THK LKAK RKKTLKS. !!<)!> 



Southern half of State; Hither scarce. April 3-May 26. Four 

 of the varieties have been taken, vix., alrn in Jennings and Putnam 

 counties; hcpaiica in Hancock, Jackson. Crawford and Posey coun- 

 ties; rUtdln in Jackson and Posey anil fririttalti in Posey. 



IV. ZECUOPIIORA Kun/e. 1818. (Or., "a yoke + bear. ") 



The members of this genus are smaller, being proportionally 

 shorter and more robust, than those of Orsudacna.. The punctua- 

 tion is very coarse and the thorax has a large blunt tubercle on 

 sides. Three species have been taken in the State and another prob- 

 ably occurs. 



KEY TO INIHAJfA SPKt'IKS OF ZKUGOPHOKA. 



(i. Elytra entirely black. 



1). Head wholly yellow; punctures of elytra largo, more distant one 

 from another than their own diameters. L'orJ. si ITKI.LAHIS. 



M). Occiput Mack ; elytra 1 punctures close. L'043. CONSANGUINEA. 



IHI. Elytra bicolored. 



c. Thorax entirely yellow; outer half of antenn;e piceous; elytral punc- 

 tures very close. ITP.KIU I.A. 

 re. Thorax with a pireous discal spot, divided at middle by a yellow 

 line; antenn:e pale; elylral punctures more distant. 



2044. VAKIANS. 



2042 ( r.n.-.l). ZKCGOPHORA SCITKLLARIS Sul'fv.. Ent. Zeit. Stettin. 1840, 99. 



Elongate-oblong, convex. Head, thorax, legs, pro- and mesosterna clear 

 yellow; elytra and abdomen black, shining, very sparsely pubescent. An- 

 tenme less than half the length of body, rather stout, joints 1 to 3 yellow, 

 the remainder piceous. Thorax longer than wide, strongly convex, tuber- 

 cles prominent, surface sparsely and coarsely punctate. Length 3.5-4 mm. 



Starke and Wells counties; rare. June 18. Beaten from leaves 

 of hickory. 



2043 ;."><;). Zicrcioi'iioKA COXSAXCTIXKA Crotch. 1'roc. Phil. Acad. Nat. 



Sci.. 1ST:!. 23. 



Elongate, slender, parallel. Resembles x<-n1< Ihirix in color, except that 

 top of head is black and antenn;e wholly yellow. Thorax as broad as long, 

 the tubercles less prominent. Length 3 -3.5 mm. 



Lake and Starke counties; scarce. May il-July 4. Known here- 

 tofore only from northern Illinois. 



Z. pulxrulti Crutch, dark reddish-brown, abdomen, metasternum 

 and apical half of antenna 1 black, length 3.5 mm., was described 

 from Illinois. 



