TlIK on. ANM) Itl.ISTKK IJKl'/I'LES. 



1361 



(Id. Klytra Itliick without stript's on disk. 



(. I'.ody iM-iicntli cIoHumI witii irrn.v iuiIk'sccihc 

 wholly u'r.-iy-piilifscciit. 

 /". Klytra wholly cloliicd wilh iinirni-ni i,'i'a\ |>u 



olylra in iiart 



./'/. I'Mylra hlat-k. Ilic narrow iiiaruiiis an 



rni-c. 



l.'.">2f.. (I.NKKKA. 



nl urc only .i^ray. 



ll'i-l. M.\l{(;i.NA 1 A. 



cv. r.ody above and honoath wholly hiack ; spurs of hind tibia* unociual. 

 the outor one l)roa(U'r. L'."»lis. i'k.n.nsviaamca. 



2~>'2V, (S(i7!>). Ei'UAiTA TUKiiurs I'all., Icon. lus.. IT'.is. pio. 



Eloiifiato, subcyliu(h-ical. Black. o[>a<iue; clothed with short, rather 

 dense, recanubent. black or ,i,n'ay pubescence, the gray often I'onninu a niar- 

 iriiial strijie and rarely a sutural line on elytra: head behind the eyes 

 usually red. thouirh often wholly black or with a small red spot in front. 

 Thorax narrower than head, one half lonj^er than w ide. coars(>ly and densely 

 I)unctured and with a line median line, lllytra liiiclx- ;ind closely Lrrami- 

 late-punctate. Male with lu'ad less shinimr and more sparsely pmiclate 

 than female. Length S-11 mm. 



Throughout the State; scai'co .June o Auoust 4. Occurs especi- 

 ally on the hedge bindweed. ConvoIriiJus .'« pium L., also on Jersey 

 tea, sweet potatoes, etc. The s])eeiuietis witli head wholly black are 

 apt to be confused wnthpciiusj/Ivanica, but the ditfereut punctua- 

 tion of head and thorax will at once distinguish them. 



E. strigosa Sch., thorax usually with two black spots and elytra 

 each with two black lines, length 7-10 miii.. is said to occur from 

 "Pennsylvania to Georgia." 



2524 (8082). Epicaita ferkicixka Say. Journ. Thil. Acad. \at. Sci.. III. 



1S24. 298: ibid. II. ICT. 

 Elongate, slender. Black, elytra densely clothed 

 with grayish or clay- yellow hair. Head shiniTig. 

 rather sparsely and finely punctured. Thorax slight- 

 ly wider than long, coarsely but not densely punc- 

 tured. El.vtra finely granulate-jiunctate, the sculp- 

 ture almost hidden by the [lubescence. Length 4- 

 !• nun. 



Knox County: i-are. July 10. Its range 

 is given as Dakota to New ^lexico. 



2525 (8093). Epicaita vittata Fab.. Syst. Ent.. 



17! IS. 1>C.(I. 

 Elongate, slender, subcylindrical. Under sur- 

 face black, densely clothed with slKU-t. pr.istrate 

 hairs: he.ad. thorax and elytra dull clay-yellow, 

 each with two black stripes. Head broader than 

 thoi'ax, the latter longer th.an wide. Length 12 

 is mm. ( Fig. 592.) 



I'ig 592 Line sliows natural 

 length. (AUer Forbes.) 



