'I'lii'; i,()N(;-ii()K'Ni''.i) \vo»)i)-i;(>iMN(; lu'.iri'i.i'is. 



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r.)4S (0297). r.EPTlKA EMARfJINATA Filb.. Kill. S.vsl.. II. 1775, .".41. 



Elon^'ato. robust. Color uiven in key. AnlciiiKc feebly sorriilc. Tlio- 

 rax stroiijxly narrowed from liic base, wiiit-b is lyroadly l»nl deeply bisiimale: 

 surfaee sparsely punctured. Klylra \vid»>s( al base. Lrra.lually narrowed be- 

 laud, ti-uneate and eniariiinate al tips. I.eii-lli L'T .".n uiiu. 



One siieeiinen in Dnry (•()llei'ti(m from northern Indian;!. 

 Taken by him also near Cincinnati. Of it \w says: "This fine 

 large species emerges from dead beecli tiinlter in June; the holes 

 are perfectly round and some of tliein one half inch in diameter. 

 :\rany coitu^ from a sinuie tre(>. yet it is very difficult to get speci- 

 mens." 



L. plehcja Rand., length i:^ mm., is a meml»ei- of Ihe .Mh'i^hanian 



fauna, recorded from Michigan. 



1049 (0304). Leptvka SUBIIAMATA Kand.. I'.osl. .louru. 

 Nat. Hist, II, 183S, 44. 



Elongate, rather slender. Male, head and lliorax 

 black; base of legs and discal elytral stripe (oflen in- 

 terrupted) yellow. Female, reddish-yellow, the top of 

 head, a discal spot on thora.x, seutellum, sutural and 

 side margins and transverse median elytral band black. 

 Antenna? filiform. Thorax as in cmargiiutUi. Fifth 

 ventral of male broadly truncate-emarginate and bi- 

 dentate. Length 12-14 mm. (Fig. 450.) 



Steuben County: rare. June 16. Taken 

 from flowers of wild hydrangea. A species of 

 northern range. 

 1950 (030S). 



V\g. 450. Female. X 3. 

 (Original.) 



Lia'TiRA i.im:oi.a Say. Bost. Journ. Nat. 

 Hist.. III. 1S24. 421; ibid. II. 199. 



Elongate, slender. Black, finely pubescent; legs (except tarsi) and 

 elytra dull yellow, the latter with narrow sutural line, a narrow stripe on 

 disk, and a broad one, sometimes broken into spots on sides, black. Thorax 

 densely and finely punctured, feebly impressed, not simnite on sides. Ely- 

 tra with sides subparallel ; surface coarsely, deeply and rather closely imnc- 

 tured; tips truncate, subemarginate. Length S-12 nun. 



Southern half of State: frequent. May 17-.\ugust V.\. Occurs 

 on flowers of various ];in(ls, especially wihl rose and Jersey Tea. 



19.">1 (Or.lO). Leptira ciukxtata Ilald.. Trans, .\mei-. riiil. Soc. X, 

 1847, (;4. 



Elongate-oblong, slender, (^olor given in key; femora red. their tips 

 black. Thorax nearly smooth, strongly and gradually narrowed from the 

 base, which is liisinnate. the tr;ins\-erse basal imprcssidii dec|i. Elytl'a 

 scarcely narrowed beliiiid. cdarsely i)unctur<Ml ; tips roundi-d. widely sep- 

 .-iratod .and m.-irgiiu'd. Ilic miter angle snba<-uiiiinal('. Length 9 nun. 



Vigo County: raro. June 15. Taken fi'om Mowers of flic red- 

 osier dogwood {('oniiis stolonifera Miclix.) 



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