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FAM IL^ I, II. — CKKAMBVCJD.K. 



l'.)."')2 (GoT.)). Leptuka NiTENvS Fdi'st.. Nov. Si)ee. 

 Ins.. 1771. 45. 

 Elongate, robust. Black : IxkIv ht'iieatli. mar- 

 ccins of thorax and four elytral bauds densely 

 clothed with .u;()l(len yellow i)ubescence : antenn;e 

 (lark reddish-brown; lejis i)ale reddish-yellow. 

 Thorax convex, with transverse impressed lines 

 before and behind. Elytral l)ands broader at 

 I he suture, the basal one curving outward and 

 forward to enclose the humerus; tijis of elytra 

 obli([uely truncate and subemarginate. Length 

 Ki-i:? nun. (Fig. 4.51.) 



Lake and IMarshall counties; scarce. 

 June ll-June 15. Beaten from foliage of 

 Fig. 451. X 3. (Original.) cak. List'^l as //. zphrci Oliv. 



1!)5.'> (Goll). Leptc'ra ciialyd.ea Ilalil.. Trans. Anier. Phil. Soc. X, 1.S47. GO. 



Elongate, rather slender. Black; elytra steel blue, shining. Thorax 

 sulxiuadrate, convex, not much broader at base Than apex; hind angles 

 small ; surface finely ])unctured. Elytra parallel, rather coarsely and sparsely 

 punctured; tips rounded, not widely separated. Length G-7 mm. 



Posey County; rai'c. June 25. ['; n^es from New York and 

 1*( nnsylvani-i to Iowa. 



T.t.54 (G'tllM. LKPTrK.\ capitata Xewui.. Entoinologist. 1S41. 71. 



Elon.gate. slender, jiai'allel. Black; head and thorax red. Thorax con- 

 vex; sides rounded, narrowed in front, hind angles small; surface finely 

 and rather sparsely punctate. Elytra much more coarsely and sparsely 

 innictured. the tips subtruncate. Length G..5-r» mm. 



Lawrence and Pos(\v counties; scarce. April 26-July 10. 

 Taken from Mowers of wild plum. 



1955 (G;n.'>). Lkptika amkkicana Hald., Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, X. 



1S47. G.-i. 



Form of cdjiifatd. Itlack : head and thorax red. with fulvous hair. 



Thorax convex, strongly widened behind the middle, finely and si)arsely 



punctate. Elytra iiarallel, densely not coarsely inmctured. T,en.gth S-0 mm. 



Recorded l)y Leno^ from Indiana, Oiiio and southward; also by 

 Dnry from Cincinnati. 



L. f.ri(/ua Newm.. t)lack'. leiis in part pal(\ thora.x sometimes yel- 

 low with a hlack discal s|)ot. leuiith 5.5-7 inm., is a memher of the 

 Alleghanian fauna I'ccorded from noi'tliern Tlllinois. 



1{)5(; (G.'>iG). Lkpiiua si i!Ai;(a:x taia Kirby. Faun. Itor. .Vnicr.. W. ls:>7, 

 1S4. 



I'longate. slendei-. jiai-.-illel. ( 'oloi- given in key. Thorax bell-sliaiml. 

 more ejongalc .and slender than in iii iiihihi . its snrf.ace densely, rather linely 

 jtunctati'. l-;iy1r;i nioi-c coarsely .and s|iarsely pniiclate. the tips rounded. 

 TiCu.gth G 7.." mm. 



.Marion ;iiid ( 'fawl'ord counties: scarce. -I line l-.lnne 8. Otu" 



