I'lIK l,i:.\l'' HKKTI.KS 



IKi:; 



/(. 'I'liird Jdiul tiT niilciiiiio shorti'i' tlinii fciirlli; size Inr.i^or, 7 or 

 iiKin- mill. XLIV. Tkikhahda. 



hli. 'I'liird joint of niitciiii.T loiiiior tii.iii foiirtli; siunlU'r, not 

 ovor (i.G mm. XLW (jALiiKUcici.iA. 



(/(/. AnhMin.-i' not reachinii middle of liody, lliird Jnint lon.irer tlian 

 fourth; tarsal claws narrowly Itilid in males, simple in fe- 

 males. MO.NOXIA. 

 re. Tibia', in part at least, with terminal spurs. 



/. Middle and hind lihia' with terminal spurs; anieima' similar in 

 the sexes; elytra jrreeiiish or -reeiiish yellow, usually with 

 hlaek spots or stripes: ihoi'ax usmilly with two fovea- or jiits. 



Xr.VI. DiAiMioru A. 



//. All the tihiie with miiiule terminal simrs; tifth to seventh joints 



of antenna' broadly dilate<l in male; elytra sliinin.i; hluish-.irrecni 



with a narrow yellow border. XLVII. Pahaiiuahus. 



(/(/. Claws of tarsi appeudiculate. 



/. Epijilenra not distinet; tihia^ without spurs; color black and yellow. 



XLVII I. PllVI.LORROTK'A. 



,//. Epipleura well defined. 



/,-. Tibi:e with simrs; elytra black or bine. XFJX. Lvperodpis. 



A/,-. Tibi;i? without spurs; elytra black and yellow. 



L. Phvllecthkis. 



XUI. Ckkotoma (Miev. 1S:U. (({r., "liorn joint.") 



To tliis o'entis l)el(;iios ;i siiiirle rathei' sninll, oval species, having 

 the antenna' slendcM-, first joint ratliei" lotiu'. second short, third 

 nearly as lone- as first, i'omili shorler. 5-11 nearly equal ; first joint 

 of hind tarsus as lono- as the Inllowino' joints toii'etlier. 



*2155 (6845). Cekotoma trifikcata Forst.. Nov. Sp. Ins., 1771, 20. 



Oval, narrower in front, moderately convex. 

 Body beneath and head black; above dull yellow. 

 rarely reddish, the elytra usually with black basal 

 and side margins, the latter extending nearly to 

 apex and with three black spots on each side of 

 and close to suture, the hind one the smaller ; the 

 spots and border often in part lacking, sometimes 

 to such an extent as to leave only the scutellum 

 black; antenn;e and legs yellow, the tibia^ and often 

 the femora in part black. Thorax nearly twice as 

 wide as long, slightly narrowed in front, margin 

 broader near base; disk very finely and sparsely Fig 506. (After Chittenden in 

 punctate. Elytra with irregular rows of fine, rather »"••• IX, New Ser., U. S. Div. 

 distant punctures. Length 3.5-5 mm. (Fig. 500.) 



Tliroujihoiit llic State: freijuctit. Fehrnary 21-0et<)l)ei- IS. Hi- 

 bernates in small ntiuilurs Ix-ncatli loti's and other cover in low, 

 moist places. Occurs in sunnner on bush-clover (Lespedeza), tick 



