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000 (8100). IlYPEUASPis BOi,TEKi Lcf.. Triuis. Amer. Ent. Soo., VIII, 1880, 

 186. 

 Broadly rouudod, strongly c-ouvox. P.lack, shilling; head and sides o( 

 thorax of male pale; elytra with a pale red margin, reaching nearly to 

 apex, this expanded into or confluent with a large discal spot a little be- 

 hind the middle; front and middle legs pale. Upper surface strongly and 

 rather closely punctured. Length 3 mm. 



Taken ill small iiuiiibcrs l)y Wolcolt near Pine, Lake County. 

 .\])ril 2!)-.Iiiiie 4. Described from Illiinsis. 



*90T (3101). Myperaspis fimbriolata Mels., Proe. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 Ill, 1847, 180. 

 Rounded, subeonvex. Black, shining ; elytra with a narrow yellow 

 marginal stripe; this often broken on apical third, leaving a free, oval sub- 

 apical spot (var. dissolnta Cr.). Male with head and tlmrax in front and 

 on sides, yellow. Upper surface coarsely and rather sparsely punctate. 

 Length 2.5 mm. 



Lake. Vigo, Dubois and Perry counties ; rare. May 14-Decem- 

 ber 10. Hibernates beneath mullein leaves and other rubbish; 

 taken in spring by sweeping. 



*99S (3105). IIyperaspis indilata Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., IV, 

 1824, 92; ibid. II. 231. 

 Elongate-oval; subdepressed. Black, shining; male with head, narrow 

 apical margin and sides of thorax yellow' ; female with only the sides of 

 thorax yellow ; elytra with an ovai spot near center and a narrow three- 

 lobed band on sides, yellow^ Length 2.3-2.5 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. March 20-Deceml)er 7. Oc- 

 curs on herbage in low, moist ground. 



999 (3122). IIyperaspis 4-vittata Lee. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VI. 



1852, 133. 

 Broadly ovate, subdepressed. Black, shining, finely punctate; side mar- 

 gins of thorax narrowly yellow; elytra with a narrow marginal and a wider 

 dorsal stripe pale yellow, the latter not reaching base or apex. Head and 

 thorax of male reddish-yellow. Length 2.5 mm. 



Taken by Wolcott near Pine, Lake County; scarce. May 21- 

 June 4. 



1000 CM 10). IIyperaspis signata Oliv., Ent.. \l. 1S01, 92. 



Rounded, strongly convex. Black, shining, thickly and rather strongly 

 punctate. Male with head and narrow apical and side margins of thorax, 

 yellow; fciiiale with head and thorax wholly black. Subapical spot of ely- 

 tra aboul one-fourth the size of one on disk. Jjength 2.5-2.7 mm. 



Marion County; scarc(\ April 25. In two specimens at hand 

 oiic lias IIk- subapical s|)ot i-ed and siluated about as far from the 



