TTIK i)|[, AND lU.IS'l'I'^K ni'.l'yi'l .lOS. 



ir^f)!) 



LTiliO (SOCn. .Macuop.asis I m col. ok I\irliy, I'.inn. I'.nr. Aiiicr.. ls:!T. "J II. 



K 1 o 11 ;,^;i 1 ('. siilicyliiidrical. P.l.idv. rjitlicr 

 (lt'iis(>ly riot lied \\\[\\ irriiyisli liairs \\lii<-li ^ivr 

 iiii aslit'u liiu' to the ui>iK'r surfact'. 'Tliorax 

 slijilitly loiii,'or than broad, othei'wiso as in larsn. 

 Srcoiid joint ol' male aiilonnu' slij;litly loiif^cr 

 I hail the next two and nearly twiee as wide; inl 

 female ouo-lialf lonj^er than third. Length S 

 1.") iiini. (Fig. 590.) 



'riifoii^hoiit till' Stiite, friMiiKUit ; iiioi'c 

 so in the iiortliern counties. May l21-Au- 

 o'ust <i. Coniiiionly known as the "ash- 

 oi-ay hiistci" hceth'"' and occiu's on false in- 



(lio-o, Ki'ntuckx coffee tree and other pi^.^yo. female beetle x2;an- 

 Ic-nmcs; also on ])otatoes and ironweod, it ]T"f "[ '"■'^'' "Z^^nTt- *r^"; 



' ' ('Inlteiidcn 111 Hull. 4.5, U. h>. Div. Knt.) 



and OIK' Ol- Iwo species of I'Jpicaiila hein,"' 



aiiiono' the few lixino- creatni'cs which will attack the leaves of the 



last-named plant. 



l!;")!*! ( ). Macrohasis Fi.AvocixF,Rias sji. nov. 



Slightly narrower and more pai'allel llian inii<-<)l<ir. I'nlicsceiice yel- 

 lowish-gray. Second joiiii of male anleiin;c sliorler and not iiincli wider 

 than the next two: of fem.ale srarci'ly longer than third. M.-ixillary jialpi 

 much longer and stouter than in inilcolor. .Ml the femora of male, and es- 

 pecially tho hind ones, with a fringe of long hairs on the hind margins. I he 

 li;ii!-s ciu-ved near tijis. Length 12-1."> mm. 



Stai'k'e County; rare. Jrily 1. Vovy distinct from iniicohir in 

 the form of antennal joints and j)uhescence of fiMuora of male. 



L'r>22 (.SO(iS). Macrobasis immaculata Say. Journ. I'liil. .\cad. \at. Sci.. 

 III. 1S24, 304; ibid. II. 170. 



Elongate, male rather robust. Black, densely clothed with yellowish 

 or grayish pubescence. Thorax slightly longer than wide, otherwise ;is in 

 tarsa. Elytra gradually broader behind the middle. esp(M-ially so in male. 

 First Joint of male antennae le.ss than half the length of head; second joint 

 shorter than third. Female with second joint as long as or slightly longer 

 than third, and the first more slender than in male. i:engtli ].'}-2:H mm. 



Sonthern half of State; searec. AFay I'-t-Auo-nst 2. Occurs on 

 goldenrod and wild morning-slory. 



Telrao)i]i.r (luadritiiaruUila Fa))., head black, elytra yellowish, 

 apical third and large humeral spot hlack. length 10 mm., is known 

 from Georgia and North Carolina, and may occiu- in southern 

 Indiana. 



VI. Epic.utt.\ Redt. 1849. (Cr.. "upon burn.") 

 The members of this genus closely resemble those of Macrobasis 

 in form and are separated only by the difference in the basal joints 



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