'I'lli; l.KAl' I'.KK'l'M'S. 1 1<)7 



KK1 1(1 I.MHA.XA SIMXIKS OK C A I KUl ( Kl.l A . 



(I. Aiitciiii.T similar in cnlur almvc and IxMicalh ; clyli-a tnarscly piindatt'. 

 iiuire liiiely tnwni'ds aiicx. 

 I). Klylra willi ('hiiitj;ate Idack luarkiii.iis or narmw stripes. 



<: Side margins ol" elylra iiol al all llalltMicd; middle coxu; separated 

 by the niesosteriuuii. 

 (/. Hlytra very ccinrsely puiM-talc; llidrax iimre <ir less shiiniiii. the 

 blaek spets ctten iiiilistiml. liltiO. amkuicana. 



(/(/. Elytra less ((Hivcx and less cearst'ly and more elosely i)Uiictale; 

 thorax opaMiie. ilie spots distiiiel. 2101. si-ixviTTA'rA. 



vc. Side iiiartiiiis of elylra distiiK-tly tlatteiied; mid<lle coxa' eoii- 

 t iguous. 

 c. Sutural dark line iudistiiiet or absent, tlie next innei- line long. 

 nearly reaching the apex. (Fig. 507. No. 8.) Integra. 



cr. Sntnral dark line distinct. 



/. Suliiral dark stripe joined l)y the next at «ir behind the mid- 

 dle. (Fig. 507, No. 4.) 2102. notulata. 

 //. Dark stripe next lo the >ulni'al one very short, basal. (Fig. 

 507, No. 5.) 2103. notata. 

 hh. Klylra without elongate dark marks, the side margins often paler. 

 (/. Coloi- dull brick red; head red. 



/(. Flytra more coarsely punctured, the intervals between the punc- 

 tures distinct : surface shining. 2164. cavicolli.s. 

 hli. Elytra rtnely and densely punctured; surface subopaque. 



rufosanguinea. 

 //.(/. Color dull yellow, brownish or ])iceous; occiput usually piceous. 

 i. Form convex, elytra coarsely punctate. 



2100a. var. Americana. 

 //. Form subdepressed. 



;. Middle coxte separated by a prolongation of the mesosternum ; 

 tluu-ax angulate at middle, subsinuate behind, hind angles 

 obtuse. 2105. nymph.e.e. 



//. iNIiddle cox:e contigU(jus; hind angles of thorax distinct. 



A-. Thorax irregularly punctate, with smooth areas along the 

 apex and near the front angles; elytra dull reddish-brown. 



2100. TUBERCULATA. 



kk. Thorax densely and evenly pinictnred and oiia(|ue; elytra 



dull brownish-yellow to jiiceous. 2107. decora. 



(((/. Antenn;e piceous above, jiale beneath: elytra i-ather finely and equally 



punctate. 2108. luteola. 



2100 (0899). (iALKKLcELLA AMKitUANA Fabr., Sysl. Eleut., I, 1801, 489. 



Oval, more convex than in the other species. Dull .vellow, sparsely 

 pubescent: el.vtra each with three piceous lines, these often indistinct or 

 even wanting (Fig. 507, No. 1) ; apical half of antennae and sometimes the 

 metasternum and abdomen, piceous. Thorax more than twice as wide as 

 long, wider at base than ajiex. sides curved, surface sometimes siKirsely 

 (female), more usually rather <-o;irsely and closely punctate. Elytra oval 

 with i-oundcd humeri, sides not llatteiied, surface very coarsely, deeply and 

 r.-ither closely punctate. Length 4-<t nun. 

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