1356 FAMILY LXIV. — MEIjOID.K. 



l:.")!.", (S(M()). Xi:.\io(;.\atiia vriTKiKHA Let-.. I'nic. I'liil. Acad. Nat. 8ci.. VI. 

 1853, 348. 



Elongato, snbeylindrical. Keddish-yellow ; elytra usually with a broad 

 diseal black stripe; antenuu\ tibiif aud tarsi blackish. Thorax as wide as 

 long, sides almost straight, apex rounded. Elytra densely, roughly and con- 

 fiuently punctate. Length 9-11 niui. 



Two in Webster collection lal)ell(Hl "Ind., Baker;" proliahly 

 from St. J()se{)h County. Recorded from illiuois, Missouri and 

 Texas. 



2.")1() (8041). Nemognatiia ckii!RKOlijs Lee. I'roe. Thil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 VI, 1853, 348. 

 Oblong. Color exceedingly variable, in the type dull yellow with an- 

 teiuue and tarsi brownish: in the specimens at hand ifi(firii)ciinis Lee.) 

 (lark brown with head and thorax reddish-yellow. Thorax but slightly 

 broader than long, sides rounck'd. Elytra rather coarsely, densely and con- 

 tinently pmictured. Length 5 9 nun. 



Lake County; rare. June 29-July 4. 



IV. ZoxiTis Fab. 1775. (Gr., "^m-ded or 1)anded.") 



Small ()])]ono' species with the maxilla' not prolouii'ed ; antenme 

 filiform, the 1irst and third joints e(iual, the second a little shorter. 

 Two species have been taken, Avhile another may occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF ZOXITIS. 



(/. Antenna' not (tver half the length of body; eyes widely separated, not 

 extending beneath the head. 

 h. Thorax without a median impressed line; elytra yellow, each with a 

 median piceous stripe which is abbreviated at base .and apex. 



2517. BILINEATA. 



111). Thorax with a distinct median impressed line; elytra brown with 



suture and nnu-gins narrowly yellow. 2518. sulcicollis. 



(Id. Antenn.-c bristle-like, nearly as long as the entire body; eyes large. 



rather close together and extending beneath the head; thorax and 



elytra very densely punctured; elytr;i brownish-yellow, with suture, 



margin .and narrow median strijie p:iler. i.ongicouxis. 



2517 (8(149). ZoNiTis mLiXEATis Say. .Toui'u. riiil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. I. 1817. 

 22; ibid. II. 3. 



Elongate-oblong. Dull brownish-yellow. Elytra usually with ]iiccnus 

 stripe as mentioned in key. this sometimes w.anting: antenn;c. tibia' an<I 

 tarsi in part or wholly fuscous. Thorax sulxpnidrate. slightly wider than 

 long, front angles rounded, hind ones obtuse; disk coarsely and very sparse- 

 ly iind irregularly ])unclure(l. I'^lytra with distinct, rather coarse and siiarse 

 l)uiictnres. Length 7.5-9 nun. 



AVells and Putnani counties; rare. .June 11— July 2!). Taken 

 from bh)ssoms of ^vild rose. 



