'I'lii') i.()\(i-iiiiK'M:i> WOOD r.oKMNc lii'.iri'LKS. ]iy.V.) 



\'JTJ (tilliS). Nkoci.yi rs capimoa Say, .Icpiiin. I'hil. Arad. Nat. Sri., III. 

 1S24. 4-2 \ ; i 1.1(1. I. 120. pi. .".:;. 

 Elougate, subf.vliiHli'ical. r.lark. tlmi-ax and niulcr siirracc iHilK'scciit 

 with long whilisli hairs; tluirax with Irniit iiiar.^in iiarmw l.v vfilnw m- 

 whitish: cl^ii-a c.-k-Ii with wliitish or ycliciW lines as fulldws : inic ciirviiiu- 

 I'roiii sciilclliiin iia<k\\ aril. Ihiii fnrward aiuiiL: tlic iiiar.Lriii In hiiiiici-ns, thus 

 rnniiiiiu iicarls a tifcli': a scruinl inverted W'-shaped one just hehiiid the 

 middle .and a tliird uiili<|iie eiie (m .apieal runiMli; lips usually naiTowly 

 edp'd with wliite nv yellow. Length 11^ I'd nun. 



Soullicrn 1\V(i-1hif(ls of S1;i1c. IrcHinciit; probably ttiroii^'liout. 

 .\pril l2;^-()ct()bei' 11. Till' lai\;c hrciHl in asli, cliu and hickoi'V, and 

 the ndtills occni' on the tfiinks of th(>se trees of on llower.s. Say in 

 bis original description says that the "'tips of elytra ace eiiiarginate 

 with a prominent s])ine at the e.xternal an<i,'le," which is not true of 

 any speciiniii I have seen, noi' is this charactei' shown in his figure, 

 in all Indiana specimens at hand the puliesccnt lines of tliora.x and 

 elytra are white, not yellow. 



X. )in(ric(il uhis Ivirby, l)lack or brown with white markings, 

 leniith 7-1(1 iimi.. ran-^cs fnuii \ew l^jUgland to Louisiana and Cali- 

 foi-nia. \. h)ii;iii)(s Kirby, more slendei", black with wdiite mark- 

 ings, moi'e distinct on l)ase of elytra, lengtli 9-11 mm., is known 

 from Vii'ginia, Texas and Canada. 



XXXIII. CLYTANTiirs Thorn. lS(i4. (Gr., "noisy.") 



In this genus both the fi'ontal carina of head and the transverse 

 ridges of thorax are lacking'; the side ])ieces of metathorax are nar- 

 row and the eolor blar-k banded with white or yellow. Two species 

 are known from the eastern United States and Indiana. 



1923 (G207). Clytanthis lUKicor.A Oliv.. Ent.. IV. 1805. 70. 



Elongate, rather robust, suhcyliiulrical. Pdaek ; thorax with a yellnw 

 inargiual line, interrupted at middle of base: seutellum and niarkintrs nf 

 elytra bright yellow; the latter consisting of an oval oblique spet en basal 

 third, a strongly angulated band extending frnm suture backward ti) mid- 

 dle, thence forward and outward to near the margin, and an obliiiue bar 

 behind the middle; antenn:e and legs reddish-brcwn. I lie clubs ef femora 

 blackish. Thorax subglobose. finely granulate. lOlytra rounded at tips, n it 

 sjiinose. [,(Migth S-14 nun. 



Throughcmt the State; scarce. ]May 10-July 1. Beaten from 

 elm. 

 1!)24 (020S). rr.YTAXTTir.s Ai.r.oFAsciA'irs T.ap.. Mon.. bSr.T. OO. 



Elongate, slender. suln-yliiidiical. r.lackish-brown ; elytra each with a 

 narrow oblique line on basal half, a long, curved, narrow band behind the 

 middle and the apex, whitish pubescent; antenna' and legs dark reddish- 

 lir()wn. Length S-10 mm. 



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