TIIK LONG-HORNED WOOD-BORING BKKTUCS. 



1077 



1991 ',437). Li;rTri;(;i:s o.rKHci Fitch, Trans. N. Y. State Agr. Soc, is.'.s. 



796. 



Elongate-obloug, snbdei pressed. Head and thorax 

 very dark brown, the latter often with a narrow dis- 

 cal line of gray pubescence and a broad one on the 

 sides; elytra pale pnrplish-brown, marked with dark 

 brown as shown in Fig. 4<>.">. /,'. Antenna 1 more than 

 twice as long as body. Thorax densely and finely,' ely- 

 tra rather coarsely and sparsely, punctured. Length 

 3.5-G mm. (Fig. 4<J3b.) 



Throughout the State; frequent. June 3- 

 July 8. Taken from flowers of wild hydrange i 

 and beaten from elm and oak. Breeds in oak. 

 hickory and butternut. 



Fig. 463. X 6. a, Elytra 

 of L. signatus; b, of L. querci; 

 c, of L. jacetus. (After Horn.) 



199L> >4.",X). LEI>TVRGKS FACF.TCS Say. .Toiirn. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. V, 1S2<>. 



L'Tl ; ibid. II. 329. 



Elongate-oblong. I'.lack ; elytra each with a broad, oblique, L-shapod 

 whitish mark extending from Immerus inward to sntnre. thence outward 

 nearly to side margin, and a whitish bar on apical fourth. Antenna' and 

 tarsi dark brown, the former more than twice the length of body. Thorax 

 finely and densely, elytra more coarsely and sparsely, punctured. Length 

 :* I mm. (Fig. 4<i3, c.) 



Kosciusko and Marion counties ; scarce. June 20-June 25. Oc- 

 curs on trunks of beech, cedar and hickory, in the wood of which the 

 larva? dwell. 



l!i'.).'! ( <;4.",9). LKPTi'RGKS REGi'LARis Lee., Proc. I'hil. Acacl. 



Nat. sd., is<ii'. :;;. 



Elongate, slender. Dark brown, densely clothed with 

 purplish-gray pubescence; thorax with four rounded dark 

 brown spots, two near apex and two near base; elytra 

 each with six similar spots arranged in two oblique rows, 

 the outer row of four spots extending from hnmerus to 

 near apex, the inner row of two spots on basal third; an- 

 tenna 1 , under surface and femora reddish-brown; tibite 

 and tarsi black. Thorax and elytra both coarsely and 

 rather sparsely punctured. Length 7-9 mm. (Fig. 404.) 



Fountain and Marion counties; scarce. June 

 Fig. 404. (After Horn.) ]_ j une -| 7 Occurs on the foliage of wild grape. 



LXI. HYPBRPLATYS Hald. 1S4 7 . (Gr., "over + broad.") 



This genus differs from LCJ)! ur<ji'* by having the elytra more 

 flattened on the disk. sid< -, abruptly sloping downward and sepa- 

 rated from disk by an acute ridge or carina, tips each obliquely 

 emarginate, the outer angle more or less spiniform ; antenna 1 more 



