THE FIRE-COLORED BEETLES. 



1349 



III. Schizotus Newm. 1838. (Gr.", " cleft 4- back.") 

 A single rather small, dull species represents this genus in the 

 Eastern United States. 



ooOQ (7993). Schizotus cervicalis Newm., Hmrom, Mag., V, 1838, 375 

 -ouo yivio, hlarlrisli-Diceous, sparsely clothed 



■pinno-ntp suboval, depressed. Dull Diacmsu yiw i • 

 wJKES* g ra yl «w hairs; thorax, ^"^^ 

 aarrow sutural and marginal lines of elytra, obscure reddish, ihovax one 

 ;r:,ler «..„ ^ «. «,* an,** — ; , 

 and densely punctate and with a wide, deep of 

 widened behind the middle, finely and densely granulate-punctate Head ot 

 r^tltt a deep fovea each side at base and with the branches ot aotemc, 

 long and slender. 



Lake Countr; rare. May 28. Taken from beneath the bark of 

 dead birch in the Kankakee Valley near Shelby. A member of the 

 Alleghanian fauna. 



IV 



Dendroides Lat, (Gr., "branen or tree + like.") 



Medium-sized species, readily known by the very large eyes 

 which in the males, almost meet on top of the head, and in the 

 female are hut slightly separated. Two of the four species recog- 

 nizecl by Horn occur in the State. 



2507 (7994). Dendroides bicolor Newm.. Ent. Mag 



Elongate, slender, snbparallel. 

 Reddish-yellow ; head, antennae and 

 elytra pieeous. Thorax about as wide 

 as long, widest at middle, the sides 

 strongly converging in front, slightly 

 sinuate near base; disk sparsely and 

 coarsely punctate, with a median 

 impression on basal half. Elytra 

 nearly parallel in male, distinctly 

 wider behind in female, coarsely and 



V, 1838, 375. 



Winn- m-.K.m ... T 587 fl) : fe, pupa ; c beetle (female) ; d, ea- 



rather closely punctate. Males more large | ana i horns of la- 



... «,^rl antenna of male. (Aite 



C, pupa, c ; ihjcm*. v*-™--/, «, 



.arva; e, enlarged head of same; t, 

 (After Riley.) 



Length 9-13 mm. 



Mav 21- August 17. Occurs 



slender, with a narrower thorax and antenna of male 

 with branches of antennal joints very long and slender. 

 ( Fig. 3. No. 5. and fig. 587.) 



Througbout the State; frequent, 

 beneath bark. 



9 50 S (7995) Dendroides coxcolok Newm.. Ent. Mag.. V. 1838. 375. 



Elongate -lender, parallel. Uniform pale brownish-yellow. Thorax 

 distiX & tnge?than wide, narrower in trout; dish smooth and shtntng. 



