SYNOPSIS OF THE LAMIINiE. 157 



[As the synoptic table of Oberea by Dr. Horn (Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 

 vii, 45 j based on color characters may be useful, it is here presented. 



Body beneath aiul Icfis, l)l!ick. 



Thorax entirely hhick ociilutieollis. 



Thorax in great part yellow biiuaciilatsi. 



Body beneath and legs variable, never both at the same time black. 

 Thorax with four distinct callosities, pygidium of female strongly protuberant. 



quadrioiillowa. 

 Moliaiiiiiii. 

 Thorax with two or no callosities; pygidium 9 feebly protuberant. 

 Body above and l)eneatli entirely black. 



Form moderately robust, middle and posterior legs black, anterior femora 



at apex and tibiae yellow : thorax without callosities liblaliiti. 



Form very slender; thorax with two callosities; legs entirely yellow. 



flavipeiii. 

 Body beneath and above yellow. 

 Thorax with callosities. 

 Thorax unicolored. 



Elytra slightly sinuate at tip, epii)leurje black ; abdomen entirely rufous. 



ocellata. 

 Elytra emarginate at tip and subliidentate, ei)ipleurie pale at base, abdomen 



tipped with black texaiia. 



Elytra yellow, with l)lack stripes tripuuctata Swed. 



Thorax witlmut ("illosities rilfi<*olli!>«. 



graeiliM. 



According to Mr. Leng's tal)le qnadricallosa enters into synonymy 

 with sclmiiinii ; octilatieollis, bbimculata, flavipes and icrana with 

 TRiPUNCTATA Swed. ; and tibbdU with ruficollis.] " Ham." 



TFTKOI'S Kirby. 



Three species occur in our faiuia, none of which are common. 



Elytra with grayish recumbent pul)escence and erect j)ale hairs intermixed : legs 



l)lack caiiescciis. 



Elytra with black recumbent and erect hairs. 



Legs black, thoracic umbone distinctly elevated .jiieiiii«la. 



Legs red, umltone scarcely elevated lllOUOMti^^iiia. 



T. CHiioscens Lee., 1852, .Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. ser. 2, ii, 157. 



Length 11.5 mm. = .46 inch. Habitat. — New Jersey, Kansas, New Mexico. 



[Black ; head, thorax, prosternum and base of antennal joints 



rufous ; thorax constricted before and behind, sparsely })unctured 



and with a large disCal callus, black; elytra coarsely punctured. 



This si)ecies has been taken in New Jersey on Ahiii/< ■■<erru/(it(i.'\ 



" Ham." 



T. jticiinda Lee, 18()2. Proc. Ac Nat. Sci. Phil. j). 40. 



Length 8 9 mm. = .32-.36 inch. Hahilnf. —WuhUi.- States. Nebraska. 



TRANS. .\M. ENT. SOC. XXIII. M.\Y, 1896. 



