THE LAMELLTCORN BEETLES. 



997 



Fig. 415. 



Euphoria melancholiea Gory. X 3. 

 (After Forbes.) 



XXXVII. EUPHORIA Burm. 1842. 

 (Gr., " well + bearing.") 



Rather broad, bulky, more or 

 less hairy species, having the tho- 

 rax triangular and nearly as wid< 

 at base as elytra. (Fig. 415.) 

 Scutellum distinct; middle coxa 1 

 with an elevation or protuberance 

 between them ; mandibles feeble, 

 in great part membranous ; last 

 spiracle placed midway between 

 the front and hind margins of the 

 segment. Three species have been 

 taken in the State, while two others perhaps occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF EUPHORIA. 



(i. Clypeus with four teeth in front; black; elytra yellowish with black 

 spaces at the humeri and along the suture. AUEATA. 



(id. Clypeus entire or feebly enia ruinate, its angles rounded. 

 l>. Elevation between the middle coxa' oval or semicircular. 

 c. Thorax either shining or punctured and pubescent. 



(I. Thorax densely punctured, its surface pubescent; color dark 

 brown, feebly bronzed, with narrow white markings. 



1S5S. SKPUI.CIIKAI.IS. 



(Id. Thorax sparsely punctate, its surface shining, not pubescent; 

 color green ti nixed with brownish. 1859. FULGIUA. 



a-. Thorax opaque, scarcely punctured, not pubescent; color dull green 

 to opaque brown. HKKBACEA. 



hh. Elevation between the middle coxa 1 transverse; elytra brownish-yel- 

 low with numerous small black spots. 18GO. INDA. 



E. areata Fab., length 12 mm., is said to occur from the Middle 

 States westward to Kansas and Texas. 



1858 (5904). EUPHORIA SEPULCHBALTS Fab., Syst. Eleut., II, 1801, 15<. 



Oblong-oval. Beneath, bronzed, shining, with a violaceous tinge; above, 

 dark brownish-bronzed, feebly shining; elytra with numerous short, sinuous 

 transverse, whitish lines. Thorax triangular, base emarginate at middle; 

 surface coarsely punctured, more densely on sides, clothed with short, erect, 

 persistent pubescence. Elytra each with two cost:e; intervals with numer- 

 ous coarse punctures, these changing on sides to short, deep, transverse 

 wrinkles: tips subtruncate, distinctly sinuous. Pro- and mesosterna. femora 

 and sides of abdomen hairy. Length 9-1 3 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. May (i-September HO. Oc- 

 curs at sap, also on flowers of various kinds, especially goldenrod 

 (Solidago} in autumn. Sluggish and feigns death when touched. 



