THE SKTN BEETLKS. 5S'.) 



(III. Tiirsi simple; front ciixal cavities open behiiul ; tarsal claws simple. 



I). Head without a simple eye or ocellus ou the front; length (J or 

 more mm. II. Dermestes. 



hi. Head with a distinct ocellus ; length not over 5 mm., usuall.v less. 

 c. Body either puliescent or covered with small scales; i)rosternvnn 

 visible between the front coxie. 

 (/. Antennal grooves wanting; basal .I'oint of hind tarsi nuich shorter 

 than secimd ; middle coxa- nari'owl.v Ke]>arated. 

 c. Antenna' il-.iointed; hind cfjxal jilalcs narrow; mcsuslermnn 

 <lee|ily emarginate in front. III. Attagekus. 



cc. .\ntenna! ii-jointed ; hind coxal plates short and wide; meso- 

 steninin snlcate its full length. IV. I)e.\i;tiikus. 



(/'/. Antenn.al grooves or pits distinct; basal joint of hind tarsi but 

 little shorter than the next two combined; middle coxa' widely 

 separated. 

 /. r.iidy pubescent. 



.(/. Anteinijp stout, subserrate. the club (i- to S-jointed in male, 

 4-.jointed in female; maudililes and labrum not covered liy 

 prosternuni in repfise. V. Tkooodekma. 



gp. Antenn:p with a large conip.act 2-.joiuted club, reeeive<I in a 

 deep pit beneath side margin of thorax; mandibles cov- 

 ered, lalirnni not covered li.v la'osternnm. 



YI. Crvptorhopahm. 

 ff. I>(rdy covered with small scales; antennal cluli received within 

 a deep pit at the apical thoracic angles. \'II. Antiirenus. 

 <■<: Body glabrous; the mouth in repose covered liy frcnit legs; pro- 

 sternum not visible between the front cox.-e. VIII. Orpiiii-cs, 



I. Bytueus Latr. 1796. 



Head very large, front as wide as long with- 

 out ocellus; eyes prominent, c.mrsely granulated; 

 antennffi 11-jointed. club :5-jointed. not received 

 3hw!nfLe?o?te?indnS in pits Or gTOdves ; scutellum large, quadrate. 



and basal tooth of chw. (After /-,„ „„• -^j-l 0-4-4- 



jayne.) One specics occurs m the State. 



112.3 f.3416). BYTUiiCs uxicoLOR Say. .Tourn. Phil. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., Ill, 182:!, 107; ibid. II, I2i;. 

 Olilong-oval, convex. Uniform reddish-.vellow or pale brown, 

 rarely piceous. thickl.v clothed with tine, paler silky pubescence. 

 Thora.x one-third wider than long, coarsely and densely punc- 

 tate; sides regularly curved, margins broadly depressed, base 

 slightly broader than apex. Elytra three times as long as wide, 

 rather coarsely and densely punctured. Length 3.7-4. ."i mm. yk'22'> 

 (Fig. 222.) (After Forbe.;.) 



Throughout the State ; frequent. ^May 1 6-July 6. Occurs ou 

 the flowers of blackberry and raspberry, on which it feeds. The 

 fruit is also often infested with the larva, a small white worm known 

 as the "raspberry fruit worm." which clings to the inside of the 

 beriv. 



