148 



FAlNrTLY ir. OAEABTD.^. 



cc. Head black: thorax narrowly inargiued; elytra black, each wiih Iwo 

 white stripes ; abdomen wholly reddish-yellow. 25!). bivittat.v. 



255 (Sl»4). Lebia abdominalis Chaud., Bull. Most'., 1843, 1U4. 



Rather slender. Color given in ke.v; antenna? piceous. the tiirtn' iiasal 

 .joints paler; legs and abdunien i)ale reddish-yellow, tarsi piceons; nieso- 

 and metasterna nearly black. Length 4.5-5 nun. 



Perry and Posey counties; rare. April 18-A|)i'il 27. Taken 

 Fi-om l)eneath mnllein leaves and nif)bish. A species of sonthem 

 i-aiioe. Kesembles riruJipeiutis, but smaller, clyti-a dnller green 

 and body lieneath partly black. 



25(; (8!i5). Lkhia scapilakis Dej.. Spec. V. 1830, .",77. 



Oval, rather slender. Head, thorax and legs iiale red- 

 dish-yellow; elytra piceous, each with the apical and side 

 margins and a median stripe .yellow; antenn;e dusky, the 

 tliree basal joints jialer. 'I'horax nearl.y twice as wide as 

 i<ing, the margins wider and more retlexed toward base. 

 I'ilytral stri;Tp rather dee]), not punctate; interv;ils flat. 

 Length 4.5-5.5 mm. ( PMg. 84.) 



Throiisfhoiit the State ; common on leaves of elder 

 and other plants in summer. April 13-October 11. 

 Takes to wing when disturbed. The pale elytral stripes vary much 

 in width, often ocenpying more space than the darker ones. The 

 laltcr are sometimes connected near their tips and the pale stripes 

 I'cdnced to narrow lines, thus forming the variety conjugens Lee. 



L'57 (8<.)7). LrjuA forcata Lee, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist.. IV, 1848, 193. 



Uather broad, subdepressed. Head, disk of thcn-ax and a triangular 

 striiie extending from base half way along the elytral suture reddish-yel- 

 low; elji;ra and margin ot thui-ax pah' yellow, the former with a median 

 and two latei'al nai'row black stripes, the median divided or forked on the 

 basal h.alf to enclose the reddish-yellow stripe; antenn;e dusky, pale at. 

 b.ise; femora and tarsi ttlack. tibii>? pale. Head and thorax finely and 

 irregularly strigose. Length 0.5 7.5 mm. 



Lake, Yigo and Posey connti(^s; ra)'c. April 20-Angnst 6. 



1'5N (Sitiii. LiauA \rn ATA fab.. S ysl . t;i(Mit.. 



iiesenibies fiin-iiln but 

 ;ire wider, tlie iiasai rori< ot the mediiin on 

 black or witli the liase of tenioi'a alone pah 

 elytral s1ri;c deeper. Lenglli 5.5 (i nun. 



]soi, i'02; Say, II, 443. 

 ni.iilei' iind ni(.re narrow. The black stripes 

 nimli sliortei': legs wholJA' 

 Thoi-ax mor«' narrow and 



Vigo County: rare, 



scii'p)i](iris but is easily <. 

 legs. 



^larch 21. This species also resembles 

 list iiiuuislied b\' the bi'oafh'r neck' and l)lack' 



