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Fig. 427. (After 

 .Smith in Fifth Rep. 

 U. S. Eiit. Coniin.) 



1.S84 (50!)?,). Phymatodes variabilis Fab., Faun. Suec, 

 192. 

 Eluii.;,'ato-obluiig. Head blackish ; thorax reddish-yi'llow, 

 the disk often darker; elytra yellow, or blue with yellow 

 aloiifr sides; femora usually yellow, often blue. Thorax 

 sparsely and rather coarsely imnctate, both it and elytra 

 witli scattered pubescence. Length 12-13 mm. (Fi.g. 427.) 



.Moiii-dc. Posey and Diihois counties; scarce. May 

 ll-.June ]7. Pr()l)al)ly thr(ms:;'hout the State. The 

 larva:' hreed in oak. 



J 1885 (."•;)'.»(;». riiYMATODES AMCENUS Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. 



W/ Hist., in, 1823, 413; Ibid. II. 193. 



Oblong, slender, snbdepi-essed. Reddish-yellow; elytra 

 bhie, shining; antenn;e, tibi;e and tarsi piceous. Thorax sub- 

 cylindrical, s]iarsely and rather coarsely punctured. Elytra 

 parallel, tips nmnded, surface* with r.-itlier coarse innictures, 

 each liejiring :i stiff, short liair. Length 5-8 nun. (Fig. 

 428.) 



Throiighont the State; frequent. J\Iay 11-June T) 

 Beaten from wikl g'rape. in the st(>nis of wliich the 

 larvae bore; also occurs on flowers of yarrow- and other 

 herbs. 



P. lividiis Rossi., thorax yellowish, darker at sides, PaeJ^r./hfFifth'Re" 

 length 9 nini., is known from "Canada and the I\riddle u. s. Ent. comm.) 

 States." /'. (IhitidialHs Kirby, is said to iidiabit the "United 



States." 



ISSC ((KKj-l). PiiY.MATODES VARiT\s Fab., Spcc. Tus., I. 1781, 

 241. 

 Elongate, rather slender, subcylindrical. Black, pubes- 

 cent with prostrate hairs; thorax at least in part and basal 

 IMirtion of elytra often reddish-brown, the latter each with 

 two narrow whitish crossbars, one curved in front of middle, 

 t he other nearly transverse, on apical third. Thorax rounded. 

 ^y^ \''\ father sparsely and coarsely punctured. Elytra finely granu- 

 *^ '^ l.ite-pnnctate. Length 6-9 mm. (Fig. 429.) 



Clarion C*onnty ; rare. January 17-January 24. 

 Fig. 429. (After '^'^\'t> S[)eeimens presented by Harold Morrison; taken 

 u^s^'nV^o.nnS'' f'^^^^ Cellar where w^ood was stored. 



IX. CATJJDirM Fab. 1775. ((Jr., "beautiful + little.") 



To this genus l)elong six species having the palpi about equal in 

 size; mesosternum obtusely triangular; form flatter than in Phyma- 

 todes and with stouter antenme, especially in male. Three species 

 may be loolced for in Indiana, though but on<^ has been taken. 



