1322 FAMILY LXI. MORDELLID.^. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF GROUP E. 



(/. First joint of hind tarsi with two, second with one oblique ridge; elytra 

 brownish-yellow, with six dark brown spots, the apical one trans- 

 verse. SEXNOTATA. 

 /in. First joint of hind tarsi with three or more oblique ridges. 

 h. First joint with only three ridges. (Fig. 57!*, 1>. ) 



c. Second tarsal joint with one ridge: thorax black, elytra reddish- 

 brown. 244!). SMITHII. 

 cc. Second tarsal joint with two ridges. (Fig. 579, /. ) 

 (1. Third bind tarsal joint without ridges. 

 c. Body black. 



/. Elytra with numerous spots of silvery pubescence. (Fig. 

 579, c.) 2450. ITSTULATA. 



//. Pubescence of elytra not in distinct spots. 



.'/. Elytra with lines of brownish-gray pubescence, confluent 

 behind. 2451. C-ONVICTA. 



.W. Elytra with grayish-yellow pubescence, distributed uneven- 

 ly over the surface. 2452. MORULA. 

 ee. l>ody fuscous or dark reddish-brown; pubescence silky brown. 



2453. AMBUSTA. 



<l<l. Third tarsal joint with two oblique ridges; reddish-brown, ely- 

 tra black; pubescence line and dark. SINGULARIS. 

 II). First hind tarsal joint with four ridges. 

 //. Second hind tarsal joint with two ridges. 



/. 1'pper surface wholly piceous, covered with brown, silky pubes- 

 eence. 2454. VXICOLOK. 



/'/. I lend and thorax in part or wholly reddish-yellow. 



/. Pubescence line and dark: head and front legs in part black. 



2455. MARGIXAI.IS. 



/'/. Pubescence dense, brownish-yellow; head and front legs whol- 

 ly yellow. 2450. DIVISA. 

 lili. Second hind tarsal joint with three ridges; color wholly black. 



JEQUALIS. 



I/, si .ninlaid Dury. lenytli 3 nun., was described from Cincinnati. 



244!> ( -). MORDELLISTENA SMiTini Dury, Journ. ('inn. Soc. Nat. Hist.. 



XX. 1902, 177. 



Subparallel. Piceous black; elytra dark reddish-brown, the region of 

 tin 1 hnnieri somewhat paler: front and middle legs dull brownish-yellow: 

 pubescence coarse, yellowish. Length :!.5 mm. 



Putnam and Crawford counties; rare. -I tine 2 8- July 4. De- 

 scribed from Cincinnati. Tn one sp< cimen the hind angles of thorax 

 and the hind leg's are of the same hue as the elytra. 



24.".o i ~s: ;.. MORDELLISTK.XA pisTi LATA Melsh., Proc. IMiil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 



II. 1S45. .",14. 



Linear. Itlack : elytra spotted as mentioned in key. the spots often ar- 

 ranged in oblique bands. Length 2 :! nun. (Fig. .~>7!i. <.) 



Throughout the State; common. May 13-July 14. 



