TUE LAMELLICOKN 15KKTLKS. 



997 



XXXVll. EiTPTiORiA Bnrin. 1842. 



(Gr., "woll-^ boarino'.") 



Rather l)i'()a(l, bulky, more or 

 less hairy speeies. haxiiiu' the tlio 

 rax trianunlar and nearly as wide 

 at base as elytra. (i^'i^■. 415. "> 

 Sentelluin distinct: middle ro\:v 

 wi1li an elevation or protuberaneu 

 between them; mandibles feeble, 

 in great part meml)raiious; hist 

 s])iraeh^ phieed midway between 

 the front and hind margins of the 

 segment. Tlii-ee six'cies have been 

 taken in the State, while two others |)erha]>s oeenr. 



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Fifl. 415. Euplturia melancholka Gory. /. 3. 

 (After Forbes.) 



KEY TO l.NDI.VNA .SPICC'IKS OF KITHOHIA. 



(/. Cl.vpeus with four teeth in front; black; elytra .yellowish with black 

 spaces at the humeri and along the suture. aueata. 



nil. (lypeus entire or feebly emarginate, its angles rounded. 

 I). Elevation between the nnddle coxre oval or semicircular, 

 c. Thorax either shining or punctured and pubescent. 

 d. Thorax densely punctured, its surface pubescent; color dark 

 brown, feebly bronzed, with narrow white markings. 



1858. sepulciiralis. 

 (Id. Thorax sparsely punctate, its surface shining, not pubescent; 

 color green tinged with brownish. 1859. fulgida. 



(•('. Thorax opaque, scarcely punctured, not pubescent; color dull green 

 to opaque brown. herbacea. 



1)1). Kleviitiiiu between the middle coxa> transverse; elytra brownish-yel- 

 low with numerous small black spots. 1860. inda. 



E. areata Fab., length 12 mm., is said to oeenr from the ^liddle 

 States westward to Kansas and Texas. 



1858 (5904). Euphoria sepuix^hralis Fab.. Syst. Eleut., II, ISOl, 15G. 



Oblong-oval. Beneath, bronzed, shining, with a violaceous tinge; above, 

 dark brownish-bronzed, feebly shining ; elytra with numerous short, sinuous 

 transverse, whitish lines. Thorax triangular, base emarginate at middle; 

 surface coarsely punctured, more densely on sides, clothed with short, erect, 

 persistent pubescence. Elytra each with two costa^; intervals with numer- 

 ous coarse punctures, these changing on sides to short, deep, transverse 

 wrinkles; tijis subtruncate. distinctly sinuous. Pro- and mesosterna, femora 

 and sides of abdomen hairy. Length 9-i;! mm. 



Thronghout the State; fre(pient. May (i-September 30. Oe- 

 enrs at sap, also on flowers of various kinds, espeeially goldenrod 

 (Solidago) in autumn. Sluggish and feigns death when touched. 



