1154 



I'AMiLN 1,111. - f!iiins().Mi';iji>.i;. 



2137 (6790). Leptinotaksa juncta Germ., Ins. Sp. Nov.. 1824, 590. 



Form of the iirecwliuK. 

 which it res('iiii)les very dose- 

 ]y. Distingulsliod mninl.v by 

 the <-li;i meters given iu key. 

 The I't'inorii are marked on the 

 outer side near apex with a 

 Ijjack siJut. Length 10-12 mm. 

 (Fig. 498.) 



I'litiiani, Lawrence, 



Knox, Crawford and Posey 



counties; scarce. June 10- 



Hopteinber 21. Feeds on 



tlie horse-nettle, Sohiiiuiii caroUitcnse li. and different species of 



^■ronnd-clien-y (PJnjsdlis) . A member of the Austroriparian fauna. 



Fig. 498. a, eggs; b, larva; c, beetle; d, elytra; c, front leg of 

 beetle. (After Riley.) 



XXX VT. ZvGOGRAMMA Chcv. 1S84. (Gr., " yoke + together. " ) 



To this genus, as at present limited, belong about a dozen of the 

 species formerly listed under Chrysoniela. All of these but one 

 occur in the Western and Southwestern States. They are oval, 

 convex forms of medium size, having the elytra marked with spots 

 or stripes; last tarsal joint toothed l)eneath; tarsal claws narrowly 

 separated and connate at base, whence the generic name. 



*213S (6799). Zygogramma sutukalis Fabr., Syst. Ent, 1775, 95. 



Oval or snbglobose, convex. Brown, feebly bronzed ; el.\ - 

 (ra yellow, with the first and second intervals and a l>road 

 discal stripe dark brown; epiplenra pale with dark uiai-giiis. 

 Thorax three times wider than long, s])arsely and coarsely 

 pinutured. Elytra coarsely punctured on disk, more iii i U 

 on sides, the punctures bordering the sntural brown stripe 

 in rows, the others scattered. Length 5.5-6.5 mm. 



Throughout the State; fre(pient. April IS-Deccm- 

 ber 10. Occui's in spring on ragweed in low' moist 

 places and on flowers of goldenrod in antunm. In var. ca;>fa 

 (Pig. 499), the subsiitnral dark' stripe is often divided to 

 middle and the discal stripe wlioll\'. or to near a|)e.\'. 



Rogers 



Rogers 

 ])ehin(l 



XXXVIT. CAi;iii(;KAi*ii.\ Kiich. 1S47. ((Jr., "beautiful + writ- 

 ing. ") 



Form o\al or rounded, convex ; size iiicdiuni or rather small; last 

 tarsal .joint not toothed beneath; claws widely separated. Eight 



