TTIF, T,EAK I'.l'.K'n JOS. llBi 



c. Klytrn with n suliiii.-ir.iiinal lilack striiH'. 



(/. AlKldUicii (Iciiscly and liiicly iMuictni-cd. siiliopaqiic and clothed 

 with distinct imhcsci-ncc. 

 c. 11. "ad ciiarsi'ly pnnctni-cd i'nnw si<U' to side; (icci]inl pii-cnus or 

 brown. -l'.>-. «M 1 Mil i;vn TATA. 



re. Head smooth at iniddU'. 



/. Dist-al l)laik sti'ipcs of elytra narrower than yellow one each 

 side: heatl and lx»dy beneath always pale yellow: lahruni 



l)ale. 



LMl).".. CAHOLIMA.NA. 



ff. niscal black stripes of elytra as wid(> or wiiler than the yel- 

 low one each side: head and nielasternnni nsnally more 

 or less fnscons or iiiceons: labrnni piceons. 



lir.tl. CHENICOIJ-IS. 



(Id. Abdomen very spai-sely innidnred and shinint;, its pubescence 

 scai-cely visible: thorax smooth: head ron,i,'h : epipleune black. 



2195. GLABUATA. 



ec. Elytra without a submarixinal black stripe, the median stripe 

 broad; thorax without spots. -liu;. .musufatata. 



J)h. Elytra without Iilack and yellow stripes. 



g. Elytra ri'ddish. with a large discal l)lack spot. 2107. discoidea. 

 f/p. Elytra blackish-blue or -rei'u. 



/(. Body beneath and legs entirely black; thorax with three spots 

 arranged in a triangle; elytra punctate. 21t)S. triangulakis. 

 /(/(. Kody beneath and legs, in part at least, yellow. 



i. Hind femora entirely or in part piceous; abdomen alone wholly 

 yellow; elytra blue-black; head wholly piceous. 



2199. xanthomei^^sna. 



a. Hind femora entirely yellow; abdomen piceous, its apex and 



sides yellow ; head bicolored. 



j. Elytra blue or violet; body oval. 2200. melltcolus. 



jj. Elyti'n bright green; form more oblong. 2201. colk\ta. 



2191 (OOftO). Diso.wciiA PEiNXSVLVAXUA Illig.. Mag. fur Insect.. VI. 1S07. 

 146. 

 Oblong, nearly parallel. Head black, front .vellow ; thorax pale yellow, 

 usually with three black sjiots, the central one larger, truncate in front, 

 gradually narrowed iteiund: elytra whitish-yellow with the suture, a sub- 

 marginal stripe and a median stripe not reaching the apex, black: ant(>nn:(> 

 and under surface, except the presternum and sides of abdomen, black: 

 femora reddish-yellow, tibi;e and tarsi usually black or piceous. Thorax 

 more than twice as wide as long, side margins rather wide, surface shining, 

 nearly snionth. l^Iytra alnlaceous, sparsely and finely but distinctly punc- 

 tate, and in the fem.ile often feebly sulcat(> between the discal stripes. 

 Length ('»..l-7.i") nun. 



Tlmnio-hout the Sliitc, c()nnin>ii ; luoi'c so in the northern coun- 

 ties. Fehrii;ii-y ll-OctolxM- 21). Occurs on se(li;(>s nnd mints in 

 moist meadows. Ililicriuitcs beneath cover Jtlon^' the Itoivh-rs of 

 marshes and hikes. 



The coiiniion form, as aliove described, was named uniguttata 



