'I'lir: i.(»\«;-iii»i;m-'.i> \V(>(mi hokmnc r.i';i':'ri,i';s. 1(|;>1 



Vi<i-o, Lnwi'ciicc ;iii(l ( "i-awfoi'd coiuilics : rr('(ni('iit. May lf)-July 

 22. Ot'cnrs on llowcrs oT s'liiiac and wild livdran.uca. 



Bcllaniird sidhifis Say. clicstnut-Wrdwn to black in line, cls'tra 

 marked with i)ak'r, as shown in Fli:. 4U, 2(1 '21 nun. in Iciiiith, 

 i-anii'es thronghoiit the Eastern I'nitcd Stales and has been recorded 

 from ]\Iicliigan and Ohio. 



XLV. Stkangat.ia Serv. 1S35. (Or., "a rope; or halter.") 



The very slender form, with el\ira tapering- greatly from base 

 to tips will serve to separate the meud)ers of this genus. In our 

 species the last ventral segment of the male is strongly excavated 

 and the sixth and following antennal joints have small oval, de- 

 l)ressed poriferous spaces near the tips. Thorax hell-shaped, much 

 narrowed in front, hind angles prominent, acute, base l)isinuate. 

 Four species have hc^en taken in the State. They occur especially 

 on the tiowers of wild rose, wild hydrangea and other summer 

 blooming plants. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF STRANG ALIA. 



fl. Head and thorax wholly black; elytra dull yellow, with margin and 

 suture blackish. 1941. acuminata. 



(HI. Head and thorax not wholly black. 

 &. Elytra not wholly black. 



c. Elytra dull brownish-yellow, wilh black spots on sides; antennae 



51{^c1j. 1942. FAMELICA. 



cc. Elytra reddish-yellow, with three black crossbars; antennae red- 

 dish-yellow. 1043. LUTEICORNIS. 

 bl). Elytra wholly black. 1044. bicoi.or. 



liUl (62S2). Stkangalia acuminata Oliv., Ent., IV, 1795, 73. 



Elongate, very slender. Uniform black e.xcept the elytra, which are 

 (lull yellow with black suture and side margins; under surface rather 

 densely, upper more sparsely, clothed with yellowish prostrate pubescence. 

 Thorax finely and rather densely punctate, the median lobe of base smaller 

 than in famelica. Elytra sparsely and rather coarsely punctured, tips less 

 acuminate and more distinctly truncate than the next. Length S-10 mm. 



Crawford County; scarce. June 26-June 28. Much snuiller 

 and more slender than famelica. . 



1942 (G281). Strangalia famelica Newm., Entom., 1841, G8. 



Elongate, slender. Above dull brownish-yellow, clothed with brighter 

 yellow pubescence; antenmi-. two I)road stripes on thorax and usually some 

 spots on sides and a band near apex of elytra, black; under surface usually 

 dark; abdomen, sometimes, and legs p:irtly dnll yellow. Thorax with sur- 

 face, as well as that of elytra, rather si)arsely and coarsely punct.'Ue. Hind 

 tarsi with third joint .strongly emarginate. Length 12-14 mm. 



Throughout the State, frequent; more so in tlie southei-n coun- 

 ties. INlay 80-July 27. 



