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FAMILY XLII. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF CREGYA. 



<i. Antenna! 11-jointed; surface of thorax very uneven; elytra coarsely, 

 sparsely punctate at apex. LEUCOPHJEA. 



mi. Antennae 10- jointed. 



1>. Thorax with longitudinal area on disk, sparsely and rather finely 

 punctate; elytra pitchy black, the sutural and side margins pale. 



1643. OCULATA. 



Itlt. Thorax with discal area coarsely, rather densely and somewhat 

 irregularly punctate; elytra pale yellowish, with black markings. 



MIXTA. 



('. It n<'i>i>liafi King, (I'etuxfd Spin/), elongate; piceous, legs an- 

 nulate with yellow, elytra white, base and apex widely brown; 

 length 7.5-11 mm., has been taken at Lexington, Illinois. 

 1(543 (5218). CREGYA OCTJLATA Say. Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist.. I, 1835, 163; 

 ibid. II, 639. 



Elongate, subcylindrical. Black or piceous. shining; tho- 

 rax pale yellowish with an oblong black spot each side; spot 

 on front between the eyes, mouth parts, sutural and side 

 margins of elytra, pro- and mesosterua and legs yellow ; 

 knees, front tibiae and all the tarsi often piceous. Elytra 

 nearly parallel, with rows of coarse, deep, quadrate punc- 

 tures, these gradually smaller and becoming obsolete at apex. 

 Length 4-6.5 mm. (Fig. 340.) 



Slarke. I awrence and Posey counties; rare. June 

 4--July 3. P>e;iteii From the foliage of wild grape. 

 C. mixta Lee., 3.5-4.5 mm. in length, is known from Maryland, 

 Kentucky and Ohio, and probably occurs in southern Indiana. 



XII. PYTICERA Spin. 1844. 



Eyes finely granulate, often deeply emarginate ; palpi elongate- 

 triangular; antenna* 10-jointed. joints S to 10 forming a large 

 dilated club, longer than the funicle; tarsi short and broad, four 

 joints visible from above, the first three lamellate; claws at base 

 with a tooth-like thickening. 



1644 (5220). PYTICERA QVADRIPUXCTATA Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 

 Ill, 1823, 188; ibid. I. !><). 



Elongate-oval. Black, shining ; elytra bright red, each 

 with two large rounded black spots, the first of these before, 

 the other just behind the middle. Thorax subcylindrical. 

 finely and sparsely punctate. Elytra gradually widened from 

 base to apex, rather finely, shallowly and roughly punctate. 

 Club of antenna? in male three times as long as funicle, the 

 inner angles of joints 8 and 9 produced into very long stout 

 branches; club shorter in the female and rami wanting. 



Length 5-6.5 mm. (Fig. 341.) 



Fig. 341. X 4. 



Poscv Countv ; one specimen from near New liar- Male and anteims of 



female. (Original. > 



mony. ' May 6. Beaten from the flowers of Cratwgus. 



Fig. 340. X 4. 

 (Original.) 



