Tllh: Ar.KK'K- AN'l' 1 .( )\( ;- 1 loK'X P'-l) HKK'I'I .I'lS. 1 1 )0T 



I. Pakandha L;it. lSi)2. (Dr.. "(mhi;)] ' iiuilc") 



Ohloiiii", l)i-()\vn hectics lijiviii^' tlic licjid hrond. tlu^ (\yes trans- 

 verse. 1'eel)ly iioteluHl; iiiiteniia' re;ieliin<i' tlic l);ise ot" thorax, second 

 joint lialf as lonn' as llnrd, joints A 10 sulxnuidralc. e(nial. tl;i11ciicd, 

 each with two deep trrooves on tlic under or outer surface; ch'V(>nth 

 joint longer, o1)Ii(|U(»ly truncate and iiointcd ; inandihles toothed, 

 lonii'cr in niah' tliau t'emal(>: 1hor;i\ inai'uiiicd ; prostcrnuiii distinct 

 Ix'tween the front coxa', which ai'e hir,u(^, not |)i'oniinent. ti'ansverse 

 and encdosed Ix'hind. Two species are known, both of wfiicli have 

 been taken in Fiidiana. 



KKY m srK('u:s ok parandka. 



a. Thorax distinclly wider tlinii head, innirlnrcd. tST:'.. laa wka. 



(III. 'rhiir.ix iinl wide]- tli.-iii hcnd. iint iiiiiictiireil. 1v;T4. I'di.riA. 



IST;; (r.;i4(;». I'aha.mika I'.ia .\m;a I'.ili.. Ilul. S.vst.. Siipp.. IT'.is. I'.t. 



l';i()iii;:iIc-nhl«iMi,'. siibdcpressed. Tide reddisli tn inilin.i^.-iii.v lirowii. slnn- 

 iiii;. tlie luandibh's darUta-. IIea<l wide, horizeidal and. witii tlie liierax, 

 sparsely and ratiua- liiiely hut distinctly lanicturcd. Thorax snlHnnidrate, 

 widest at apex, tlie sides ne.irly sli':ni;ht, .Lcradnally convergiui? to base; 

 iiiud angles obtuse. I^lytra parallel, margined, rounded at tii», nol striate; 

 surface more tinely imuctured than thorax. Len,t,'th '.>-ls mm. 



Throng'hont the State; rathei- scarce. Auiiust 2()-Heptend)er 27. 

 Occurs in late snnnner and fall beneath hai'k of soft nia])le, red oak, 

 etc., usually in damp localities. The larva' live in the trees abont 

 which adults are found. 



1ST4 (.'1)47). Parandra pomta Say. Best. .Totnai. Xat. Hist., T. isn.'i. I!t2; 

 ibid. II. m2. 

 Form and size ot hniiiiicn. Ditfers in havini; thorax more slender, not 

 wider ttian head, often "blackish-ferruginous;" hind angles almost rounded. 

 Head and thorax not punctured, excepting the former just behind the eyes, 

 where the punctures .are numerous. Elytra minutely punctured. 



Described from Indiana, ])robably Posey County. Not S(hmi by 

 me from the State. Dnry choiipcd thi-ee from the licart of a dead 

 beech tree near Cincinnati in August. l*rol)ahl\' (H-ciirs Ihrouuh- 

 <mt tlic southern third of State, but everx-nluM-e rare. 



Family LIl. (■|':iJA:^lP.Y('l D.p]. 



Till-: l.()\(j-ii()KXi;i) \V(i()n-r,oi;iNO BKfrnjKS. 



A famil\' of laro'c size, comprising lK>etlcs usually of an oblong 

 or elongat<\ more or less cylindrical form, bid soiiictimes very much 



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