TiFK T,.M)V iii:i;'i'M:s. 521 



;>;>"» (.■;(>!»(■.). I'.uacuvai \.\i ii.\ (^i adimi'I iNciata Mi'lsli.. I'l-nc. I'liil. Acatl. 

 Nal. Sci.. II I, IM7. ITS. 



r.ncidly rctuiulod. Black, sliiniiig, coarsely and rather sparsely punc- 

 tate: head ycllciw in iiialo. Mack with a yi'Uow V-likc mark in loniale; tho- 

 rax with front niarjjin narrowly yellow in male, the region of apical angles 

 iiroadly yellow in that sex, narrowly yellow in female; elytral spots large, 

 ronnded. P.eneath bl.iil^. Ilit> tiiii.-e and l.irsi paler. Length 3-3.5 nun. 



V'\^o. Posey and -Jackson count ie-;: scarce. Occurs es[)ecially on 

 maple trees infested with plant lice. .May •_'<)-•) nly 8. Casey calls it 

 hasdiis Melsli. 'Pile two naiiu^s wei-e pi-o|)osed l)y AFelsheimer at the 

 sanie time. i-])unctat<i on patjc ITS, and hasalis on jiafjo 179, the; 

 former therefore having; priority. 



XIV. lIvPKu.vsPis Kedt. 1S4:1 ((^r.. "above ■ a shield.") 



Small, oval or rounded, black l)eetles havint>' the elytra margined 

 or spotted with paler, often both. Distinguished from Brachya- 

 cantlia by having the outer margin of front tibia^ unarmed. Eight 

 species and one variety are known from Indiana. 



KEY TO TXDr.\N-V SPECIES OF IIYPERASPIS. 



(I. Side margins of elytr;i with a reddish or yellow stripe, this rarely 

 broken so as to form a subapical spot. 

 h. Elytra withont a second stripe, bnt often with a red or yellow spot 

 on side of disk, 

 c. Discal spot of elytra, if present, connected with marginal band. 

 (/. Stripe on side of elytra expanding into a large rounded discal 

 spot a little behind the middle. 90f!. bolteri. 



(hi. Stripe only feebly undulating on the inner margin, its hind por- 

 tion often separated as a distinct oval subapical spot. 



997. FIMBRIOLAT.V. 



ce. T>iscal spot of elytra distuict from marginal band, the latter some- 

 times broken into separate spots; side mai'gins of thorax yellow 

 in both sexes. 99S. vkdulata. 



hh. Elytra with a second yellow strijie on side of disk. 999. 4-vittata. 

 (in. Side margins of elytra withdut a reddish or yellowish strijie. 



c. Elytra black with one or two I'ounded red or yellowish subapical 

 spots and usually with a large discal spot. 

 f. Side margins of elytra without a spot; legs in part or wholly black. 

 p. Subapical spot single. 



/(. Larger discal spot ])resent, subapical small; sides and apical 



nmrgin of thorax yellow in male. 1000. signata. 



////. Discal spot absent, subapical larger: sides of thorax with a 



large nunided orange s])ot. 1001. nrr.K>rTNATA. 



!l(i. Siili,i|iiiai spnis two. discal spot present: sides of Ihor.-ix yellow 



in liolh sexes. lOllOb. v.ir. ntoisA. 



/■/. Side margins of clylr.-i with a spot opposite llic discal spol : le.gs 



yellow. 1()()2. PKATEXSis. 



' ( . Elytra blaelc without subapical spots but with a large round spot near 



the center of disk; thorax as in siunata. 1000a. var. binotata. 



