684 



FAMILY XXXIV. lIETEROCEKID.i:. 



KJU2 (3958). IIeterocerus auro-MIcans Kies.. Kev. Linn. Ent., V, IS.ll. 

 287. 

 Oblon.ii. Cdiivex. l'ic(Hiu.s. siuu-sely ddtlicd with i^oldeii. slimi. ^r:\\v- 

 like, recuinheut hairs; sides and median stripe of lliorax pale. Elytra witli 

 sides, two sinnous entire bands and short snbapical Innnle. yellow: femora 

 and tarsi reddish-yellow, tibi;e piceous. Elytra parallel, faintly snbstriate. 

 Labrnni of male, transverse, narrowed in front, apex emarginate-trnncate. 

 Lent^th o..'»— 1.."> nnn. ( Fis:. 2'jC>, c.) 



►Starke. Foujitaiii and Vigo counties; frequent. April 26-Aii- 

 g-ust 20. Easily known 1).\- the pale median stri{)e of thorax, and 

 the entire stridnlating I'idge on first ventra! segiH(>nt. 



loO;; (3957). lIicTEKOCEiU'S VENTKALis Melsli.. I'roc. I'hil. Acad. Xat. Sci.. 

 II, 1844, 98. 



Oblong, feebly convex. Pieeons. clothed 

 with short, semi-erect yellowish or brownish 

 imliescence ; front angles of thorax yellow; 

 elytra with three sinnons bands of dnll yvl- 

 low s])ots, which are interrupted on the disk 

 and not united at the nuirgin by a pale bor- 

 der: rarely a basal spot near scutellum ; 

 feuKU'a reddish-yellow, piceous at base, tibia' 

 ;)iceous, tarsi |)ale. Thm-ax of male slightly 

 wider than elyti'a. nut narrowed in frmit : 

 hat of female distinctly narrowed in front, 

 not broader than elytra. Elytra parallel in 

 both sexes, faintly snbstriate. Length (>- 

 !;.5 mm. (Fig. 254.) 



J.awrenee Connty; scarce. Angnst 18. Onr lai'gest species. 



1304 (3970). IIeterockrus undatis Melsh., I'roc. Pliil. Acad. Xat. Sci.. 

 11, 1844, 98. 

 Oblong, moderately convex. Piceous or brown; tlmrr.x often with tlu' 

 front angles yellow, or the sides narrowly yellow; elytra with two sinuate 

 bands more or less interrupted (often united at the margin by an entire 

 |i;i!e border), a rounded stibaiiical spot and an ajiical lunule. yellow; bndy 

 Ix'Hc.ath piceous. the sides of abdomen narrowly yellow. Elytra usually 

 substi'i.-'.le. Length 4-4.5 nmi. (Fig. 255. a.) 



Tlinuiohont the State; 

 coniiiHUi. April (i-October 

 21. Hesi'inhles the next 

 species very closely, but 

 distinguished by th(! ab- 

 sence of post Tneso-coxal 

 lines, and by having tin- 

 front angh's or sides of tho- 

 rax reddish-yellow. I.if,. 2,3). „, H. unilutun, fnnalc; h. H. coUaris, male; c, //. cvllaris, 



small \ ar. (After Honi.) 



Fig. 2.34. //. nid'-iilix, a. male; b, female 

 var. (After Horn.) 



