'I'lIK !,<).\(MI(tK'NKl) \V(>(»l)-l{<~H{lNr. HI':!''/!'! -KS. 1(U!1 



('. pichi IIjiM. Iciis^tli l-'I mm., is kiKiwii \'vt)\\\ New York, IV'im- 

 sylvania jmkI South ("jii-olitin. (\ st{l>Jiiu<ilii Ijcc, (hii'k pie.oous, 

 length 14 uiin., lias hccii I'croi-dcd I'l-om ( "iiiciiinati. 



PacJiyia monticohi Kand., black, olyti-a dull yellow with tii)S 

 and fonr ])lack spots in a line near sutm-e, l('iis»;tli 9 mm., and P. 

 Uturadi Kii-hy. clxlra eiitir'.'lN lilack, of dull yellow will) hlaek spots. 

 length 15-18 nnn., are hotli members of the Ti-ansition life-zone and 

 may oeenr in the northern eonnties. 



Aullioplulax viridis l^ec. elytra greenish-blue. le,L;s black, and 

 A. malacliillrKs ITald.. cupreous-bi-onzed to l)lne, legs pale, length 

 13 mm., may also occur in the northern third of the State. 



XLIIT. AcM.T.ops Lee. 1850. (Gr., "point + eye.") 



Species of small or medium-size, having the eyes small, not 

 emarginate; antenna^ about the length of body, the fourth joint 

 slightly shorter than tliird ; thorax variable in form, the disk either 

 distinctly angulated or rounded, not tuberculate. Many of the 

 species vary much in color, so that the synonymy is very much 

 mixed. But two species liave been taken in the State, though three 

 others perhaps occur. 



KKY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF ACMiEOPS. 



a. Front and moutli not greatly prolonged. 



h. Form short, stout; hind tarsal joints stout, equally pubescent be- 

 neath; antennse stout; sides of thorax concave behind the middle, 

 the angle distinct. 1938. bivittata. 



hh. Form slender; hind tarsal joints slender, the last one only pubescent 

 beneath ; antenna? slender. 

 c. Disk of thorax convex, not channeled, sparsely and finely punc- 

 tured; elytra rounded at tips, dull yellow with suture, dorsal 

 stripe and side margin black. 1939. directa. 



cc. Disk of thorax flattened behind and prolonged each side into a 

 tubercle ; elytra truncate at tips. 

 (1. Black ; elytra opaque, base, side margins and sometimes the su- 

 ture, bright red ; tubercles of thorax conical and on the sides. 



DISCOIDEA. 



d(L Black; elytra shining, black striped with dull yellow or fuscous; 

 tubercles of thorax obtusely rounded and on disk. proteus. 



(ta. Front and mouth greatly prolonged; black, elytra black, fuscous or 

 dull yellow, sometimes with dorsal stripe and tips fuscous. 



PRATENSIS. 



