THE METALLIC WOOD-BORING BEETLES. 



783 



Lawrence Comity; rare. May 11. Beaten from blossoms of 

 wild crab-apple. 



IIT. PCECILONOTA Ksch. IS'J!). (Gr., ' ' va riegat ed i back. " ) 



riffers from DlcTca in having the scutellum very transverse 

 and truncate behind, with its hind angles well marked. The third 

 joint of antenna 1 is twice as lon^ as second; fourth triangular and 

 nearly as broad as the fifth. 



14XX (4504). PCECILONOTA CYANiPES Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 



1823, 104; ibid. II, 10G. 



Elongate-oval. Greenish-brassy above, dark cupreous beneath ; an- 

 tennae and tarsi blnish-greeu. Thorax one-third wider than long, side mar- 

 gins feebly rounded, disk with an elevated smooth median line, sides very 

 coarsely and irregularly punctured. Elytra with numerous short, irregu- 

 lar, elevated smooth spaces, between which are coarsely punctured brassy 

 depressions ; tips prolonged, somewhat divergent, either entire and finely 

 serrate, or with two teeth at apex. Length 11-15 mm. 



Northern half of State, scarce; not taken south of Marion 

 Comity. May 28- July 20. Occurs on pine, sycamore and oak 

 trees. 



ox + swell.") 



IV. BUPRESTIS Linn. 1735. (Or., 



Medium-sized species, having the front 

 portion of mentum membranous; scutel- 

 lum small and rounded. The elytra are 

 moderately narrowed behind and are often 

 vei-y prettily marked with yellow. Four 

 have been taken in Indiana, while one other 

 mav occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF BUPBESTIS. 



(/. Prosternum not or indistinctly sulcate. 

 I). Elytra with distinct spots. 



c. Elytra green with yellow spots. 



<1. Elytra each with a basal stripe, two 



spots behind the middle, and the 



apex yellow. 1489. RUFIPES. 



d<1. Elytra with a common yellow cross- 



bar behind the middle, and a yellow 



spot on each midway between the 



bar and apex. (Fig. 297.) FASCIATA. 



cc. Elytra brassy black, each with four often more or less connected 



yellow spots. 1490. LINEATA. 



lib. Elytra brassy black without spots. 1491. MACULIVENTRIS. 



an. Prosternum distinctly sulcate throughout its full length; bright green, 



the suture and sides of elytra cupreous. 1492. STRIATA. 



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