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I. Amsosticta Dupciichcl. 1S42. ((Ir.. "uikmukiI si)ot.") 



One of the tlii'ee ree()s:nized Nortli Aiiieric;ni s|)e('ies (u-cufs in 

 the State. 



!»7i2 (:\op,:\). 



Anisostk'Ta stimcata Tlinnt*., Ins. Siiec, TX. IT'.tt. 11.'5. 



Ovate, somewhat elongate. 



Head yellow, hlack at base; 



thorax and elytra .yellow, fiue- 



■01 ly pnnctato. I lit- tornier with 



{f:=~-fM two (jhtrianicniar l)lack spots, 



^i^*^^ the outer front coi'ner of each 



of these often isolated as a 



Fig. 185. a, Anisosticta slnq:ita: h. \ir. oi ii.imp; r, Hipioilainii dot; el.Vtra with a COmmon bi- 



lobed spot on the sentellar re- 

 jlion and usually eii,dit others on each, l)lack: some of these often more or 

 less united to form fewer and larger spots. Beneath black; legs. antenn;i\ 

 sides of abdomen and last ventral segment yellow. Length 3.3 mm. (Fig. 

 ISf), a and h.) 



Beneath rul)bish on heaeli of Lake Miehiyan near Pine aiu] 

 Miller.s, Lake Count}'; seaiTc. ^lareh 26-June 29. A species of 

 northern range. 



IT. JMegiIvL.v Mnls. ISf)!. (A inyth(»looic;i! naiue.) 



In this o(.iius the thorax is siilxinadrate with Ihc base sinuate, 

 rounded and finely l)iit distinctly maroined. One speeies oecurs in 

 the State. 



*!)73 (303G). Megilla macitlata DeGeer, Mem. V, 1775, 302. 



Oval, sul)convex. Head black with a 

 triangular red spot on front; thorax 

 and elytra reddish, the former with an 

 obtriangular black spot on each side of 

 median line; elytra with two black 

 spots on suture and four (the second 

 the largest) arranged longitudinally 

 near the outer edge of each. Beneath 

 black, the presternum and a row of Iri 

 angular spots on each si(l(> of abdomen, 

 reddish, liength ~)-l mm. (Fig. lS(i. ) 



Thi-oughout the State; common. 

 January 12 Xovemher fi. (Jn^tjari- 

 ous i?i winter. Durinu' ()c1<il)cr it 

 eongi'ei;'ate.s beneath ruhliish and fik. iso. x (>. (After Forbes.) 



lo<is, mullein lea.ves, etc. On several occasions I have found them 

 in midwiiiler hy tlntusands, iiuddh'd tooethei" beneath piles of the 



