1318 FAMILY LXI. MORDELLID.E. 



/(/(. Head, thorjix and legs black or piceons ; pubescence of ely- 

 tra dark brown with light hair intermixed. tntermixta. 

 bh. Second joint of hind tarsi with two oblique ridges. 



/. Body yellow ; thorax with front half yellow with a median cloud, 

 basal half black. decoreixa. 



//. Body black; thorax l)lack with Iwo small spots on apical margin 

 reddish-yellow. iupustulata. 



(III. First joint of hind tarsi with three oblique ridges. 

 ./. Second joint of hind tarsi with one obliipie ridge. 

 A". I'iceous clothed with l)rown silken pubescence; elytra paU-r. 



PICIPENNIS 



Ik. Head, thorax and legs I'eddish-ycUdW. fulvicollis. 



jj. Second joint of hind tarsi with \\\u ol)li(pie ridges. 



/. Elytra black with a reddish or orange-yellow humeral sjjot. 

 HI. Head reddish-yellow. militaris. 



linn. Head black. scapularis. 



II. Elytra without distinct humeral spot. 



//. Body reddish-yellow; base of tli<u-ax black. 2442. ornata. 



II H. Body 1)laek. 



0. Head wholly or partly reddisli ; tliorax brick-red. usually with 

 an oldong black spot near base. 244.3. comai-a. 



oo. Head and thorax black; pubescence brownisli-gray. 



2444. aspkrsa. 



24:'.7 (7708). ]M()RDELLiSTENA tp.ifasciata Say, Journ. I'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 V, 182(3, 243 ; ibid. II. 308. 

 Body narrow, nearly parallel. Color given in key; head dull yellow; 

 legs and abdomen tinged with same hue. Length 2.3-2.S nun. (Fig. 577, h.) 



Putnam and Spencer connties; scarce. jMay 24-July 25. 



24.38 (77!»;>). Mordeli.istena lepidila Ia'c. I'roc. I'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 

 XIV, 18G2, 48. 

 Form of jireceding. Color given in key; elytra with three black and 

 two yellow bands as in irifasc'nila : al»domen and hind tiliia' and tarsi varied 

 with iilack. Length 2-3 mm. 



Pulaski and Monroe counties; rai-e. June 19-June 25. Taken 

 fi-oiii flowers of liercules club. Aralia .spiiio-m L. 



24:'.;> (7800). .Mordellistena umbalis Melsh.. I'roc. IMiil. Acad. N.-it. Sci.. 

 II, 1845, 315. 

 Slender, wedge-shaped. Large spot on front of liead, disk and trout 

 angles of tJKn'.-ix. sutiire and side m.argins of elytra bl.-ickish ; logs, meta- 

 sternum and liase of antenna' yellow; mesosternum and abdomen blackish. 

 Length .3 nnii. ( Fig. 577, c.) 



l^ake, 'I'ippccanoe ami Knox counties; scarce. June 4-July 5. 



