THE iA)N(i-ii()K.\i;i) \V(»()i)-H(tKi\(; m;i;'n,i;s. 



10:?7 



Fig. 442. (After (iissler in 

 Fifth Rep. U. S. Ent.CoMiiii.) 



I'.'li (f.lT'.i). Xvi.oi i;i ( II 1 s (iii.oM.s l'';ili., Sysl. lOuf., 

 17!)S. ;»i. 



El(>uy:iU\ sk'iuler. siilicyliiHlrical. I'.l.-R-k oi' brown, 

 imbesceut above ami bcncalli witli yclldwisli (ir wbitisb 

 bail's; tbos(> arran.i^od In rofiii vci'y variable iiiai-kiiii,'s. 

 Those on tbora.x arc usually fDUf or si\ small spols. 

 two on base, two near aiK'x aiul ol'toa two iiear niid- 

 (llo; Iliosi' on elytra cuiislstinij: of a semicircular, sub- 

 bumeral line enclosing a brown liumeral spot, two 

 broad, pale crossbars and a smaller spot at apex. Tbt>- 

 ra.x^ cylindrical. Imiuer lli.an wide, rougbly and coarse- 

 ly punctate. I,en,i,'tli n Ii". nun. I I'Mg. 442.) 



'riii'oMohoiit the State; coiniiioii. -Itine 8-Oc- 

 tol)(U' If). Iioatcii fi-oiti veu'ctntion. Breeds in 

 oals'. iiiaple and l)eorli. 



r.MS ((;is;>). XYi.oTiaxins ixnuTATTs Say, Long's 

 E.xjicd.. II, ISIM. 2!H ; ibid. 1. 111). 

 Elongate, rather slender, snbcylindric.al. lilack or 

 darlc brown; elytra marked with yellow jinbescence as follows: a narrow 

 stri]ie extending from scntellnm along- thesuture to middle, thence curving 

 and angulate to outer margin, a short crossbar near lunnerus, a snba])ical 

 band and an apical curved line; these markings often brolcen into dots. 

 Length 11-21 mm. 



One specimen in Webster collection laltelled "Ind." Its range 

 is given as the entire United States. Var. fusois Kirby has the 

 sides of thorax covered M'ith pubescent blotches and the elytral 

 bands wavy. In var. hiterruplus I^ap. the bands of elytra are 

 greatly obscured by a sprinkling of white hairs. 



XXXII. Xeoclytt^s Thoni. ISfiO. CGr., ''new + noisy.") 



Slender bodied, subcylindricai species of medium size having the 

 thorax with short transverse ridges or with a broad, longitudinal 

 ridge, composed of many minute cross-ridges ; antennii" short, usu- 

 ally less than half the length of body. Four species have been taken 

 in the State, while two others perhaps occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF NEOCIA'TUS. 



n. Middle and hind femora spinose at apex. 



1). Thorax with a Icmgitudinal elevated ridge, minutely rugose on its 

 crest ; antennae filiform, 

 c. Thorax with apical basal and middle pubescent yellow bands; scn- 

 tellnm elongate-triangnl.ir. the apex rounded. 



1919. SCUTELIAKIS. 



cc. Thorax with a]iic;il and basal bands only; scutellum transverse- 

 oval. 1920. ijTscus. 



