TllK (ML AND BlilSTKK BEETLES. 1355 



KKY TO INDIANA SIMXIKS Ol' NK.MOCN ATI I A. 



(/. l';il|ii nilluM- slKirt. iml vt-ry slender. li;iiry: spiii-s of liiiid Iilii;i' eiiuiil 

 ill size, rat her sleiidi'r. 

 h. ]';iytra tiiiely .-ind very densely puihl iired : llmrax iml wider lieiiiiid. 

 r. 'I'liorax (iiia<lrale: inaxilla' Iwn iliirds or lUdi-e I lie leiiu'lli (if ImkIn-. 

 (I. 'IMiorax densely punrtured; eoler variable. niy.AiA. 



(/'/. Thorax sparsely punelurtMl : elytra either wholly yellow or brown- 

 ish-yellow, witli a bhuk stripe. L'.">L*{. puNtTLLATA. 

 cv. Thorax nearly oval, .vellow. with black spots, finely and rather 

 sparsely puiiclnred; niaxill.e h.-ilf the len^jth of Imdy. 



2.11 I. M-,MOI!KNSlS. 



hh. Elytra less finely and U'ss densely |Mini'f nred. yellow, with a wide 

 black strijie: thorax yellow, rather sjiarsely iiuiictnred. 



CKIUUAUIA. 



aa. I'alpi longer and more slender, not hairy but only juibeseent; niaxilke 

 less than half the length of body: spines of hind tibi:e broad, obtuse, 

 r. Thorax rather finely and densely punctured: elytra wholly orange 

 yellow or rarely with a bro.id bl.ick stripe. 1-'.">1.">. vnTUiKK.v. 



ce. Thorax very coarsely, sparsely and irregularly punctate: elytra yel- 

 low or dark brown. 2.")l(i. ( kii-.kkoi.i.is. 



X. piczata Fab., niiilc with fotiith ventral lu'oadly snlcatc fifth 

 impressed, leng-th 7-11 mm., is said to oecui- rt'oiii the " Atbiutic Re- 

 gions to Colorado and ^lontana." 



2513 (8032). Nemognatha'punctulata T>ee.. Proc. Thil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 



VI, 1853, 347. 



Elougate-oblong. Orange yellow, sp.-irsely clothed with yellow hairs; 

 antennre (except at base), tarsi and greater part of under surface blackish. 

 Plead finely and densely punctate, with front flat: occiinit swollen. Tho- 

 rax one-third wider than long, sides almost straight, disk sparsely, coarsely 

 and irregularly punctate. Elytra minutely and very densely punctured. 

 Length 8-11 mm. 



Jackson County; rare. July 16. The form descril)e.d is var. 

 flavipeuiiis TThler. In the typical form the u])per surface is brown- 

 ish-yellow, the elytra witli a ])lack stfii)e. 



2514 (80.34). NEMOGN.vniA nemouf.nsis Ilent/C., Trans. Anier. I'hil. Soc. 



Ill, 18,30, 258. 

 lOlong.-ite-obhmg. lilack. rather thickly clothed with short, erect black 

 hairs; mandibles, middle of head and thor.-ix .vellow. the latter usually with 

 two black spots on bas-al half which are often uuittxl. Maxilhe one-half 

 the length of body. Length 0.5-7.5 mm. 



Crawford County: rare. June 2-June 28. 



.V. criharia Lee., male with fourth and fifth ventrals impressed 

 and with median tufts of black hairs, length G.5-8.5 mm., ranges 

 from "the IMiddle and Western States to New^ ^Fexico." 



