540 



KAMIT.V XVTIT.— EKOTVLIDT:. 



I(I4J (:;iM!M. Iscrivias QiADKirrNCTATts Oliv.. Knc. .Mclli. Ins.. VI, ISdS. 



4:;t. 



Oviitc. suIk'Ioi ^^•lt(•, ((luvcx. Ilc.-nl black; Llinrax yel- 

 low, with tour black dots in a row across the middle; 

 elytra yellow, with a lai'ire coiiiniou scutellar spot, a 

 smaller one on hunierns. a deeply dentate median band 

 and an oblong spot on each at apex, blaclc ; beneath black, 

 the sides of abdomen yellow. Head and thorax sitarsely 

 and coarsely pnnctate ; elytra with rows of distinct ])nnc- 

 luivs. Length 7-S mm. (Fig. 205.) 



rig. 2uj. ■ ;;. 



(After Wicklmiii.) 



Fre(|U(Mit tlirouii'hdiit llie State, -lamiary 21- 

 DcceiiilxT S. Gregariotis in winter, hibernating- be- 

 neath bark and logs. In t'arly spring often fonnd at sap; in sum- 

 mer on ftingi. 



VI. .MvcoTRETff; Lae. 18-12. (Gr.. "fungus -f- to perforate.") 



Small oval, red or blaek insects, having the last joint of palpi 

 oval, antennte abruptly 8-jointed and eyes finely granulated. Two 

 species are kno\vn from Indiana, while a third may occur. 



KEY TO I>;])I.\NA SPECIES OF MYCGTISETIS. 



(/. Thorax black; elytra wholly or in great part dnll red. 



h. Elytra and scutelliim wholly dull red. 1043. sanguinipennis. 



hi). Elytra partly black ; scutellum black. 1044. pulchra. 



«(/. Thorax reddish-yellow with two black spots ; elytra wholly black. 



DISSIMULATOR. 



1043 (3222). Mycotretus sanguinipennis Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. 



Sci., IV, 1825, 89; ibid. 11, 229. 

 Broadly ovate. Head and thorax black, shining; scutellum and elytra 

 pale red ; beneath black, abdomen red. Head and thorax finely and sparsely 

 ])unctnred, the latter more coarsely near base, which is sinuate each side. 

 Elytriil strife with deep, rather close punctures; intervals finely but dis- 

 tinctly punctate. Length 4 4.5 mm. 



Frequent in southern half of State; less so in the northern coun- 

 ties. Ai)i-il L'r)-(Jct()l)er 20. Occurs most commonly on fleshy fungi. 



1044 (3223). Mycotretis pilchra Say. .Tonrn. I'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci., V. 



182r,, .301 : ibid. II, 345. 

 Ovate. Head, thorax ;ind scutellum black; elytra red with the apical 

 third obliquely black, the black space extending on side nearly to humerus. 

 Surface punctate as in the preceding, but the punctures of elytral stria' 

 liiiei'. Length '.\.~} nun. 



.Mai-ion. \'igo. Knox and ]^o.sev countless; frc^quent. April 9- 

 .luiie 1!). 



1/. (lissimvlafor (*i-otch, length 4.") nun., was described from 

 Illinois. 



