THE ]\ri':TATJii(; wood-hoi^inm; hi^ktijos. 



783 



L;i\vi'(Mi('(' ("ouiiIn': v.wv. .M;iv 11 

 wild cfiil) ;i|ti»l('. 



licjilcii IVoiii hlossoiiis ol; 



111. IN i;c 11, ON (IT A FiScli. ISl'!). ((ii-.. '• \;ii'icu;il('(l ' hack.") 



I iliVi-s rroiii nil -red in liaxiiii;' llu' siMitclliiiii vci'v 1 raiisvei-sc 

 and Irniicalc hchiiid. wilh its hind antiics well inai'ked. The third 

 jdiiil (•!' aiilciina' is twice as loii^' as second; fourth t rian<i,iiia,f and 

 nearly as hi'oad as the fil;'tli. 



14SS (4r)!M). I'(K('iLONOTA evANiPES Suy, Joiirn. I'liil. Ac;ul. Nat. Sci.. Ill, 

 1S23, 104; ibid. II, 106. 



Elousato-ovul. Greeuisli-brassy above, dai-k cni)rooiis beneatli ; aii- 

 teniuc and tarsi bluish-green. Tliorax one-tliinl wider tbau long, side mar- 

 gins feebly rounded, disic with an elevated suidoth median line, sides very 

 coarsely and irregularly punctured. Elytra with numerous sbort, irregu- 

 lar, elevated smooth spaces, between wliicli are coarsely punctured brassy 

 depressions; tips prolonged, somewhat divergent, either entire and tinely 

 serrate, or with two teetli at apex. Length 11-15 mm. 



Nortliern half of Stat(>. scarce; not Taken south of Marion 

 County. I\[ay 2S-July 2!). Occurs on piiu". sycamore and oak 

 trees. 



IV. BupRESTis Linn. 1785. (Gr., "ox i swell.") 



^lediuni-sized species, liavino' the front 

 portion of mentum membranous; scutel- 

 Inm small and rounded. The elytra are 

 KK^lerately narrowed behind and are often f i 

 very prettil\' marked with yellow. Four 

 have been laken in Indiana. Avhile one other 

 may occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF BIPRESTIS. 



«. Presternum not or indistinctly sulcate. 

 b. Elytra with distinct spots. 



c. Elytra green with yellow spots. 



il. Elytra each with a basal stripe, two 



spots behind the middle, and the 



apex yellow. ]4sn. rufipes. 



'/'/. Elytra with a common yellow cross- 



bar behind tlu^ middle, and a yellow J^; ^i^J:';!^jJ:^:tf%J^ 

 spot on each midway between the (-'""'"i) 



bar and apex. (Fig. 297.) fasciata. 



cc. Elytra brassy black, each with four often more or less connected 



yellow spots. 1490. lineata. 



bb. Elytra brassy black without spots. 1491. maculiventris. 



aa. Prosternum distinctly sulcate throughout its full length ; bright green, 



the suture and sides of elytra cupreous. 1492. striata. 



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