1072 



FAMILY 



CKK \MBYrin.K. 



197!) Hi pj:!). LKPTOSTYLUS MACULA Say. Journ. I'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci., V. 

 isi'ii. 2<;.S; ibid. II. :'>27. 



Oblong, convex, robust. l.rownish ; thorax with whitish pubescence 

 forming a broad stripe each side, banded within by a narrow blackish stripe 

 which is formed by a row of elongate bare tubercles; the central area 

 brownish. Elytra each with a broad, irregular white blotch behind the mid- 

 dle and with six lines of minute black spots. Thorax deeply and densely. 

 elytra more sparsely punctate. Length 4-9 mm. 



Southern half of State; scarce. May 27-Jnne 24. Taken from 

 beneath walnut hark and beaten from oak. Breeds in beech, hick- 

 ory, black walnut and butternut. 



L. collaris Ilald., dull clay-yellow, elytra sprinkled with minute 

 black spots and irregular patches of dark and gray, length 10 mm., 

 is known from Kentiu k eastward and southward. 



l!)so ;420). LEPTOSTYLTJS SEXGTJTTATUS Say, 

 Joiirn. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sri.. 

 V. 1S2<>, 209: ibid. II. :!2S. 



Elongate-oblong, robust, l.rownish. irregu- 

 larly mottled with grayish pubescence: ely- 

 tra with an elongate dark spot behind base. 

 another behind middle, sometimes becoming 

 a bar. and a third near apex; antenna 1 and 

 tibia 1 annulate. Thorax finely, densely and 

 deeply punctured, the disk with five sun 11. 

 blunt, rounded elevations. Elytra each with 

 two or three finely elevated eosta 1 . each of 

 which, together with suture, bears a row of 

 distantly placed black points. Length 7 

 10 mm. ( Fig. 400.) 



Kosciusko County; rare. June 7. 

 Said to breed in pine. Listed as 



Ilald., but Say's name has pri- Fig. 400. (After Smith in Fifth Rep. u. 



S. Ent. Comni. 



ority. 



L. InitHtii* Lee., elongate, narrow, dull brownish-yellow, sides of 

 thorax and elytra to middle black, length 4-6 mm., is known from 

 Xew York, Illinois and southward. 



3981 (0417). LKPTOSTYLUS PARVTS Lee.. Xew Spec. X. Am. Col.. II. 1ST:',. 

 234. 



Elongate-oblong, moderately robust. Hrmvnish. clothed with very fine. 

 dense, dark gray pubescence: elytra with an acutely angulate. oblique white 

 band behind the middle: antenna- and tibia- annulate. Disk of thorax with- 

 out tubercles, but often with four or five minute flat facets. Elytra with 

 an oblique impression in front of middle and each with four irregular, some- 

 what-broken costa\ each of these with a row of small tubercles bearing 

 short, erect black scales. Length 4-0 mm. 



