THE MKTAMilC W()()|)-I{()KIN(J lU'lK'l'hKS. 785 



dorsal iiuHliau spare of Uiorax. suture and narrow side inai-.n'ms of elytra 

 cupreous; beneath jireenisli, tiu.u'ed with eui)reous. Thorax one-third wider 

 than lous, sides nearly straight, disk coarsely, densely and unevenly punc- 

 tured. Elytra each with four sparsely punctured narrow raised lines, the 

 liroader intervals densely and reticulately punctured. Tips together rounded, 

 not dentate. Ix^ngth 13-17 nun. (Fig. 299.) 



Putiiniti Jiiid Lake couiitios; scarce. Fel)rii;)ry IG-Jiine 21. 



V. CiNYi^\ Lap. & Cory. 18:57. (Cr., "the lyre.") 



To this o-enus heloniis a siiiolc ratlier small ol)Ioii«i- species, liav- 

 ino- the i)()res of the aiilenna' in pits on the end of the joints and 

 the prostei-nal spine ;;cnte at ap(\\. 



1493 (4G15). Cknyka (;i:.\cii.ipes Melsh., I'roc. L'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 



1844, 145. 

 Elongate-oblong, slender, subdepressed. Above dull fuscous, obscurely 

 lironzed; beneath cupreous. Thorax quadrate, a fourth wider than long, 

 sides straight, ai)ex truncate; disk coarsely and roughly punctured and with 

 a distinct median groove. Scutellum triangular. Elytra feebly striate, the 

 strije punctate, disk with two subobsolete impressions, one before and the 

 other behind the middle; intervals alternately a little elevated; tips nar- 

 rowed but not prolonged, feebly bidentate. Length 10-11 mm. 



INFarshall, IMarion and Posey counties ; scarce. June 6-June 12. 

 Beaten from branches of oak along the border of low woods. 



VI. .ArELANOPiiiLA Esch. 1S29. (Gr., "black + love.") 



This genus is separated from Anthaxia only by the characters 

 given in key to genera. One species has been taken in the State 

 and two others perhaps occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF MELANOPHILA. 



it. Elytra acute at tips; first joint of hind tarsi equalling the next three 



in length. 



h. Fi'ont sparsely punctured: elji:ra with yellow^ spots. 1494. notata. 



hh. Front densely punctured; elytra without si)ots ; sides of thorax 



obli(pie behind, the disk widest in front of middle, appendiculata. 



««. Elytra rounded at tips; first joint of hind tarsi not longer than the 



next two ; thorax coarsely punctured ovei- its entire surface ; tip of 



prosternuni broadly triangular. ^neola. 



1494 (4017). Melanophila notata Lap. & Gory, Mon. Buprest, I, 1837, 4. 

 Elongate, depressed. Black; head and thorax shining; elytra less shin- 

 ing, each marked with yellow as follows: a short stripe near middle of 

 base which curves inward and terminates near suture in a rounded spot, 

 the latter sometimes separated; a short bar on apical third and often a 

 small spot on middle neai- margin. Thorax one half wider than long, sides 



