1078 



FA M I I.N' r.II. ("ERAMr5Y(;iD/K. 



distinctly friniiod l)enoath; first joint of hind tarsi as long as the 

 three following nnited. Two of the three recognized species have 

 been taken in the State. 



1994 (6440). IIyperplatys aspersus Say, Journ. I'liil. Acad. Nat. Sci., III. 



1824, 330; ibid. II, 187. 



Elongate, slender. Reddish-brown, densely clothed with grayish pnhes- 

 cence; thorax with four small, round, black spots arranged in a transverse 

 row, the two inner ones the larger ; elytra each with three irregular rows 

 of similar spots and usually a large black blotch behind the middle. An- 

 tennae of both sexes more than twice as long as body. Thorax wider than 

 long, constricted near base, finely and sparsely punctate. Elytra twice as 

 long as wide at base, more coarsely punctured tluui thorax. Length 4-6 mm. 



Posey Connty ; scarce. June 28. Bi-ecds in the twigs of cotton- 

 wood and quaking asp (Popidus) ; also in those of apple. 



1995 (6441). IIyperplatys maculatus Hald., Traus. Amer. Phil. Soc, X, 



1847, 49. 



Resembles the preceding closely. Elytra more sparsely pubescent, the 

 spots much larger and more irregularly arranged, the blotch behind the mid- 

 dle absent; femora re<l at base. Antenna' of male about twice as l<mg as 

 body; of female shorter. Elytra not twice as long us wide, unich more dis- 

 tinctly punctate. Length 4r-G mm. 



Kosciusko, Wells, Perry. Spencer and Posey counties; scarce. 

 i\[ay 12-June 17. Beaten from foliage of shrul)S. 



LXII. GKAPHistTRi's Kirby. 1837. (Gr., "a pencil + tail.") 



Here belong two rather robust 

 elongate species, listed under the 

 name Urographis Horn, and having 

 the antenna? nearly equal in the sexes, 

 joints 3-11 gradually decreasing in 

 ] (Migth ; p r o s t e r n u m of moderate 

 width, with a median groove; elytra 

 -| ( inai-ginate at ti}); thorax with a 

 blunt tubercle at the sides a little be- 

 hind the middle. The ovipositor is 

 much prolonged and the fifth ventral 

 segment is also nearly equally pro- 

 longed to form a shield on its under 

 side. One of the two has been taken 

 p. .,., ,, ,. ,. ,v uii ,iit i'l the State and the other, irianqu- 



Fig. 4(i5. (inip'tiifuru!! Irmnguliftr iiiwl. (Alter ■■' 



Smith in Fifth Rep. U.S. Ent.Coinni.) Jifrr Hald. (Pig. 4fir)), a HK^mber of 



the Austroripariau fauna, i)robably 

 occurs in tlie southern third. 



