TITK 1>EAF BEETLES. 



1143 



ST. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES Ob' F1D1A. 



(i. Piceous or nearly black ; punctures of elytra! striae coarse and deep ; 

 intervals flat, punctures not dense. 2115. LONGIPES. 



IKI. Reddish to pale brown; punctures of elytra! strife not very coarse; in- 

 tervals flat, densely punctured. 2116. VITICIDA. 



2115 (6724). FIDIA I.ONGIPES Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 1847. 



169. 



Elongate, subcylindrical. Fuscous or smoky to piceous, rather densely 

 clothed with ash gray prostrate hairs ; tibia?, base of antenna? and femora 

 paler. Thorax longer than wide, much narrower than elytra ; coarsely, 

 densely and deeply punctured. Length 5.5-6.5 mm. 



Western and southern portions of the State; frequent. Not 

 taken north of Vermillion County. May 24 -August 11. Occurs on 

 the foliage of wild grape. 



2116 (6725). FIDIA VITICIDA Walsh. Pract. Entom.. II, 1867, 

 Elongate, subcylindrical. Dull reddish- 

 brown, rather thickly clothed with short gray- 

 ish-yellow pubescence; antenna? and legs 



paler. Thorax wider than long in female, 

 often longer than wide in male, widest at <>r 

 just behind the middle, finely and densrly 

 punctate. Length 6-7 nirn. (Fig. 402.) 



Southern two-thirds of the State, 

 common; probahly throughout. May 

 2 7- July 21. Occurs on the wild grape 

 and occasionally does much damage to 

 the cultivated varieties. The adult bee- 

 tles may be killed by the use of an arsen- 

 ical Spray V/ith lime, at a Strength Of Fig. 492. (After Marlatt in Far. Bull. 70, 



one pound to 150 gallons of water. The 



larvae about the roots may be destroyed by bisulphide of carbon or 

 by wetting the soil before the end of June with a kerosene emulsion 

 diluted nine times with water, a gallon or two being poured about 

 the base of the vine. 



XXVIII. GRAPHOPS Lee. 1884. (Gr., "to write or carve + eye.") 



Here belong small subeylindrical pubescent, metallic species, 

 having a deep groove partly surrounding the eyes. Three species 

 have been taken in the State and two others probably occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES Of GRAPHOPS. 



a. Thorax strongly margined at base. 

 b. Clypeus truncate. 



c. Thorax punctured on disk, rugose on sides; longer, 4 mm. 



2117. PUBESCENS. 



