THE ABERRANT LONG-HORNED BEETLES. 



LOOT 



I. Parandra Lat. 1802. (Gr., " 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 subquadrate, equal, flattened, 

 each with two deep grooves on the under or outer surface ; eleventh 

 joint longer, obliquely truncate and pointed; mandibles toothed, 

 longer in male than female ; thorax margined ; prosternum distinct 

 between the front coxa?, which are large, not prominent, transverse 

 and enclosed behind. Two species are known, both of which have 

 been taken in Indiana. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF PARANDRA. 



a. Thorax distinctly wider than head, punctured. 1873. bktjnnea. 



aa. Thorax not wider than head, not punctured. 1874. polita. 



1S73 (5946). Parandra brunnea Fab., Ent. Syst, Supp., 1798, 49. 



Elongate-oblong, subdepressed. Pale reddish to mahogany brown, shin- 

 ing, the mandibles darker. Head wide, horizontal and, with the thorax, 

 sparsely and rather finely but distinctly punctured. Thorax snbquadrate, 

 widest at apex, the sides nearly straight, gradually converging to base; 

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

 surface more finely punctured than thorax. Length 9-18 mm. 



Throughout the State; rather scarce. August 20-September 27. 

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

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

 which adults are found. 



1874 (5947). Parandra polita Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., I, 1S35, 192; 

 ibid. IT. 6G2. 



Form and size of hrunnca. Differs in having thorax more slender, not 

 wider than head, often "blackish-ferruginous ;" hind angles almost rounded. 

 Head and thorax not punctured, excepting the former just behind the eyes, 

 where the punctures are numerous. Elytra minutely punctured. 



Described from Indiana, probably Posey County. Not seen by 

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

 beech tree near Cincinnati in August. Probably occurs through- 

 out the southern third of State, but everywhere rare. 



Family LIT. CE R AM B Y Oil) M . 



The Long-horned Wood-boring Beetles. 



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

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



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