1()S4 



A.MIIA' I, II. CIlK'A.Min'CID.K 



and l)ur-iiiafiii()l(l (Coreopsis and liidiiis). Talx'cn l)y sweeping 

 these ])lants. 



Trihc \1II. SArKKI>lM. 



Large or medinin-sized, cylindrica) si)ceies having the front flat, 

 (juadrate and vertical; eyes finely granulated, deeply emarginate; 

 ])aipi rather stout, last joint more or less 

 ^^p!>^-^/'-^'^''^^ oval, truncate at tip; antenmv as long as 

 't|lj;£% /^ hody or a little shorter, scape nearly eyl- 



"• '^ -y \'\ indrical, without cicatrix; thorax cylindri- 

 cal, without spines or tuhercles; elytra 

 wider than thorax, rounded (rarely spinose 

 or acuminate) at tip; legs moderate, thighs 

 not cluh sliai)ed; hind tarsi with first joint 

 iiuK h elongated; tarsal claws divaricate. All 

 of our species belong to the single genus: 



LXVin. Sapekda Fal). 1775. (Gr., "a 

 kind of fish.") 

 To this genus, as characterized above, 

 15 Noi-th American species have been 

 Fig. 468. saferdaobiiquai^ay. (After «scril)ed by xMessrs. Felt and Joutel,* of 

 Smith m Fifth Rep u. s Ent Comm ) which eight havc 1)een taken in Indiana, 



while six others may occur. Among them 

 are beetles of much econonnc importance, several being very in- 

 jurious to ap])le trees. Avhile others prey upon the elm, hickory, lin- 

 den and poplar. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF SArERDA. 



(/. Anteniijie plainly annulate. 



h. Head (lo'iily ini](resse(l between tlie (>,ves. 



<■. lOlyti'a (il)li(iu('ly naiTowrd, ending- in ;i spine at tiji; coloi- ycllow- 

 isli-lii'dwn witli font' (•l)li(|uc daii^cr liands. ( Fi.LC. 4(;s.) 



Oin.lQl'A. 



<■(-. Elytra slij:;htly narrowed av tiji and willamt a sjjine; thorax witli 

 three orange yellow lines. 2002. mutica. 



hh. Head ronnded in front. 



(I. Thora.x with a dense line of gray iinlx'scence each side; lilacl';. 

 coarsely pnuclnred. Iliiidy clntlicd with line ash-gray ]iul»escence. 



MCESTA. 



(hi. Thorax with puliescence tniiforni, hlaclv. more hnely imnctiired. 

 densely clolhed thronglinnt wilh gray iiuliescenc(\ 



200."1. { ()\('oi.oi{. 

 (Id. Antenme nnicolori'd. not annidate. 



*Their monograph is a nioJcl (jI ils kind, giviiii!: full dcscripliiin, lifi' history aiul colored fiynre of eaeh 

 species and ils markings. 



