TiiK i,oN(;-ii(>i^\'i;i> \\()oi)-ii()k'i\(i iJKirri.KS. 



loll 



IST,") (.VjriS"!. ( )i;l IIOSO.MA lUU'NMEl'M FoTst.. Nov. 



Spec. Ins., 1771, o7. 

 I'.ldiiiralc. iiaiMlIcl. riiifdnii liixlit cliostiuil- 



_ ^ ~) 



ii-dwii. sliiiiiim'. Head with a (h-cp iiiipivssum he- H^^/N^iL./^j/^y'*^ 

 wci'U tin- aiilt'iiiia". 'I'lmrax iimrc than twifc as ^ ^Da' » 



vi(h' as Inim, each side willi Ihi'cc shari> ti'cth. ^^flfefc-^ 



I'llytra racli witli llircc hnc i-aiscd Hues, surfueo 



Hiicly ,\\\k\ rather thickly puiicluri'd. FiL'th vcidral 



sruMiHMil rniiiidcd ill female, ln'oadiy Irniicale in 



male, jeaviiii;- the sixtli visihh'. Len.i,Mli I'll l(» iiiiii. 



(I'i.ir. 41.':!.) 



'riirouiilioiil the State ; iVeiiiieiil. .Iiuic "2!)- 

 Aiisi'ust 14. Oftt'ii (Miters houses to wliicli it is 

 attracted by lij^'lit. 'I'he larva' are supposed to 

 live only in pine, hut evidently feed on oak 

 and walnut trees in Central Tntliana, where pine are absent 



Fig. 423. Natiiiai i-ize. 

 (After Riley.) 



II. Prioni-s Geolf. 17(i4. (dr., "a saw.") 



Very lar^c. broad forms liaviiiu the aiiteiiiial joints conical, 

 stout and overlappinq' in male; more slender and subserrate in fe- 

 male; the surface of the fourth and followin?^' joints covered with 

 fine, reticulate, elevated lines Ixvirinu' special sense organs; thorax 

 armed each side with two or three sharp teeth; elytra broadly 

 rouiideil at apex, puiutate and oinamented with raised lines. Three; 

 (»f the six recog-nized species occur in the State. 



KEY TO I MM ANA SI'K('II<:S OF I'lUONlS. 



n. Anteiinal Joints 12; soles of hind tarsi densely pnhesceiit. 



/;. i:iylra at liase iii)t wider than thorax; all 



Joints of liiiid r.arsi densely imbescont 



beneath. 187(). laticollis. 



\!h. Elytra at base wider than thorax; basal 



juint of hind tarsi nearly smooth. 



1S77. roc r LA u IS. 



'/. .Vnteiinal Joints l(;-20; soles of hind tarsi 



'^S^ with scattered hairs. 1S7S. i MiaucoKMS. 



jsTC ( ."".(.".'.I I. I'KioM s i.ATKOLi.is Dmry. III. 

 Xat. Hist.. IT. 177o, s:!. 

 I'.road. stiait. riceoiis lilacU. shining. An- 

 teiiiiie of male longer than body : of female abmit 

 '\ <. lie halt tiK' lenirth. Tiiorax almost or <piite as 

 Fig. 424. Female. .\ut,Hal size. '"•-■•"l ='^ >>"' '•='«♦' '"' '■'y""--"- ^i'l'^'"^ ^^■■'^•' "'l'^^' 



(After Lcl^aron.) teeth, the hiiidiiH.st one often Indistinct; these 



sninetimes sli.Lditly rellexed. Klytra broader at base than apex; each with 

 three sli^hlh t'h"\ated lines; surface ron.iihly, coarsely and very irregu- 



