THE IJJNG-HORNED WOOD-BORlXt; BEETLES. 1II15~ 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF CKIOCEPHALUS. 



a. Thii-d joint of hind tarsi emarginate for half Its length, two-thirds 



longer than wide ; elytra finely punctured. aobestis. 



au. Third joint of hind tarsi bilobed, cleft nearly to base, very little longer 



than wide ; elytra more coarsely punctured. ISSO. obsolettjs. 



C. agrestis Kirby, piceous, length 22-27 mm., is said to inhabit 

 "the United States east of Rocky ^lountains." 



1550 (SOTS). Ceiocephalus obsoletcs Rand., Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, II, 



1S3S, 27. 



Elongate, subcylindrical. Dark i^ooty or smoky brown. Front of head 

 with an impressed line. Thorax subrotund, sides rounded, apex and base 

 truncate, the latter more narmw ; disk finely and densely punctate and with 

 a distinct oval impression each side of middle. Elytra each with two finely 

 elevated lines, surface more coarsely punctate than thorax. Length 20- 

 24 mm. 



Lake Count}'; rare, ifay 25. Taken from the washup of Lake 

 Jlichigan. Occurs in '• western New York and Canada," its larvaj 

 feeding upon pine. 



V. Teteopium Kirby. 1837. (Or., "four + eyes.") 



Oblong, subcylindrical species havinc the eyes divided by a 

 deep emargination into an upper and lower portion; these parts 

 connected along the hind margin by a narrow band on which the 

 facets or granulations are obsolete. 



1551 (59S2). TETEOPit'M ciNNAMOPTEKUM Kirby, Faun. Bor. Amer., IV, 



1837, 174. 

 Oblong, subcylindrical. Dull sooty or slaty Ijrown ; under surface, legs 

 and often the sides of elytra re<ldish-brown. Head and thorax slightly 

 shining, closely but distinctly punctured; the latter subrotund without dis- 

 cal impressions. Elytra opaque, more finely punctured than thorax, each 

 with two feeble raised lines. Length 12-14 mm. 



LaPortc ( "ounty ; scarce. June •'). Two si)eeimens beneath bark 

 of pine. 



VL Smodici^m Hald. 184.'). (Clr., "with protuberances.") 



Front broad, short and perpendicular; the eyes coai-sely granu- 

 lated and very deeply emarginate; antenna' scarcely as long as 

 bddy, male: shorter and more slendci-, feiiiMle; the joints polished, 

 sparsely punctured and pilose. One species occurs from New Eng- 

 land to Texas. 



