]822 FAMILY LXI. — MORDELLID.E. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPEt'IKS OF GROUP E. 



(/. l'"irst jdiiit of liiiid tarsi witli two, sccdud with one obliiiue ridi;e : elytra 

 browiiisli-ycllow. willi six dai'l^ l)r<i\vn siiots, the apical one trans- 

 verse. SEXNOTATA. 

 (/(/. First joint of hind tai'si with three or more oblicine ridges. 

 '/. First .joint with only tliree ridst'S. ( Fii,'. 570, h.) 



c. Second tarsal Joiiil witli one ridt^c: thorax iilack. el.\tra reddish- 

 hrown. 1'44'.». s.Mniui. 



cc. S<'coud tarsal joint with two rid.^es. ( Fij;. .jTlt, h.\ 

 (I. Tlnrd hind tarsal joint wilhont ridyes. 

 c. Body black. 



/. Elytra witl' numerous spots of silvery imbescence. (Fiy. 

 579, c.) i;45<l. i'rsTri^\TA. 



//. Pubescence of elytra not in distinct spots. 



.'/. Elytra with lines of l)rownisli-,y:ray pul>escence, continent 

 behind. 1^451. convrta. 



ilil. lOlytra with j;rayish-yellow jiuliescence. distributed uneven- 

 ly over the surface. 2452. M OKI LA. 

 cv. F>ody fuscous or dark reddisli-brown ; imliescence silky l>rown. 



2453. A.MIUSTA. 



(hi. Third tarsal joint wilh two olili(iue rid.ges; reddish-brown, ely- 

 tra black ; pubescence tine and dark. sinouljVRIs. 

 /,/*. First hind tarsal joint witli four rid.nes. 

 //. Second hind tarsal joint with two ridges. 



/. rjpper surface wliolly ]>iceous. covered with brown, silky jiubes- 

 cence. 24.54. inicoujk. 



//. Head and thorax in jtart or wholly reddish-yellow. 



./. Pubescence lim^ ;iud dark: liead and front legs in part black. 



2455. marginalis. 

 /■/. Pulx'scence dense, brownish-yellow: head and front legs whol- 

 ly yelb)W. 2450. mvisA. 

 ////. Second hind tarsal joint with three ridges: color wholly black. 



,i:(; TALIS. 



.1/. s< .niohihi Dtiry. li>noth ?> iniii., was descrihecl from Cinciiiiiiiti. 



;.>44'.) (- — ). MoKDELLisiENA sMiTiiii l>ury, .Tourn. ("inn. Soc. Nat. Hist.. 

 XX. 1002. 177. 



Sul)parallel. Piceous black: elyli'a dark reddish-lirown. the I'egion of 

 the humeri somewhat paler: front and middle legs dull brownish-yellow: 

 imbescence coarse, yellowish. Length .'!.5 nun. 



Ptitnaiu and Ci-nvford counties; fare, -hinc 28-.ltily 4. De- 

 scribed from Cincinnati, in one specimen the liind ang-les of thorax 

 and the hind h^g's are of the same hue as the elytra. 



2450 (7saO). MoRDELUSTKNA pTSTi'LATA Mclsh.. Pi'oc. Plul. Acad. Xat. Sci.. 

 II. 1S45. :n4. 



Lineal-. P.l;ick : elytra spotted as mentioned in key. llie spots often ar- 

 ranged in olili<pu' bands. Lengtli 2-:t mm. (Fig. 570. <■.) 



Throtiffliout the State; ccmmion. May 18-July 14. 



