TiiE ,i?~,EKk-iM L<i;\(:-TT(PRXED BKETI-f:^. ]00( 



I. ParaxdRz\ Lat. I>'ii2. (<Tr.. "equal -male.") 



Oblong, brown beetles having the head broad, the eyes trans- 

 verse, feebly notched; antennae reaching the base of thorax, second 

 joint half as long as third, joints -3—10 subi juadrate, equal, flattened, 

 each with Uv^: deep grooves on the under or outer surface -. eleventh 

 joint longer, obliquely truncate and pointed : mandibles toothed. 

 lunger in male than female; thorax martrineil; prdstermmi ilistinct 

 between the front coxae, which are large, not prominent, transversi- 

 and enelo-~c-(l behind. Two species are known, both of which have 

 been taken in Indiana. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF PAEAXDBA. 



a. Thorax distinctly wider ttinii bead, punctured. 1^7.1. bru^nea. 



aa. Thorax not wider than head, not punctured. 1S74. polita. 



^<7^^ iZtU4C,t. Pab.\xdba BRi'xxEA Fab., Ent. Sy~t.. Supji.. ITfis. 40. 



Elons:ite-obliing. subdepii^ssed. I'ale reddish to mahogany Ijrown, shin- 

 ing, the mandibles il;irker. Head wide, horizontal and, with the thorax, 

 ^riarsely and rather firiely but distinctly punctured. Thorax sulKiuadrate, 

 widest at apex, the sides nearly straight, gradually converging to l>ase: 

 hind angles obtuse. Elytra parallel, margined, rounded at tip. not striate; 

 surface more finely punctured than thorax. Length ti-ls mm. 



Throughout the State; rather scaree. Aneust 2Ci-September 27. 

 Occurs in late summer and fall beneath bark of soft maple, red oak, 

 etc., usually in damp localities. The larvae live in the trees about 

 which adults are found. 



1S74 (o^Hl). Parasdba polita Pay. Bnst Joum. Nat. Hist.. I, IS.5.5. 102: 

 ibid. II. 062. 



Form and size of hninnea. Differs In having thorax more slender, not 

 wider than head, often •blaeklsh-ferruginons ;"' hind angles almost rounded. 

 Head and thorax not pimctured, excepting the former just l)ehind the eyes. 

 where the punctures are numerous. Elytra minutely punctured. 



Described from Indiana, probably Prisey County. Not seen by 

 me from the State. Dury chopped three from tlie heart of a dead 

 beech tree near Cincinnati in August. Probably occurs through- 

 out the southern third of State, but everywhere rare. 



Family LII. fER A:\rBTCID.5:. 



The LrixG-noRXED Wood-borixg Beetles. 



A family of large size, comprising beetles usually of an riblong 

 or elongate, more or less cylindrical form, but sumetimes very much 



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