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FAMILY iJii. — cttrysometjo.t:. 



C. hinata Fab., form of pnvcelsis, reddish-brown, elytra yellow 

 with the nsiial l)rownisli stripes, is said to oecar "east of the Rocky 

 ^\Ioiintains." 



*l}lo9 (6S01). Cau.igrapha similis Rogers, I'mc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 VIII, 1S5G, a5. 



Oval, convex. Brown, feebly bronzed; elytra pale with a Inroad sutnral 

 stripe and a discal stripe brown, the latter broadly notched near middle 

 on enter side. Thorax nearly three times as wide as long, very coarsely 

 and sjiarsely pnnctnred. First fonr rows of clytral imnctnres mostly regu- 

 lar, the others confused. Length 5.5-7 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. February 21 -July 29. Hiber- 

 nates beneath partly buried logs and rubbish. More common in 

 sandy localities. Often noted crawling over the ground in culti- 

 vated fields and, like other iiiembcrs of the genus, feigns death when 

 disturlied. Eesem])les Z. siifuralis very closely; distinguished by its 

 more oval form and notched discal stripe of elytra. 



*214o ((;sn4 



500. 

 Rogei-s.) 



('Ai.i.KiRAPiiA PR.BCEI.S1S Rogers, I'nic. riiil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 



VIII, 185(;, ::i5. 



Oval, convex. r>ark reddish-brown, bronzed; thorax 

 with sides and front margin reddish-yellow; elytra i>ale 

 with sntni-al and one (iiscal stripe on each brown, the 

 latter much narrowed behind and bro.adly emarginate on 

 outer side. Thorax a little more than twice as wide as 

 long, sparsel.v and coarsely punctured. El.vtra punctured 

 as in similis. Length 7-S mm. (Fig. 5U0. ) 



Vermillion, Vigo and Posey counties; scarce. 

 Api'il ()-l)ecember 21. Occurs on white top in 

 tiniothy meadows. Hibernates. Larger and more 

 I'obust tluin eitlier similis nr Z. siil ii ralis. 



2141 (GS05). CAiJJCiUAPnA elegans Oliv., Entom., V, 1S07, 533. 



Elongate-oval, less convex. lUackish bronzed; thorax i-eddish-yellow 

 with dark inverted W-shaped or transverse spot near, but not reaching, 

 base; elytra pale yellow with a counnon sutural and discal stripe on each 

 bronzed black. Thorax and elytra punctured as in siDiiUs, the yellow 

 stri[)es with finer and more numerous scattered jiuuctures. Length 5-G mm. 



Throughout the State; rre(|ucnt in the noi'thern counties, less so 

 southward. M.u'ch 14~i\ugust 2<). Pi-ohably liibcniates. Occurs 

 beneath inibbish and on vai'ious [)lants, esjx'cially Uioi'duoliwort and 

 goldeni'od. usual 1\ in moist localities. 



