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Kiev TO INDIANA SPKCIES OF MKIA NOIMITI I Al.M A. 



II. Aiitciiiiiil flub L'-joiiitcd ; lirst ami second joints of tarsi suhiMiual; ely- 

 tra yelldwisli or n'ddisli-yellow, usually with a uiwliau crossiiar. ami 

 (iflcii a liasal and apic;il rloud. ](iccniis: pnlx'sccncc slmrt. 



1im;;;. i-kta. 

 nil. Anirinial chili .". jniiiliMJ ; inilicsccni-c Ioniser and iiinrc consiiicniius. 



//. Second jninl ()!' tarsi as lon^ as or slit,'lilly lon.^-cr llian llie lii'sl ; 

 male witli tips t)f front tii)ia' jirovided witii a Ioniser, denser and 

 more l)ristling frinjje of iiairs. 

 c. Claw-joint of front tarsi tootlicd heiieatli in tlie male. 



(/. 'I'ips of elytra siji:;iiliy sinuate and minutely tontlicd near tlie 

 sulural ani:;les, wliicli are slightly pro]oni,'ed ; len.L;lli !.(►- 

 1.9 mm. vir-LosA. 



(/(/. 'i'ii)s of elytra not siiuiate oi- lin(>ly toothed before the sutnral 

 auLcles. which are not at all produced; eyes large, separated 

 on the front by less than one and one-half times their diame- 

 ter; elytra nearl.v always darlcer than thorax. 



12G4. DISTINGUENDA. 



cc. Claw-joint of front tarsi not tootlied beneath in the male; pro- 

 sterinim swollen before the coxa' and armed with a sjiiiie at tip 

 in the untie : color reddish-yellow throughout. iL't'i."). pi'mii.a. 



?j?;. Secoud joint of tarsi distinctly shorter than first: front til)ia' of male 

 with a short acute tooth on inner side beyond the middle. 

 ('. Thorax scarcely more than half as wide as elytra and with a deep, 

 sul>basal transverse imiiression extending from side to side; 

 color brown. 1260. giubosa. 



ee. Tliorax distinctly moiH> than half as wide as elytra, the sub-basal 

 imi»ression coidined to the disk. 

 /■. Sides of elytra nearly straight beiiind the middle, their tips dis- 

 tinctly truncate; color pale yellow. 1207. longipennis. 

 jf. Sides of elytra curved throughout, their lips feebly or scarcely 

 truncate. 

 g. Color usually dull reddish-yellow; elytra less l)roadly ovate, 

 widest at middle, relatively longer and more obtuse at apex. 



12(!S. AMERICANA. 



ilfj. Color usually dull sooty brown, the thorax often paler; elytra 

 shorter and more broadly ovate, widest a little before the 

 middle. ]2()9. cavicolt.is. 



12(i:! (:582(i). Melanophthalma pkta Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 1.S,55, 303. 

 Oval, rather robust. Didl reddish-yellow; elytra varying as mentioned 

 in key, rarely fuscous with onl.v a ]>ale sjtot near I)ase and tip; ])ubescence 

 whitish, very fine, soft and indistinct. Thorax slightl.v wider than head, 

 subquadrate; sides feebly angulate at middle; surface finely and sparsely 

 but distinctl.v ])imctidate jind without basal fovea. El.vtra one-half wider 

 than tlKirax. rather shoi-t. ovate, the sides curved: surf;i<-e finely striate, 

 the stria' with widely sep.arated fine lanictures; intervals minutely punctii- 

 late. T-ength 1..". nun. 



lake and Starke coiitities: scarce. ^lay il-Jniie '?>. Taken l)y 

 sii'tiiig damp leaves. 



