107S 



FAMILY LIT. CERAMBYC1D.K. 



distinctly fringed beneath; first joint of hind tarsi as long as the 

 three following united. Two of the three recognized species have 

 been taken in the State. 



1994 (6440). HYPERPLATYS ASPEBSUS Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., III. 



isi_>4, 330; ibid. II, 187. 



Elongate, slender. Reddish-brown, densely Hotbed with grayish pubes- 

 cence; thorax with four small, round, black spots arranged in a transverse 

 row, the two inner ones the larger; elytra each with three irregular rows 

 of similar spots and usually a large black blotch behind the middle. An- 

 tennae of both sexes more than twice as long as body. Thorax wider than 

 long, constricted near base, finely and sparsely punctate. Elytra twice as 

 long as wide at base, more coarsely punctured than thorax. Length 4-6 nim. 



Posey County ; scarce. June 28. Breeds in the twigs of cotton- 

 wood and quaking asp (Populus) also in those of apple. 



1995 (G441). HYPERPLATYS MACULATUS Hald., Trans. Arner. Phil. Soc., X. 



1847, 49. 



Resembles the preceding closely. Elytra more sparsely pubescent, the 

 spots much larger and more irregularly arranged, the blotch behind the mid- 

 dle absent; femora red at base. Antenn;e of male about twice as long as 

 body; of female shorter. Elytra not twice as long as wide, much more dis- 

 tinctly punctate. Length 4-6 mm. 



Kosciusko, Wells, Perry, Spencer and Posey counties; scarce. 

 May 12-June 17. Beaten from foliage of shrubs. 



LXII. GKAPHISURITS Kirby. 1837. (Gr., "a pencil + tail.") 



Here belong two rather robust 

 elongate species, listed under the 

 name Urographis Horn, and having 

 the antennas nearly equal in the sexes, 

 joints 3-11 gradually decreasing in 

 length; prosternum of moderate 

 width, with a median groove; elytra 

 emarginate at tip ; thorax with a 

 blunt tubercle at the sides a little be- 

 hind the middle. The ovipositor is 

 much prolonged and the fifth ventral 

 segment is also nearly equally pro- 

 longed to form a shield on its under 

 side. One of the two has been taken 

 (4fter in the State and the other, triangu- 

 Smith in Fifth. Rep. U.S. Ent.Comm.) lifer Hald. (Fig. 465), a member of 



the Austroriparian fauna, probably 

 occurs in the southern third. 



