&'06 FAMILY XXXIX. — BUPRESTID,?^. 



XV. BraciiysSoI. 1838. (Gr.. "short.") 



Ill this genus the bod\- is broadly ovate and siihdepressed ; the 

 presternum obtuse behind. Five species are listed from the United 

 States, three of which have been taken in Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF BRACHYS. 



a. Larger, 5-6.5 mm. ; pubescence of elytra white and reddish-yellow, ar- 

 ranged in three sinuous crossbars ; last ventral segment truncate. 



1531. OVATA. 



(ta. Smaller, not over 4.5 mm.; last ventral segment rounded. 



b. Pubescence of elytra mostly fulvous or reddish-yellow, that on apical 

 third more dense than elsewhere. 1532. .eros-\. 



hb. Pubescence of elytra mostly whitish and arranged as in ovata, thai 

 (in apical third not more dense than in middle crossbar. 



1533. AERUGINOSA. 



1531 (475S). Rrachys ovata Web., Obs. Ent.. 1801, 76. 

 Broadly ovate, obtusely triangular in front, narrowed 



behind. Blackish or purplish-bronzed, head and thorax 

 sparsely, elytra more densely clothed with prostrate 

 hairs ; those on elytra in three irregular bands, one sub- 

 basal, one median and one subapical; the latter forming 

 two crescents; the outer hairs in each band usually white. 

 Occiput and front with a broad and shallow median 

 groove. Thorax more than twice as broad as long, finely 

 and densely punctate. Elytra with widely separated rows 

 of shallowly impressed punctures, and each with a sin- 

 uous raised line or narrow carina extending from hu- 

 merus almost to apex. Length 5-6.5 mm. (Fig. 312.) 



Throughout the State; frequent. ]May 16-July 13. Occurs on 

 oak. in the leaves of Avhich the larva^ dwell. 



1532 (4761). Brachys .icrosa Melsh.. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 1844, 



148. 



Resembles ovata in form and distinguished mainly by the characters 

 given in key. On the apical third of elytra the pubescence covers the en- 

 tire surface and is orange red or fulvous at center and yellowish on the 

 edge. The punctures of elytra are more numerous and irregularly placed. 

 Length 4^.5 mm. 



Throughout the State. fre«iuent; less so in the soutbci-n counties. 

 ^lay 16-June 18. Occurs on oak. hickory and elm. 



1533 (4762). Brachys ^kuginosa Gory, Mon. Buprest., IV, 1837, 335. 

 Differs from wrosa only in its smaller size and in the arrangement and 



color of the pubescence. That of elytra is in irregular, sinuate transverse 

 bands as in ovata, and is mostly whitish-yellow in hue. That on head and 

 thorax is shorter and more sparse. Punctures of elytra less numerous. 

 Length 3.5^ mm. 



