'I'lii': i,(>\(;-ii(M>Ni;i) wooh-iioivInc hkio'I'lks. 1075 



liiP'ly iMiiiclun'd. the .ipir.il lliird mIiii.isI \vitli(iii( piiiicl nrcs ; or often coiirsc- 

 ly. with :ipic;il third dist met l.\ . iniii.t iircd (var. ciiKniis \a'v.). r.ciiuth 

 r> 7 mill. 



'I'lifoil^liniit llic St;il('. rn'(|iii'iil ; iiKifc so ill tlic iHul licrii coun- 

 ties. Ma\- \- -Inly S. IJrccds in apple, liicl:oi-y .iinl lociisi. 'Phis 

 species ;ni(l the pi-eccdinu ;irc very closely eel.-ileil. S;iy ill liis ori^^i- 

 nal (loscriptioii o\' alplid says: "Elytra irre^ulai-ly punctured with 

 a few black dots consisting: of tufts of hairs, ehietly al()u;4' the sii- 

 tiu'e; region of the seiitel dusky: a lilackish marginal ahbreviated 

 line from the humerus:" all of which is true oT fascicularis as above 

 described. 



i'.tST (CJ:!! 1. l.KiiMs iM^cT.VTis Ihild.. TriUis. Aniei-. Phil. Soc, X, tS47, 49. 

 Siualier tlian dlpfnt and dist iiiiiuislied cliieliy by the absence of the iUi- 

 iriilai- hh-ick line of tiie elytra, which is re|ilaced by an ebscure transverse 

 baud of i^ray. 'I'he Idack dots are also fewer in nnniber and smaller. Length 

 4-5 mm. 



Throuiihout the State: rather I'reiiuent in the northern counties. 

 June 5-August 9. 



LIX. Dectes Lee. IS.Vi. (Gr., "given to biting.") 



To this genus l)elongs a single species ranging from New P^ug- 

 land to New Mexico and Colorado. 



19SS (6433). Dectes spinost\s Say. Jonrn. Phil. Acad. N;it. Sei., V. 1X2(5, 

 271 ; ibid. II, 330. 



Elongate, cylindrical. Piceons. densely clothed throughout with short, 

 prostrate, ash-gray hairs; antenujie longer than body, the joints blaclv at 

 tips. Thorax with an acute spine each side near base; surface finely and 

 rather closely punctate. Elytra finely and rather sparsely punctate, each 

 I)uncture bearing a short, suberect, blackish hair, these plainly visible only 

 when viewed from the side. Female with a short, black, exserted ovipositor. 

 Length <8-10 mm. 



AVarren, ^Marion. Vigo and Posey counties, freiiuent: probably 

 throughout the State. June lO-July 28. Breeds in the greater 

 liorseweed and conuuon ragweed. Anihrostia trifida L. and A. arte- 

 Hiisiirfolia Tj.. in the stems of which the larv;T^ hibernate. On the 

 horsew-eed the beetle isusually to tie t'oiuKl resting in the angles be- 

 tween the leaves and stem. 



LX. Leitik'(;ks I'ates. IStiM. ((t1-., '■slender to make.") 



Small somewhat flattened species, havinu- the sides of thorax 

 angulate near or close to the base: antenna* fringed beneath with 



