TITfO TiKAF BKKTF.F.S. 



111;^ 



bb. Front ('(i.\;i> S(']i;ir;ilt'd li.v tlu> iiroslcriuiiii ; I'onii sliorl, robust; eyes 

 oval, iidi (Mii.ir^iii.itf ; cdldr (in our s]iofies) iiiiilnriii blackish. 



\'I I 1. ("oSCIXOl'TKItA. 



(la. 'I'arsal c-laws aitiK'udiculatc ; ryes ciiiariiiiiatc ; vnUn- black willi I'cd or 

 yellow olytral spots. 

 c. Ei)ii>loura broad in front: oiyira (in <pnr spocics) cacb wilh liunicral 

 and apical reddish spots. IX. I'..\1!IA. 



cc. Epiplcnra narrow; elytra each with ininieral spot only. 



X. S.WINIS. 



VII. Anomolv Lac. 1849. (Gr., "mil ike") 



One species occurs east of the ]\lississippi. The male has the an- 

 tenna^ more deeply serrate and front tibia^ longer than in female. 



2051 (6579). Anomcea laticlavia Forst., Nov. Spec. Insect., 1771, 27. 



Elongate, subcylindrical. Head, thorax and femora reddish-yellow; 

 elytra paler j^ellow, the sntnre and outer margins narrowly lujrdered with 

 black; antenme, tibia^ and tarsi nsnally blackish; nnder snrface, except 

 prosternuni, black, densely clothed with gray pnhescence. Thorax more 

 than twice as wide as long, sides rounded, hind margin sinuate, surface 

 smooth. Elytra finely and indistinctly punctate. Length 7-8 mm. 



Sotithern two-thirds of !~>tatc; fre(iuent. I\lay 19-June 20. Oc- 

 cttrs on ragweed {Ambrosia) ; also on flowers of Jersey tea and other 

 herbs. 



VIII. CosciNOPTERA Lac. 1849. (Gr., "a sieve + wings.") 

 01 the North American species of this gentis all but two occur in 

 the western and southwestern states. One of these is fotmd in 

 Indiana. 



20r)2 (G5!)0). CosciNOPTKRA DOMiNiCANA Fab.. Syst. Eleut., IT, ISOl, 34. 



Oblong, robust. Black, densely 

 clothed on under surface, more 

 sparsely above, with short, prostrate 

 ash-gray pubescence; labrum usual- 

 ly yellow. Thorax evenly and regu- 

 larly convex, as broad at base as ely- 

 tra, more than twice as wide as long, 

 sides rounded ; surface densely and 

 rattier finely punctate, median line 

 smootli. Elytra more coarsely and 

 less densely punctate than thorax. 



Length 4..5-G.5 mm. (Fig. 481.) Fig 481. o, larva extract cd frf 111 ca.'c; f), fame with 



ease; c, beetle, .showing punctures; d, same natural s\ee 



r.,, , 4- <.i 4- 4- 1? e-d^'; c, heetle, .showing punctures; d, same natural si#e 



1 liroUgUOllt tllC otatC; ire- c.eggenlarged;/, head of larva, under side; s, head of iiia\c 



,111011+ I\ro-ir Q1 Ti.lvr "^ n.ifiiivf heetle; A, mandible of same; i, eggs, natural size; J, lego i 



(pKnT. iUa\ .-5 1-.JUIV O. UtUUS i-^rva; t, ni.andihle of same. (After Riley.) 



on the f (ullage of the sour or 



black-gum, Nyssa sylraiica Mai'sh ; also ou oals' and wild grape. 



Tlu' larva» are said to occur in ants' lU'sts. IMating .huie 11. 



