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THE DARKLING BEETLES. 



*.>30«> (7391). Nyctobates Pennsylvania DeGeer. Mem.. V. 1770 52 



fpeblv shining. Mentum coarsely punc- 

 Elongate-oval, convex. Black, feeblj rectangn- 

 tate. Thorax sulfate, slightly -™w^m front ^ ^ 



twnchflate. Length 20-23 mm. 



Throughout the State; common in the southern counttes k - so 

 northward. Gregarious in winter beneath hark and logs. Febi uar> 

 14-December 11. 



3303 (7391a) Nyctobates babbata Enoch, N. Beitrag., 1801, 160- 



Out usually smaller ^ 



Ma «* in hue. Thorax a lit* broader than ^JT£^£Z», the 

 the shies more strongly rounded. Surface more distmcH , *\rt»< 

 punctures of both thorax and elytra coarser. Length 1 ,-0 turn. 



T awrenee Spencer and Posey counties ; rare. April 15-July - 1 

 K southern ortu which probably occurs only in the southern third 

 of Sate Listed as a variety of pe.n^aniea but. in my opinion, 



^'thimus opacus Lee, black, opaque, head and thorax coarsely 

 ,nd eonfiuentlv punctttred. elytra with deep, mterrupted M 

 LnU lEo mm is known front New England and Canada and 

 may occur in northern Indiana. 



II. MERiNUsLec. 1862. (Gr.. "thigh + curve.") 

 Here belongs the largest member of the family found in the 

 State ah elonjte black form having the epipleura- extending be- 

 " nd the last Antral suture, but not reaching the «£**2» 

 mentum with the middle lobe prominent along the middle, the side 

 SETX acute front angles; hind cox* rather widely separated, 

 the intereoxal process Oval, rounded in front. 



2304 ( 7100). Mebinvs i^vis Ollv., Ent.. Ill, 1795. 10. 



i TU-wl- feeblv fining. Thorax about as long as wide. 

 Elongate-oval. Black, rteoiy -mu s obtuse, sur- 



sHghtly narrowed in front, sides str f%^^~^ of Tery minute 

 t ,ce very dnely and — P— ^a^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 



^I^S: tooth near the tip. Length mm. 



Tlrouohout the State; scarce. March 23-July 9. Occurs be- 

 Throu tout y. pamuylMMca, but 



^y i^hS the club-shaped hind femora and the pe- 



euliar hind tibia? of male. 

 [79—23402] 



