Tiir; I, A mi: 1.1. ICO i;n i;i';i"n,KS. 



!)s:? 



Throughout the State; eomnion. April 2;^-.hme 15. Occurs on 

 roliiio'c of v;ii-ions sliruhs find nt liji'lit. One specimen ;it haiul has 

 the elytra wholly piceous e.\ce!>t a small space each side near the 

 scutellinii. 



1S3S (5833). Ano.mai.a innuha Fab., Mant. Ins., I. 121'. 



Oval, ratlicr i-olmst. ('elm- very variable, usiially (lull yellow witii tlie 

 I'l-onl. a lai-Lce spnt on tbnra.v and one to llin'e transverse rows of spots on 

 elytra, pieeous; sometiiues wholly black or iiiceous, sliinin.i;. Head rather 

 densely and liiiely imnctured; clypens nearly seniicircnlar in ontline, the 

 sides diverireni behind the nnddle. Thorax one half wider than lonj^, sides 

 • nrve.l: snrf.ice .-o.-irsely and rather dee|dy bnl not densely imnctnred. 

 lOlytra with rows of (■(^•irse. deep, closely jilaced pnnclnres the I'ows near 

 siitnre very ii'i'e^nlar. I'vi^'idinni rnynlost" at base, snioolher at aiie.\. ("law 

 jdint of I'ronl larsus dislinctly toothed lienealh when viewed from side. 

 Length G-T.5 mm. 



Throu.U'hout the Slate: common. ,\ pril I'M— Iul\- 1^1. Occnrs es- 

 ])ccially on the flowers of wild I'ose and .)( rsey Tea and at electric 

 lio-lit. Sja'cimens occui' in which the elytra are wholly pale, dull 

 yellow. Accordinti' to Dr. F. Ohaus, who examined the type of 

 Fabricius. IhiikIxi is the si)ecies comun)nly listed as inutula Btu'm. 

 1)1-. Horn oave iinniha as a (hitibtful synonym in his hiblioo;rai)}iy, 

 ]). KU. hie. cil. \">y. Ohans shows the ti'ue tiiiinild. Burm. to l)e a 

 small form from the Sonthern States, Ijclouj^'ino; to the subgenus 

 li'lioiiihniiji.r, in which the t.ii'sal claws are not cleft. 



1X31) (5S.34). 



.V.\o.MAi..\ c.N'ui lAi'A Melsh 

 1S44. 140. 

 Klougate-oval. Dull lirownisli-yel- 

 iow, bead darker; disk of thorax pic- 

 eons with a greenish tinge. Elytra 

 usually with a curved row of oblong 

 Iiiceous spots (these often confluent) 

 across the middle and another on ap- 

 ical third; abdomen and tarsi partly 

 or wholly piceous. Head depressed at 

 middle of front, the anterior flattened 

 portion and clypeus densely and rugose- 

 ly piunctured : cl.Ai»eus twice as broad 

 as long, its margin narrowly reflexed. 

 the angles broadly rounded. Thorax 

 with sides regularly curved, surface 

 tinely and rather sparsely punctured. 

 Elytra with rows of rather coarse punc- 

 tures, the rows somewhat irregular lu'ar 

 llie suture: intervals e<|ual and nearly 

 Hat. Pygidium rugulose and coarsely 

 punctured. Length 8.5-9.5 nmi. (Fig. 405.) 



Proe. Phil. .\cad. Nat. Sei., II. 



FIk- 40.'). X ■)!. (After forbes.) 



