THE SAP-FEEDING BEETLES. 639 



1226 ( ). EPUR^A DUEYI sp. nov. 



Broadly oval, subdepressed. Uniform pale yellow, 

 sparsely pubescent, distinctly shining. Head finely and 

 sparsely punctate. Thorax two-thirds wider than long, 

 widest at middle, the sides thence converging and nearly 

 straight to apex, feebly curved to base; disk finely and 

 rather sparsely punctate, broadly and shallowly im- 

 pressed near the hind angles. Elytra together a little 

 longer than wide, tips subtruucate ; disk finely and rather 

 sparsely punctate. Abdomen finely granulate-punctate. 

 Intercoxal process rather broad, but acute at apex. Length Fig. 240. x 4. 

 3.5-4.7 mm. (Fig. 240.) (Original.) 



Crawford County; rare. June 27-June 28. Taken also by 

 Chas. Dury near Cincinnati and named in his honor. The largest 

 species taken in the State. 



1227 (3709). EPUR/EA TRUNCATEIXA Mann., Bull. Mosc., II, 1846, 514. 

 Elongate, parallel. Piceous-brown to nearly black, sparsely pubescent. 



Thorax one-third wider than long, sides feebly curved and obliquely nar- 

 rowed mi basal third; hind angles subrectangular, margins narrowly flat- 

 tened; surface densely punctate. Elytra slightly narrowed near tips, less 

 densely punctured than thorax. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Lawrence County; rare. April 13. Taken from decaying 



fungi. 



GROUP B. 



In this group the tibia 1 present no sexual characters whatever. 

 Two of the seven species comprising the group have been taken, 

 while another may occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF GROUP B. 



</. Process of abdomen between the hind coxse, broad, obtuse. 



b. Elytra narrowly margined; hind femora of male simple; color dark 

 reddish-brown, the margin of thorax j^ellowish translucent. 



1228. OVATA. 



1)1). Elytra widely margined; hind femora of male obtusely subangulate; 

 piceous, the elytra each with four paler spots. PELTOIDES. 



aa. Process of abdomen triangular, more or less acute ; color pale reddish- 

 yellow. 1229. LABILIS. 



1228 (3711). EPUR^A OVATA Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., VII, 1879, 298. 

 Broadly oval. Piceous, moderately shining; margins of thorax and 



elytra paler. Thorax twice as wide as long ; apex narrower than base and 

 deeply emarginate ; sides strongly curved, suddenly sinuate near the hind 

 angles, which are rectangular ; margins widely flattened and moderately 

 reflexed ; surface, as well as that of elytra, rather densely punctate. Ely- 

 tra very little longer than wide at base ; sides curved and gradually nar- 

 rowing to the tips, which are rounded; margin narrowly reflexed. Length 

 2.5-3 mm. 



Steuben, Kosciusko, Putnam and Marion counties; scarce. 

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