TTTK n.F.ARlNf! FnN(U'S P.KRTI.F.S. 



545 



b. llcjul .mihI llior.ix nearly suiootli; t'lytni witli lilack cnissliars ; IcuKtli 



ii: ir, iiiui. lo:!;). isscww. 



III). Jli'ad and llitu-ax vory coarsely and dislinrlly iMinclurod; elytra each 

 with four i)hick spots; length less than U nun. 1041. ii.kki. 



*10;>0 (31210). Megalodacnk iasciata Fab.. Ent. Sysl.. IT. 1798, 511. 



Oblong-ovate. Black, shining; elytra with two reddish crossbars, the 

 basal one irregular in form ami enclosing thrcHi black spots, one small 

 round, near each humerus, the other large, quadrate behind the scutelluni ; 

 the subapical bar narrower and interrupted at suture. Thorax short, trans- 

 verse, very tinely and obsoletely puucuilate; sides straight, broadly mar- 

 gined; base with a punctured impression each side. Length 9 ir» mm. 



'rhr(Mio:hont the State; common in fungi. Februaiy 14-Septem- 

 !)('i- 21. Hibernates with the next in dry rotten wood beneath loose 

 hark. Gregarions at all scni.sons but especially so in winter. 



*I04() (olilT). Megalodacne heros Say, Jouru. 



Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 1823, 



196; ibid. II. 125. 

 Resembles fasciata very closely in form and 

 color but nuich larger. Thorax longer with nar- 

 rower side margins and elytra w^ithout rows of 

 punctures. lUack spot at scutelluni smaller and 

 more nearly enclosed by the red b.-isal cnissbar. 

 I.en.-th IS 21. (Fig. 204.) 



Fn'(|U('iit t hrong-hout the State. Fel)ruary 

 3-Deeeniber 10. j\luch less common than 

 fasciatn and seklom more than two or three 

 found together. 



1041 (3218). Megalodacne it.kei Crotch, Trans. Amer. Knt. Soc, IV. 1873, 

 358. 



Elongate-oval, rather narrowed behind. Head and thorax black, shin- 

 ing ; elytra brownish-red, each with four black spots, one near the hnmerus, 

 two before the middle, and one, the largest, subapical; beneath black, the 

 sides of alKlomen reddish. Thorax coarsely and sparsely punctate, with a 

 smooth space Iwfore the scutelluni; elytra with I'ows of fine but distinct 

 punctures. Front coxa- widely separated, the prosternnm forming a broad 

 triangle with distinct margins. Length 5-5.5 mm. 



A prettily marked species of southern range, taken only in Jack- 

 son. Crawford and Posey counties; scarce. April 12-Jnne 7. Oe- 

 cui-s in dense woods, especially on llic riingus Pdhjpnru^ cut iciilons, 

 wliicli is usiiallv fdinid on beech or hickory l(\u,s. 



Fig. 204. >- 2. (Original.) 



V. IsciiVKt s Lac. 1S42. ((!r.. " roI)Usl.") 



OiU' iiicditiiii sized siic-ics. liaviiig llic aiilciiiuil chib :5-.)oinl('(l 

 and the e\es coafseh- ufaiiulale. represents Ibis genus ill Indiana. 



