101)4 



FAMILY LIT. CERAMBYCID^E. 



1th. Smaller, 13-18 mm.; elytra paler; antenna- of male not more than 



twice the length of body. 1'.)i'.(ia. var. CAROLINENSIS. 



an. Tips of elytra rounded, the sntnral angle not prolonged, usually very 



obtuse. 



c. Surface color black, distinctly bronzed, the elytra with very small 

 or no patches of white and brown pubescence. 



10>7. SCUTKLLATl S. 



cc. Surface color brown; elytra sparsely mottled with small patches of 

 gray and brown pubescence; antemue of female uniformly pubes- 

 cent. CONFUSOR. 



MOXOHAMMTS TITILLATOR Fab... Syst. Ent.. 1T7.">, H7!>. 



I'] Ion gate, robust, 

 subcylindrical. I>rown- 

 ish, the elytra irregn- 

 l a r I y mot 1 led wit h 

 patches of brown. pic- 

 eous and gray or white 

 pubescence. Antenna' of 

 male sometimes four 

 and a half times, those 

 of female never more 

 t h a n on e a nd a half 

 times, the length of 

 body. Punctuation of 

 thorax variable from 

 very sparse to dense. 

 Length 20-3O mm. (Fig. 

 454.) 



\ 



Jig. 454. Male. Natural size. (After Harris.) 



Marion County ; scarce. July "2- July 28. 

 in pine lumber. 



Probablv introduced 



-). Alo.NoilAMAU S TITII.I.ATOR CAROI.INKMSIS Oliv., Kntoill.. I\". 



170:1, 85. 



Form of tHilliitur but smaller and more cylindrical. Color much paler. 

 the pubescence ash gray variegated with brown, the piceous spots of tliil- 

 Idtar almost wholly absent. Thorax coarsely and roughly punctured on 

 center of disk : finely, transversely wrinkled near base and apex. Elytra 

 coarsely and rather closely punctured on basal half, more finely and sparse- 

 ly toward tips, which in both sexes are rounded, the sutural angle evident 

 but obtuse. Length 13-1S mm. 



Lake and Porter counties; scarce. May 2.">-June 2!). Occurs 

 on tbe Northern scrub pine, Pin it* banksiana I jam. Usually con- 

 sidered a synonym oT fit il/<it<\ but in my opinion a distinct variety. 

 It is the same as L/eConte's minor. 



