144 FAMILY II. PABABTD2E. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPKCIKS OF GROUP A. 



. Head and thorax reddish-yellow ; elytra wholly dark hlue. 

 ft. Elytra deeply striate ; antenna? pale; length 8.5-9.5 roni. 



245. GRANDIS. 



ft&. Elytra finely striate ; three basal joints only of antennae pale ; length 



6-7 mm. 246. ATEIVENTRIS. 



mi. Head black, thorax reddish-yellow; elytra greenish-blue, deeply striate; 



outer joints of antenna- darker; length 7-8.5 mm. TRICOLOR. 



*:245 (872). LEBIA GRANDIS Hentz., Trans. Amer. Phil. 



Soc., Ill, 1824, 58. 



Ovate, subconvex. Color given in key; under sur- 

 face and legs pale brownish-yellow ; abdomen black. 

 Head finely wrinkled, very sparsely and finely punctate. 

 Thorax nearly twice as wide as long, margin broad : 

 disk with fine transverse wrinkles and distinct im- 

 pressed median line. Elytra finely alutaceous. Length 

 S.5-9.5 mm. (Fig. S3.) 



Throughout the State, common in the south- 

 ern half; less so northward. February 8-De- 

 cember 20. Occurs especially in open woodland 

 and with the next, hibernates beneath partly 



Fig. 83. (Alter Comstock.) . . 



Lower figure shows natural size, buried logs and other cover. 



*246 (87:; i. LKIUA ATRIVENTIIIS Say. Trans. Anier. 1'hil. Soc., II, 1823, 13; 



ibid. II, 444. 



Resembles the preceding but a third or more smaller. Elytra darker 

 blue: palpi, tarsi and apical two-thirds of antenna? piceons. Elytral stria? 

 very finely punctured; intervals fiat. Length 6-7 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. April 29-December 29. 

 L. Iricolor Say may yet be f ound in eastern Indiana, its range 

 being given as Middle States northward to Canada. 



GROUP B. 



This group comprises the true forms of Lcbia as defined by La- 

 treille. About 17 species and several varieties are known from' 

 North America. Of these the following have been taken, or per- 

 haps occur in the State. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF GROUP B. 



. Thorax coarsely and rather densely punctured; head, thorax and basal 



third of elytra reddish-yellow; apical portion of elytra blue; length 



8 mm. DIVISA. 



<KI. Thorax not, or ver\ finely, pum-hiti-: elytra not colored as above; length 



less than 7 mm. 

 ft. Elytra with fine or very shallow stria-. 



