TiJi; lii'iAi'' uKirn.ios. 



Ill 



KKV TO INDIANA Sl'l'X'llC.S l)l' I.K.MA. 



(I. lOl.vli-a with tlic iiiiilli sti-i;i ciitiri^. 

 h. Klyti-a wImiII.v dark blue. 



('. Head red, witli (wo tiiluM'clfs oil vortex; aiilciiua-, Ic.us and alulo- 



meii black. -'»l""'- imunmcoii-is. 



cc. lU'ad lilack. without tiihcrrlcs ; tinrrax red. L'OIT. (om.ahi.s. 



hh. lOlytra roddish-.venow. with three hknck strii>es. li(>4S. tkimnkata. 



tin. lOlytra witli the niiitli stria interrniited. 



d. Elytra reildisli-yellow. spotted with lilark. 



r. Lai-irer. C imii. ; spots on tlie disk of elytra. Ci-piNi tatA. 



(■<■. Smaller, l..". .% iniii. : spots coiiinion. crossinii the siitiir<". 



L'04'.>. Ai.iii.M. 

 ihl. Klytra blue: thorax red. with a ceiilral hhick spot. liO.")!!. sAVt. 



L'OlCi ((i.'iC.ri). ]>K.MA HUr.NNK <)1 lis Lac., Moll.. 1, ISdl. '■'>><-. 



I'lloiiirate-ohloiiL:. Head, thorax and under surface, except abdomen, 

 red: color of other jiarts iriveu in key. Thorax V(>ry liiiely punctulate. with 

 a few coarse ininctures on sides near apex and on median line. Leiij;tli 

 4 4.5 mm. 



L;ike, Steiilicii ;iii(l ^hirsliall counties; rare .liuie 12-.Iinu' 27. 

 Taken hy sweepiiiii' hef!»au(- in ^aiiiarack swami). ("rotcli records it 

 fi'oui the Southern States, so tliat it iirohalily occurs tln-oue-hout In- 

 diana. 



L'U47 ((;.")<;TK Lkma coi.i.aris Say. Jouni. I'liil. .\cad. Nat. Sci., 111. is-_':i. 

 4:'.0; ibid. II, 203. 



Kloiiiiale-obloni;. I'.lack ; thorax red; elytra dark- iireeiiish-bliie. An- 

 tenna' shorter than in the precedinij; ; vortex with a median irroove. Tho- 

 rax short, very liiiely and sparsely iiuiictate. Length l.-'i •"> mm. 



Ttifoifjhout the State; IVeiiuent. .A!ay ll-.luly 1. Occurs es- 

 |M ;-iall_\ en the s|)i(h'i'\\ ort. Tradi sraii' id rn'tji iiiaiid L; also on other 

 h)\v herbs in moist, saJidy localities. 

 L'(>48 (G5T3). Lema tbilineata Oliv.. Ent., VI, 180S. 730. 



j:iongato-ol)long. robust for the genus. Reddish-j^ellow ; 

 elytra somewhat ]ialer. with sutnrnl margin and rather wide 

 stripe on sides black; antenna^ (except basal joints), tips 

 of tibife and tarsi, blackish. Thorax usually with two black 

 spots on disk, strongly constricted at middle, smooth except 

 a few coarse punctures on sides near apex, limer rows of 

 elvtral punctures indistinct on apical half. Length 0-7 mm. 

 (Fig. 479.) 



Throughout the State; f refluent. April 19-July 25. Occurs on 

 the foliaij-e of various Solauaeeous herbs, especially that of ])otato. 

 Sometimes called the '"old-fashioned potato becile," but that name 

 in Tndi:ina is usually applied to "blister lieellcs" of the <i'enus Epi- 

 ciiiihi. MaliuL;' -lune S, 

 l:o4!> ((;.".7r.b). Li:ma ai.iuna Lac. Mon., I. l.S4r». 4!»2. 



Elongate-oblong. Koddish-yellow ; antenme, le.gs (except base of fe- 

 mora) and sides of metasternum, blackish; elytra with a small spot on 



