THE LONG-HORNED \V()( )D-I5( >KM N(i BEETLE*. 



1037 



1917 >179). Xvi.oTKKcnrs COLO NTS Fab., Syst. Ent., 



Elongate, slender, subcylindrieal. Black or brown, 

 pubescent above and beneath with yellowish or whitish 

 hairs; these arranged to form very variable markings. 

 Those on thorax are usually four or six small spnts. 

 two on base, two near apex and often two near mid- 

 dle; those on elytra consisting of a semicircular, snb- 

 linmeral line enclosing a brown humeral spot, two 

 broad, pale crossbars and a smaller spot at apex. Tho- 

 rax cylindrical, longer than wide, roughly and coarse- 

 ly punctate. Length s-l(i mm. (Fig. 442.) 



Throughout the State; common. .June 3-Oc- 

 tober 15. Beaten from vegetation: Breeds in 

 oak, maple and beech. 



1918 (<.!1S3). XYLOTiiiocncs UNDULATUS Say, Long's 



Exped., H, 1824, 291 ; ibid. I. 119. 

 Elongate, rather slender, subcylindrieal. Black or 

 dark brown; elytra marked with yellow pubescence as follows: a narrow 

 stripe extending from scntellnm along the suture to middle, thence curving 

 and angnlate to outer margin, a short crossbar near humerns, a subapical 

 band and an apical curved line; these markings often broken into dots. 

 Length 11-21 mm. 



One specimen in Webster collection labelled "Ind. " Its range 

 is given as the entire United States. Var. fuscus Kirby has the 

 sides of thorax covered with pubescent blotches and the elytral 

 bands wavy. In var. iiitci'nijti u* Lap. the bands of elytra are 

 greatly obscured by a sprinkling of white hairs. 



Fig. 442. (After < ussier in 

 Fifth Rep. U. >S. Ent, Comm.) 



XXXII. NEOCLYTUS Thorn. 1800. (Gr., "new + noisy.") 



Slender bodied, subcylindrical species of medium size having the 

 thorax with short transverse ridges or with a broad, longitudinal 

 ridge, composed of many minute cross-ridges ; antenna 1 short, usu- 

 ally less than half the length of body. "Pour species have been taken 

 in the State, while two others perhaps occuv. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF NEOCLYTUS. 



d. Middle and hind femora spinose at apex. 



It. Thorax with a longitudinal elevated ridge, minutely rugose on its 



crest ; antenna:- filiform. 



c. Thorax with apical basal and middle pubescent yellow bands; scu- 

 tellum elongate-triangular, the apex rounded. 



1919. SCUTELLARIS. 



cc. Thorax with apical and basal bands only; scutellnm transverse- 

 oval. 1920. 



