■rill-: i).\in<i,i\(; r,i:i;'n,i:s. 



IJIIT 



Kiv Id (.i.Mn.v (IK i;(ii,i:riii-iiA(.i M. 

 II. Aiilciiii.T 1(1 Jdiiilcd : eyes not ciilircly divided. 



XXIII. I'.di 1:1(11111 ;; IS. 

 (/(/. Aiitciiii;!' 1 l-.iiiiiitfd ; eyes (•(iiiiiilctcl.v divided. .X.XIW I'.oi i: i oni \i,i s. 



XXIII. r>(>l.i;T()TilKUM s ('.iiide/c. iSdl. ^(Ii-., " t'lmuus | to 



llUlll.'" 



hi lliis l;ciiiis the m.-iles ii.-ixc Iwo Ikh-iis. .slidlilly eiir\-e(l iind 

 liro.-KJei- .-it tip. pro.jeetiiid- I'orw.-iid rrotn the tli(»r;i\. Jiiid ;i siioii 

 horn, hilid ;d tip, on the (dypvMis. The feiiijiles h;ive tlic tlioi-;i.\ 

 stroiiuiy tiihcivuiatc. One six'cies is known. 



L';'>4(i (7r)4(M. ISoi.KioriiKurs iniritcis F;ili.. V.\i\. 

 Syst. Supp., I, 171KS, -10. 

 (»iil;n^. reiiust. r.liiek el- It r o \v u i s ii - h I ;i c k. 

 (ip.'Kiue. 'riidiM.x lliree times ;is Itrond as lontr. iiiai'- 

 .i,Miis liroadly llatteiied and serrate with niuiided 

 teetli : the disk witli luiriis (ir tulici-cles as above 

 inentidiied. Elytra each witli fdur rows of large, 

 irn^trular tubercles with smaller (.lies on the iiite^r- 

 vals. Length 10-11.5 mm. ( Fi.g. .IC.."). » 



Throughout the State; fre<|nent. May 4-Octohei- 17. Wlien dis- 

 turbed they feign death, their foi-in and roughenetl surface l)lending 

 with the irregularities on the surface of the fungi in such a manner 

 as to render the beetles almost invisilile. 



(After Euiii.cns ) 



XXIV. BoLETOPii.vGrs Illig. 1798. (Gr., "fungus + eating.") 



Two species are known from the eastern United States, both of 

 which i)robal)ly occur in Indiana, though but one has as yet been 

 taken. The liead and tliorax are not horned in either sex. 



KEY TO Sl'ECIES OF l!OI.ETOPH.\(;l\S. 



(/. Thoracic disk witli mimerons tubercles; the maririn strongly orennlate 



and deeply ndtdied in front of hind angles. 'J.'UT. ('orticoi_\. 



(III. Disk of thorax cuarsely iiuuctured. not luberculate : sides regiUarly 



rounded, not crenulate. depressts. 



l.*.">47 (7r)41). I'oi.ETOi'ii.vors {■ohiicoia Say. .Tmirn. I'liil. Acad. .Xat. Sci., 

 \'. 1SL>(;. li.-.il; ibid. 1. 11.-. 



Oblong, rdbust. I'.lack or bi'dw nisli-black. opaiiue. Head with sides 

 Itrouiineiit. the siii-fai-e granulate. 'riK.ra.x three times as iu'oad as long, 

 deepl.v eimirgiiiate in frdiil : surface with numerous granules or small tuber- 

 cles. i;iylra with rows of widel.v interrupted elevated lines or elon.gate 

 tubercles, with siiialler (Hics in the intervals. Length s N..-i nim. 



Lake Count.\' : scarce. May 2S. T-ikcii I'rom beneath hark of 

 birch and pine. 



