strijie with rows of rather coarse variolate 

 punctures, the alternate intervals more ele- 

 vated. Outer apical angles of hind tibia^ and 

 basal joint of tarsi each with a distinct spine. 

 Fig. 41.3. :<n. (Original.) Leugtli 10-22 mm. (Fig. 413.) 



Southern portion of the State, from ^lonroe County southward, 

 scarce; specimens from seven different counties having been taken. 

 April 16-November 10. Occurs beneath bark of decaying trees; 

 also at liglit. 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 conmtus Fab. Probably hiber- 

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

 vember 7. 



