1154 



FAMILY 1,111. CIIKYSO.MKUn.-K. 



2137 (6790). 



LEPTINOTARSA JTJNCTA Germ., Ins. Sp. Nov., 1824, 590. 



Form of the preceding. 

 which it resembles very close- 



l. v - 

 the 



Distinguished mainly by 

 characters given in key. 

 The femora are marked on the 

 outer side near apex with a 

 black spot . ^ 10-12 mm. 

 (Fig. 498.) 



Putnam, Lawrence, 

 Knox, Crawford and Posey 

 counties ; scarce. June 10- 

 Soptember 21. Feeds on 



the horse-nettle, Sola mini I'urolintnsc L. and different species of 

 ground-cherry (l j lii/<ili* I. A member of the Austroriparian fauna. 



d 



a, eggs; b, larva; c, beetle; (/, elytra; e, front leg of 

 bwtle. (After RileyJ 



XXXVI. ZYGOGRAAIM.V Chev. 1834. (Gr., " yoke + together.") 



To this genus, as at present limited, belong about a dozen of the 

 species formerly listed under Chrysotnela. All of these but one 

 occur in the Western and Southwestern States. They are oval, 

 convex forms of medium size, having the elytra marked with spots 

 or stripes; last tarsal joint toothed beneath; tarsal claws narrowly 

 separated and connate at base, whence the generic name. 



*2138 (6799). ZYGOGRAMMA SUTURALIS Fabr., Syst Ent, 1775, 95. 



Oval or snbglobose, convex. Brown, feebly bronzed ; ely- 

 tra yellow, with the first and second intervals and a broad 

 iliscal stripe dark brown; epipleura pale with dark margins. 

 Thorax three times wider than long, sparsely and coarsely 

 I 'nurtured. Elytra coarsely punctured on disk, more lii.riy 

 on sides, the punctures bordering the sutural brown stripe 

 in rows, the others scattered. Length 5.5-6.5 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. April 18-Decem- 

 her 10. Occurs in spring on ragweed in low moist 

 places and on flowers of goldenrod in autumn. In var. cast a 

 (Fig. 499), the subsutural dark stripe is often divided to 

 middle and the discal stripe wholly, or to near apex. 





Rogers 

 behind 



XXXVIT. CALLIGRAPHA Kiicli. 1S47. (Gr., " beautiful + writ- 

 ing.") 



Form oval or rounded, convex ; si/e medium or rather small; last 

 tarsal joint not toothed beneath; claws widely separated. Eight 



