954 FAMILY L. — scakai?/i:td^. 



iina.e'o stMa^e. It sometimos appears in immense nnmhers on roses 

 and various flowers and also on leaves and blossoms of tj'rape, often 

 completely I'liinins' the crop of the latter. Bordeaux mixture is a 

 repellant, but in addition to its use, until after the grapes are set, 

 the beetles should be beaten into uml)rellas and ])urned. 



1801 (5691). Macrodactylus angustatus Beauv., Ins. Afr. et Amer., I, 

 1805, 30. 

 Form of the preceding but somewhat larger. Uniform dull brownish- 

 yellow except the apex of tibiae and apical halves of tarsal joints, which 

 are piceous. Male with prosternal spine short, not visible from the front, 

 the bristles of ventral segments very short. Female with all the hairs of 

 disk of thoi'ax erect, those of the margins recumbent; abdomen with nu- 

 mei'ous erect hairs along the middle, these arising from strong punctures. 

 Elytra with erect hairs near the base. Length 9-11 mm. 



Crawford and Perry counties; rare. ?*lay 2] -June 25. A spe- 

 cies of southern range, belonging to the Austroriparian fauna of 

 the State. 



XXI. DiPLOTAXTS Kirby. 1837. (Gr., "double -f order.") 



Small, oblong, convex species, lirown or piceous in color and 

 having the elytra not sulcate l)ut simply and irregularly punctate 

 or with the punctures of feeble costa^ arranged in rows, the wider 

 intervals being irregularly punctured. The antennas are 10-jointed 

 and only five ventral segments are visible. The body is not broader 

 behind, as in Scrica, and the tarsal claws are cleft or toothed. They 

 occur beneath fiat stones, bark and logs, usually in dry, hilly locali- 

 ties. Three s]iecies have been taken in Indiana, while two otliers 

 may occur. 



KEY TO TNDIAN.V SPECIES OF DIPLOTAXTS. 



<i. Body pulK'Sccnt; elytra wilhout distinct rows of punctures. 



1S02. soRDinA. 

 (to. Body not pubescent above; elytra with sonic of the punctures arranged 

 in rows. 

 h. Thorax with a distinct impression near front and hind angles. 



c. Disk of tliorax unevenly punctured, leaving smooth spaces near the- 

 middle. liberta. 



cc. Disk of thorax densely and more finely punctured. tristis. 



1)1). Thorax without distinct impressions near the angles. 



(L Clypeus semicircular, its front broadly and regularly rounded. 



180.3. harperi. 

 (/(/. Clypeus hemihexagonai. its fi-ont sulisuicate or sliglitiy eniarginate. 



1804. FRONDICOEA. 



