Tin; I'll.l'.KLlK!^ OK I.IGIITNINC l'.l(;S. 



813 



ir.ll ( ITSS). i;i;i).s MiNhi.s S;iy. r.nsl. .louni. Xiil. Ilisl.. I. is."'.."., l."..".; itiid. 



II. (•.:;:{. 



Uesomlilcs llu' lu-cicdiiii: but niucli siiialU-r and with under side (if 

 body red or scarlet : antenna' blaek, the two basal joints searlet; ventral 

 segments and tarsi dften dusky. Length 6 mm. 



A species of soutlierii range described by Say from Posey 

 County. Taken liy Diiry in-ai' Ciiiciinial i ; not represented in the 

 colleeti(-n at hand. 



ir>42 i47s'.M. lines s( i i.i'Tii.is Say. loc cit.. l-'f. ; ibid. 11, 033. 



Kloni^ate. slender, subdepressed. T.lack 

 (ir picei.us: tlKirax rcdilisli-yi'llow. ns\ially 

 with a blackish siiot .m disk. Antennie elon- 

 gate, slender, third joint luit little shorter 

 than fourth, se^•(lnd niiiuitt'. abnut one-third 

 the length of third. Fnmt middle cell of tho- 

 rax quadrate, earinate; hind middle cell nar- 

 row. Elytra each with four strong discal 

 eostie; the lateral edge and sutural line 

 raised; intervals each with a double row of 

 alternating in-egular cells. Length 5-7 mm. 

 (Fig. 314.) 



Vigo and Posey eou'ities; seare(\ 

 June 3-Jnne 22. Beaten fi-oni leaves of 

 hickory and ironweed. 



Fig. .314. (OriginalO 



1543 (4790). Eros humeralis Fab.. Syst. Eleut, II, 1801, 111. 

 Resembles thoruciciis in color. Iml distinguished by having six cells 



on thorax, the middle front one with sides indistinct but with a strong 

 central carina; hind middle cell narrow like a channel; second joint of an- 

 tenna? more than half as long as third. Length S-10 mm. 



lake. Kosciusko and Posey counties; rare. May 28-June 3. 

 Described by Say from Posey ("t)unty under tlie s])ecific name 

 ohJiquiis. 



1544 (47!)1). Eros TRiLixK.\Trs Melsh.. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. II, 



1845. 303. 



Elongate-oblong, depressed. Black or ijiceous. often with a rusty or 

 reddish-brown tinge; sides of thorax dull yellow. Walls of front row of 

 thoracic cells obliterated, only the median carina remaining; hind row of 

 cells consisting of a very narrow median and two large lateral ones, the 

 latter defined in front by tlie usual oblique transverse ridge, which is not 

 comidete. lllyira nicii witli three cost;e; the lateral edge and suture raised, 

 the usual tirst costa of disk indistinct ; intervals each with a double row 

 of quadrate cells. Length 5 7.5 mm. 



Jackson. Crawfird and l*osey counlies; scarce. .June 24- 

 Jnlv 20. 



