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IMarslialK JMni'ion ami Laurence counties; scarce. ]\Iay 26-June 

 24. Occurs on lia/el and oak foliage. 



D. fcsfarca Kii'l)y is a lioreal species whicli may occur in nocth- 

 ern Indiana. 



1790 ( ). Die iiELONYCiiA DiLUTA Fall. Tniiis. Amer. Eiit. Sue, XXVII, 



1901, 283. 

 Elongate, parallel. Pale, dull yellow; front and thorax sometimes 

 fuscous; elytra feebly tinged with green. Glypeus more strongly reflexed, 

 less dei'sely and more deeply punctate than in cJ'iiifiuta. tl»e sutural line 

 distinctly impressed. Thorax rather sparsely and coarsely punctate, sparsely 

 pubescent, its sides strongly suhangulate. Elytra coarsely and roughly 

 punctulate. Inner spur of hind tibiu^ of mule distinctly broader :ind more 

 obtuse than in elongata. Length 8.5-9.5 mm. 



Starke and Ci'awford counti(^s; scarce. May 2r)-.!unc 27. 

 Beaton from oak shrubs. The clypeus in all tlie foiu- specimens at 

 hand is distinctly and abruptly i)aler than the vertex. 



DicuELoxYCHA ELONGATA Fab.. Syst. I'^ut.. I, 1798, 170. 



Elongate, parallel. Head and thorax piceous or 

 dark reddish-brown. Elytra dull brownish-yellow or 

 darker, more or less tinged with greenish, purplish or 

 bronzed lustre; antenme and legs pale, the apex of 

 hind tarsi and tibia' piceous. Head densely .-ind rather 

 coarsely punctured. '!'hoi';ix with sides sinuate behiii<l 

 the middle, hind angles prominent ; surface densely 

 punctured, si)arsely pubescent, male ; densely pubes- 

 cent, female. Elytra rather coarsely punctured, sparse- 

 ly and finely pubescent. Pygidium and sides of abdo- 

 men rather densely clcthed with long, silvery, scale- 

 lik(> hairs. Len,gth 8-10 mm. (Fig. 370.) 



Throughout tlie State; frequent. Ai)ril 18- 

 July 5. Occurs on flowers of wild plum, wild 

 rose, etc., and on leaves of oak and willow. 



Fig. .370. X 3. 

 (Original.) 



1798 (5003). DiCHELONYCHA ri'scuLA Lee, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 III. 1850, 281. 

 Elongate, slender, parallel. Dark reddish-brown or piceous; elytra with 

 a pale marginal stiape, their surface otherwise uniformly and distinctly 

 bronzed. Clyi)eus concave, the margin moderately retlexed, rather densely 

 and coarsely punctured. Tlan-ax sparsely and rather deeply ])unctured, the 

 intervals between the punctures shining; sparsely pubescent. Elytra very 

 coarsely punctured, sparsely ])ubescent. Length 7 nun. 



Putnam and Crawi'ord counties; rare. I\Iay 27-June 20. 

 I'robahly occurs thi'oiigbout the southern half of State. Readily 

 known l)y its smalbr si/c and dai-k i)ronzed elyti'a witli [)aler 

 marmn. » 



