Til!'; I, A Mi;ij i(()i;n r.i:i:'n,i:s. ^.)'V\ 



ITliU (~)~>(\rt). Ai'iioDirs i!i( oi.oi! Siiy. Joiiru. I'liil. Acnd. Nal. Sci.. Ml. ISL';;, 

 212; ibid. II, 136. 



<)l»l(iii,iJ:, sli,i,'litly \vi(l(M- licliiiid. su1m1('i»i-(>ss'0(1. ('olcu- i^ivcii in kc.v. ll(>n(l 

 without tiiiici'i-lcs. rntiici' (it'nscly ••nul m.-irscly pmicturcd; clxpciis |pi'n;i(ll.\' 

 ('iuarj;iii;it('. tlio angles oacli side of notch well marked. Thora.x: nearly 

 twice as wide as long, hind angles hi-oadly ronndi'd ; basal marginal line 

 distinct : surface rathei- closely jiuuctate with coarser and liner punctures 

 Intermingled. Klytra as wid(> at Itase as tiiorax: the stria* rather deeji. 

 tinel.v and crenately i»unctured ; intervals convex, sparsely and irregularly 

 punctate. Length 4.5-(> nun. 



Vigo, Orano'c, d'awfiu-d ami I'dsey counties; t'fO(|ii('tit. May 

 l-October 3. Pr()l);i])ly tlirouu'houl tlie State. A rather large, 

 l)nlky species, ri-adily Iviiowii by tin* ])ale under surFac(> and legs. 



ITr.l (nnof)). Ai'UODH s si:ii\Ai, Say. Dost. .l(turu. Xat. Hist., I, 18:;r). 177; 

 ibid. II. (!51. 



Moderately elongate, parallel. Head and thorax i»iceous. their margins 

 paler; elytra dull .vellow. with quadrate black spots arranged in an obli(|ue 

 row extending from base of fifth interval fo near the suture and in a 

 sinuous bajul one-fourth from apex; sides also with a rather broad black 

 st ripe on the seventh, eighth and ninth intcrxa Is. Head coarsely and roughly 

 punctured; clyjiens rather deei)ly emarginate, the angles each side of notch 

 distinct. Thorax neai-ly twice as wide as long, sides nearly parallel; sur- 

 face with coarse and fine jinuctures liitei'minghMl. IClytra linely striate, the 

 stria^ fine, not puncture<i ; iiitcrv.-ils Hat. spai'sely and indistinctly jiuiiclu- 

 late. Length 4..5-5 nun. 



Throughout the State; freijuenl. March 1 1- Xovcuibcr 2S. 

 I*robably hibernates beneath leaves and rnl)l»ish. The black si)<)ts 

 of elytra are sometimes so enlarged as to cover the greater part of 

 the surface. 



*]762 (553(i). ApnoDiis inqvixatus llerbst.. i'^iissl. .\rch.. 17S4. II. (i. 



Oblong, convex. Color as in serral. except that tlu' black spots of ely- 

 tra are often united and more elongate, the middle one of basal half occai- 

 pying parts of the second, third and fourth intervals. Head sparsely punc- 

 tate, more roughly on sides; vertex with three blunt tulu'rcles; clypeus very 

 feebly emarginate. ol)tusely rounded each side of notch. Thorax very 

 sparsely punctate in male, more densely in fennile. lOlytra parallel, striate, 

 the striip finely and crenately inmctured; intervals feebly convex in male, 

 more strongly in female, very linely jmnctate near the stri;e. Length 4.5- 

 5.5 mm. 



Thrnughout the State; common. Fi^brmii-y 12-November 8. 

 Hibernates with and in same ))laces as .1. /biirld)'!}!^ and At(t')iiiis 

 rof/nafiis. Ou the wing by thotisands in late antiniin and early 

 spring. Tntiiuhiced from l'bu"o[)(' ami widely distributed. 



*17(!."'> (5.5t'i.">K APTionu's riatM i xai.is Say. .loiiiai. I'hil. .\cad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 

 1823, 213; ibid. II, i:!7. 

 Oblong-oval, moderately convex. Black, shining; apex of elytra red- 

 dish-brown. Head often with three small tubercles, coarsely punctate, 



