MACLURIAN LYCEUM. 385 



TIPHIA Fubr. Latr. 



T. TRANSVERSA. — Blue-black, somewhat hairy. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body black, with a slight bluish or purplish reflection ; with 

 numerous whitish hairs ; immaculate, punctured ; antenna? black, 

 opaque ; mandibles piceous at tip ; palpi fuscous ; wings a little 

 dusky, hyaline j nervures black; apical lines of the second cubi- 

 tal cellule transverse, rectilinear ; metathorax each side striated, 

 above with three slightly elevated longitudinal lines and a pos- 

 terior transverse one ; abdomen, first segment narrower than the 

 second, somewhat gibbous above and flat beneath, the incisure 

 indented ; remaining segment more hairy, ciliated ; tibiae and 

 tarsi with silver hairs. 



Length nearly half an inch. 



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