1356 FAMILY LXIV. MELOID/E. 



251.") (N(M(M. NKMOGNATIIA VITTIGKKA Lee.. I'roe. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sri.. VI. 



1853, 348. 



Elongate, subcylindrical. Reddish-yellow; elytra usually with a broad 

 discal black stripe; auteumc. tihi.-e and tarsi blackish. Thorax as wide as 

 long, sides almost straight, apex rounded. Elytra densely, roughly and con- 

 tinently punctate. Length 9-11 mm. 



Two in Webster collection labelled "Ind., Baker;" probably 

 from St. Joseph County. Recorded from Illinois, Missouri and 

 Texas. 



2516 (8041). NEMOGNATHA CRIURICOLLIS Lee., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



VI. 1853, 348. 



Oblong. Color exceedingly variable, in the type dull yellow with an- 

 tenna? and tarsi .brownish : in the specimens at hand (fitftcipcnnix Lee.) 

 dark brown with head and thorax reddish-yellow. Thorax but slightly 

 broader than long, sides rounded. Elytra rather coarsely, densely and con- 

 tinently punctured. Length 5-9 mm. 



Lake County ; rare. June 29-July 4. 



IV. ZONITIS Fab. 1775. (Gr., "girded or banded.") 



Small oblong species with the maxilla 1 not prolonged; autenme 

 filiform, the first and third joints equal, the second a little shorter. 

 Two species have been taken, while another may occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF ZONITIS. 



(/. Antenna? not over half the length of body; eyes widely separated, not 



extending beneath the head. 



It. Thorax without a median impressed line; elytra yellow, each with a 

 median pieeous stripe which is abbreviated at base and apex. 



2517. BIIJNEATA. 



lib. Thorax with a distinct median impressed line; elytra brown with 



suture and margins narrowly yellow. 2518. SVLCICOLLIS. 



an. Antenna- bristle-like, nearly as long as the entire body; eyes large. 



rather close together and extending beneath the head; thorax and 



elytra very densely punctured; elytra brownish-yellow, with suture. 



margin and narrow median stripe paler. I.ONGICORNIS. 



2517 <s<)49). /ONITJS uiLiNK.ATrs Say. Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. I. 1S17. 



22; ibid. II. 3. 



Elongate-oblong. Dull brownish-yellow. Elytra usually with pieeous 

 stripe as mentioned in key. this sometimes wanting; antenna-, tibia- and 

 tarsi in part or wholly fuscous. Thorax subquadrate. slightly wider than 

 long, front angles rounded, hind ones obtuse: disk coarsely and very sparse- 

 ly and irregularly punctured. Elytra with distinct, rather coarse and sparse 

 punctures. Length 7.5-9 mm. 



Wells and Putnam counties; rare. June 11-July 29. Taken 

 from blossoms of wild rose. 



