TIIK ],KAF BKKTM'S. 11(57 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF GALERUCELLA. 



(/. Antenna 1 similar in color above and beneath; elytra coarsely punctate, 



ruore finely towards apex, 

 ft. Elytra with elongate black markings or narrow stripes. 



c. Side margins of elytra not at all flattened; middle coxre separated 



by the mesosteruum. 



(I. Elytra very coarsely punctate ; thorax more or less shining, the 

 black spots often indistinct. 21GO. AMERICANA. 



(1<L Elytra less convex and less coarsely and more closely punctate ; 

 thorax opaque, the spots distinct. 2161. SEXVITTATA. 



re. Side margins of elytra distinctly flattened; middle coxae con- 

 tiguous. 



<. Sutural dark line indistinct or absent, the next inner line long, 

 nearly reaching the apex. (Fig. 507, No. 3.) INTEGRA. 



cc. Sutural dark line distinct. 



/. Sutural dark stripe joined by the next at or behind the mid- 

 dle. (Fig. 507, No. 4.) 2162. NOTULATA. 

 //'. Dark stripe next to the sutural one very short, basal. (Fig. 

 507, No. 5.) 2163. NOTATA. 

 bb. Elytra without elongate dark marks, the side margins often paler. 

 //. Color dull brick red ; head red. 



/;. Elytra more coarsely punctured, the intervals between the punc- 

 tures distinct ; surface shining. 2164. CAVICOLIJS. 

 ////. Elytra finely and densely punctured; surface subopaque. 



RUFOSANGUINEA. 



mi. Color dull yellow, brownish or piceous; occiput usually piceous. 

 i. Form convex, elytra coarsely punctate. 



21GOa. var. AMERICANA. 

 //. Form subdepressed. 



j. Middle coxie separated by a prolongation of the inesosternmn ; 

 thorax angulate at middle, subsinuate behind, hind angles 

 obtuse. 2165. NYMPH.I-;.K. 



//'. Middle coxae contiguous; hind angles of thorax distinct. 



/.-. Thorax irregularly punctate, with smooth areas along the 

 apex and near the front angles ; elytra dull reddish-brown. 



2166. TUBERCULATA. 



A'//. Thorax densely and evenly punctured and opaque; elytra 



dull brownish-yellow to piceous. 2167. DECORA. 



<ni. Antenna 1 piceous above, pale beneath ; elytra rather finely and equally 



punctate. 2168. LUTEOLA. 



2160 (6899). GALEKUCELLA AMERICANA Fabr., Syst. Eleut., I, 1801, 489. 



Oval, more convex than in the other species. Dull yellow, sparsely 

 pubescent ; elytra each with three piceous lines, these often indistinct or 

 even wanting (Fig. 507, No. 1) ; apical half of an ten life, and sometimes the 

 metasternum and abdomen, picenus. Thorax more than twice as wide as 

 long, wider at base than apex, sides curved, surface sometimes sparsely 

 (female), more usually rather coarsely and closely punctate. Elytra oval 

 with rounded humeri. sides not flattened, surface very coarsely, deeply and 

 rather closely punctate. Length 4-6 mm. 

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