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FAMILY LXI. — MORDELLID.E. 



Til roil ii'li out the S t ate; 



/^ (■oiiiiiion. May B-Aiigust 2. 



^ "Tlio l(*gs vary from pale 



l»i-(t\vnisli-yello\v to dull l»lack, 



the pubescence from lirown- 



isli-black to ash-gray, and the 



head from deep hlack to dull 



l^ )(>(1." iSinith.) 



(iKOUP D. 



In this gi'oup the liin 1 

 tibia' bear two parallel ridges, the upper one much longer and ex- 

 tending almost a.ero«s the outer face of the libiu'. (Fig. 578. <t.) 

 The following species b;i\'e been taken or perlui|)s occui- in Iiuliana : 



Fig 578. n, Hind tiliia and tars\is cif .1/ qrammica: b, elytron 

 of.y infiim; r. plytron of M amlinv: (I, elytron of M gram- 

 mica. 



KKY TO INDIANA SPF.CU'.S Ol^ OKOl I' D. 



(/. Fii-st .jdint of liiixl liiisi with two. m'ci.uU wilh .mc (iliruiiic ri(l,u;e. 



h. Elyti-a l)l:icl^ with two yellow hniuls as in trifascinld. amtca. 



hh. Entiri'ly lil.-ick ; imlicsccnci' ^T.-iyish. i'U1t,.\p.kis. 



(Id. I'Mrst Joiiil of hind lai'si with ilifcc or lotu'. second with two ohli(|ne 

 ridges. 

 c. First .joint of hind l.-irsi with oidy tlircc oliliiinc rid.iics. ( Fig. .'.IS. (/. ) 

 (J. F.ody yi'llow: cly1i';i yellow, with luisc. tins, sninrc :ind a lai-gc. oh- 

 long nmrgiunl siK.t l)lack. 1^445. (iHAMMicA. 



(1(1. Elytvii not as ;d>ovc. 



c. Elytra and entire hody pnle hrownlsh-yellow. 244(5. tkstacea. 

 cc. Elytra in part oi' wholly lilac k or incenns. 



/. Elytra pale reddish-hr.iwn with the sntnre ;ind margin hlack : 

 body black. ~^^~- vauians. 



//. Elytra withotU distinct ni.arkings. 



//. Thorax wholly reddish-hrnwn : elytra with reddish hnnieral 



^pot. SKMU-STA. 



(/(/. Thorax black or piceons: elytra withont hnnieral spot. 



//. Head in p.nrt ov wholly reddish: front and middle legs 

 pale re(hlisli-yellow. 

 /. Elytra with sage-green pnbescence ; front of head only 

 reddish yellow. uklicatlla. 



//. Elytra with brownish-yellow pnbescence; head wholly 

 reddish-brown. ri'Ficeps. 



Iih. P.ody and legs entirely black. 2448. nkikicans. 



re. First .joint of iiind tarsi with fonr obli<ine ridges (Fig. "M a) ; pic- 

 eons. clnthed with line silvery ]inliescence. splendens. 



i\I. ainicd Lee, 2.5 mm., and 1/. picihibris Helm.. 2 mm. in length, 

 have been reci.i'dcd from Cincinnati; the latter also from Illinois. 



