!()")() FAMILY LII. CERAMBYCJD.K. 



1952 ((;:;i!)). LEPTTRA NITENS Forst.. Nov. Spec. 

 Ins., 1771. -J.1. 



Elongate, robust. Black : body beneath, mar- 

 gins of thorax and four elytral bands densely 

 clnthed with golden yellow pubescence ; antenna? 

 dark reddish-brown; legs pale reddish-yellow. 

 Thorax convex, with transverse impressed lines 

 before and behind. Elytral bands broader at 

 the suture, the basal one curving outward and 

 forward to enclose the humerus ; tips of elytra, 

 obliquely truncate and subemarginate. Length 

 10-13 mm. (Fig. 451.) 



Lake and Marshall counties; scarce. 

 June 11 June 15. Beaten from foliage of 



Fig. 451. :< 3. (Original.) ( Jlk. Listed as L. Zfbt'ft Oliv. 



1953 (6311). LEPTL-BA CHALYB.EA Hald.. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc.. X, 1847. 60. 

 Elongate, rather slender. Black; elytra steel blue, shining. Thorax 



subquadrate, convex, not much broader at base Than apex: hind angles 

 small ; surface finely punctured. Elytra parallel, rather coarsely and sparsely 

 punctured; tips rounded, not widely separated. Length (5-7 mm. 



Posey County; rare. -Tune- 25. R; ni'es from New York and 

 Pennsylvania to Iowa. 



1954 ((rtll'i. LI.I-TI I:A CAPITATA Xewm.. Entomologist. 1S41. 71. 

 Elongate, slender, parallel. Black; head and thorax red. Thorax con- 

 vex; sides rounded, narrowed in front, hind angles small; surface finely 

 and rather sparsely punctate. Elytra much more coarsely and sparsely 

 punctured, the tips subtruncate. Length G.5-9 mm. 



Lawrence and Posey counties; scarce. April 2(i-July 10. 

 Taken from flowers of wild plum. 



1955 (6313). LEPTI-RA AMERICANA Ifald.. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soo., X. 



1X47. 03. 



Form of raiiitatn. Black: head and thorax red. with fulvous hair. 

 Thorax convex, strongly widened behind the middle, finely and sparsely 

 punctate. Elytra parallel, densely not coarsely punctured. Length S-9 mm. 



Recorded by l.eng from Indiana, Ohio and southward; also by 

 Dtiry from Cincinnati. 



L. cjrigua Newm., black, leys in part pale, thorax sometimes yel- 

 low with a black discal spot, length 5.5-7 mm., is a member of the 

 Alleghanian fauna recorded from northern Illlinois. 



1951. (6316). LKPTIHA sri:Aii<a: .vrviv Kirby. Faun. P.or. Amer., IV. 1S37. 



184. 



Elongate, slender. ]>arallel. Color given in k>y. Thorax hell-shaped, 

 more elongate and slender than in <-<ii>it<ihi. its surface densely, rather linely 

 ])unclate. Elytra more coarsely and sparsely punctate, the tips rounded. 

 Length 6-7.5 mm. 



Marion and Crawford counties; scarce. -June 1-June 8.. Our 



