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FAMILY IT. OARABTD.'E. 



KEY TO INDIANA Sl'ECIKS OF GROUP A. 



a. Head and thorax reddish-yellow ; elytra wholly dark blue, 

 ft. Elytra deeply striate; anteniue pale; length S.5-9.5 mm. 



245. GEANDIS. 



hb. Elytra tinely striate; three basal joints only of antennye pale; length 



0-7 mm. 246. atriventris. 



<ift. Head blar-k. thorax reddish-y( How : elytra greenish-blue, deeply striate; 



outer .j(iinl> 



.•intenua- darkei-; length 7 S.5 nun. 



TRICOLOR. 



*24.5 (872). liEBiA grandis Hentz., Trans. Amer. Phil. 

 Sec., Ill, 1824, 58. 

 Ovate, subconvex. Color given in key; under sur- 

 face and legs pale brownish-yellow ; abdomen black. 

 Head finely wrinkled, very sparsely and finely punctate. 

 Thorax nearly twice as wide as long, margin broad ; 

 disk with fine transverse wrinkles and distinct im- 

 pressed median line. Elytra finely alutaceous. Length 

 s.5-9.5 mm. (Fig. 83.) 



Throughout the State, common in the south- 

 ern half; less so northvYard. February 8-De- 

 (•em])er 20. Occurs especially in open woodland 

 and with the next hibernates beneath partlv 



Fig. 83. (Alter Comstock.) . . x .■ 



Lower figure shnwsnaturai size. 'Juried logs and other cover. 



*24(; (87;'. I. Li:r.iA atriventris Say, Trans. Anier. Phil. Soc, II, 1823, 18; 

 ibid. II, 444. 

 Resembles the preceding but a third or more smaller. Elytra darker 

 blue; palpi, tarsi and apical two-thirds of antennte piceous. Elytra 1 stri:e 

 very finely punctured; intervals flat. Length 0-7 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. April 29-December 29. 

 L. tricolor Say may yet be found in eastern Indiana, its range 

 being given as Middle States northward to Canada. 



Group B. 



This group comprises the trne forms of Lehia as defined by La- 

 Ireille. About 17 species and several varieties are lmo^vu from 

 North America. Of tliese llic I'ullow ing have l)een taken, or per- 

 haps occnr in Ihe State. 



KKV 'lO INDIANA SPECIES OF GROUP »; 



a. Thorax coarsely and rather densely ininetured; head, thorax and basal 



third of elytra reddish-yellow; ai)ical portion of elytra blue; length 



8 mm. DiviSA. 



'1(1. Thorax not, or ver.\ linely. pundnle; elylra not coloi'ed as above; length 



less than 7 nun. 



h. Elytra with fine or very shallow s(ri;e. 



