TiiK S()FT-i5oniKn ri.AX'r i;i;i;'I'm:s. 695 



llic iKirilici'ii li;iir III' Ihf St;ilc: l;ikcM uiily in Kimx ('imiity in tlic 

 s(iu!li('ni |i(ii'tinn. •Innco Auuiisl 'A]. 



\'lll. Cvi-iiox I'.-iyk. 17IIS. (Cir.. "hcnl or sloping'.") 



'I'lic species ol' this ^cmus are (iisi inuiiisli'.'d fi-oui tliose of 11 < hxh s 

 only 1)\- liavini«- the tliird .joint oi" the labial palpi ai'isiiiii' fnmi the 

 end instt'ad of the side of the second. Five species are known from 

 the State. 



KKV lO INDIANA SIMX I KS Ol' CVI'IIO.N. 



a. Joints 2 iiimI :'. <i!' aiitenn.-i' sIkitI. tlieir niiilcd loiiLrlli less llian that of 

 tlH> ronrth. 

 h. I'driii ol)l()ii,i.'. siilipafallcl : llinrax I'cddisli yellow, with tlu> center of 

 disk piceous. IMli). uuFicoixis. 



lib. Foi-ui oval, niddcralel.v roluist : thorax and elytra uniform piceous. 



l;>20. OBSCURUS. 



(/(/. .Joints two and three of :nileiiii;i' t<i.:,o'thei' always Imi.m'r than the 



fourth, llie third a little loui;er and more slender tiian the second. 



c. r.icnldred, liier:ix reddish-yellow; elytra piceous or black; sides of 



thorax Hattened. l.".i:i. collakis. 



re. Thorax and elytra of the same color. th(> sides of tlie former not or 



very feebly llattene(L 



it. Thorax more densel.\ puuilui'cd at the sides than middle: color 



usually iiale bmwn. V-''--. vaiuaiui.is. 



(/(/. Thorax not more densely puiiclured at the sides; colnr iiiceuus, the 



tijis of el.\tr;i yellow. \'-\-'.\. PAUI. 



i:;i'.> ( HMO). Cyimion' KiFicoiLis Say, .lourn. I'liil. Acad. .\"at. Sci., V. tSi;."), 

 1(;2; ibid. II. 27.",. 

 Oblong-oval. I'iceous. finely pubescent; thorax reddish with ;i piceou> 

 spot on disk, rarely wholly piceous or wholly .vellow ; three basal .ioints of 

 antenna' i)ale; the second and third short, together scarcely longer than 

 half the fourth, the third nmch shorter than second. Thorax nearly three 

 times as wide as long, slightly narrowed in front, base bisinuate; surface 

 sparsely punctate, more coarsely near the sides. Elytra slightly wider than 

 thorax, coarsely and rather densely punctured. Length :;.5-4 nun. 



Thronghont the State; frequent. April 4— July G. Taken by 

 beating leaves of shrubs and trees. 



i;'.20 (4014). Cypuon oH.scrius Cuer.. Spec, et Icon.. III. 1S4.'.. \. 



Ovate, moderately convex, sparsely i)ubesi-ent. Black or piceous. shin- 

 ing. Antenme, tibiie and tarsi usually entirely pale, the former sometimes 

 with terminal joints darker. Thoi-.-ix nc-niy three times as wide as long. 

 front angles distinct, side margins gradu.-illy slo]ung downward; surface 

 sparsely punct.-ite. l^lytra vaguely tricostale. not very dens(<ly jtunctate. 

 Length ;*> :'>.."> nun. 



Steuben, Kosciusko and \Va.\iie counties; scarce. ^lay 25-Au- 

 gust 21. Swept from grass in low ground. 



