TJJK MHTALMC ^V(1()^-l{t)KIN<i Bl'.KTLKS. 803 



Group C 



In this group the fourth join! is slender and very similar to the 

 third, the fifth hroadiM- (Fig. 307. Nos. 1 and 2). The species are, 

 for the most part, smaller and more slender, rarely over 6 mm. in 

 length. 



KICY TO INDIANA SPECIES OV GUOIT C. 



a. Hiud angles of thorax not at all carlnatc. 



h. Elytra with pubescent spots or spsioes forninig ;i distiuct desi^Mi ; 

 length 4-4.5 nun. 1;'>--1- subcinctis. 



hh. l':i,vtra wilhont pubescent s]nicos, vaguely costato; thoni.K transverse- 

 ly sirigose and i>unetate; scutelhun carinate ; length 3 mm. 



1525. PUTILLLS. 



(Id. Hind angles of thorax distinctly carinate. 



c. Elytra with pubescent spots; lateral margin of thorax as seen from 

 the side, sinuous ; length 4.5-G mm. 



d. Front convex, not impressed; prosternal lobe deeply emarginate. 



1526. LECONTEI. 



(Id. Front more or less concave and distinctly impressed; prosternal 



lobe very feebly emarginate; last dorsal segment without a 



carina; head roughly strigose. 1527. addendis. 



cc. Elytra without pubescent spots; lateral margin of thorax straight. 



deflexed only in front. 



e. Male with under surface distinctly pubescent, the first two ventral 



segments deeply channeled; thorax without lateral impressions. 



LACrSTBIS. 



ee. Male with first two ventral segments flat or feebly channeled, not 



pubescent ; length 3-5 mm. 



/. Antenna slender, joints longer than wide. 1528. egenus. 



ff. Antennje shorter, the serrate joints wider than long; prosternal 



lobe emarginate. 1529. prsiLLUS. 



1524 (4734). Agrilus subcinctus Gory, Mon. Buprest., IV, 1837, 252. 



Elongate-oblong, moderately robust. Piceous, with faint bronze lustre; 

 elytra with two yellowish pubescent spaces, one extending from humeri to 

 middle, with two interruptions, then turning obliquely outwards; the sec- 

 ond oblifiue, one-fourth from apex. Occiput strigose and with a deep me- 

 dian impression. Thorax one-fourth wider than long, sides regularly curvetl ; 

 disk: with a rather broad but shallow median groove extending the full 

 length and a well marked depression each side ; surface transversely stri- 

 gose at middle, obliquely so on sides. Elytra somewhat dilated behind the 

 middle, tips rounded and serrulate; disk slightly flattened with a vague 

 costa, surface with coarse scales. Prosternal lobe broadly emarginate. 

 Length 4^.5 mm. 



Vermillion, Marion and Vigo counties; scarce. INIay 30-Jnly 

 21. Taken by beating. 



