TllK (tir> AND 1!]-1S'1'KK HKK'l'LKS. VM)'-i 



'riu'oiiii'lutnt the State, eoiumoii; inoi-e so 

 111 the sdullicrii counties. July l-Sei)t(Mnl)ef 

 IS. Known as the * ' niai-ii'iiicd blister heeth'," 

 and oeeurs especially on Clematis, hut also on 

 hccts, toni.itoes. etc., and in later years seems 

 to hav(> taken the phace of vUldia. 



iTtl'S (S104 ». lOl'K Al TA I'K.N.NSVLVANICA 1)0(;.. MCUI., 



\. 1775. 15. 

 Elongate, slender, riiiforni l)lMck, op.aiiue. 

 cliitlKvl with fine, short. i>r(istrate hlaclv liairs. Tho- 

 i-;i\ (itiadrale, the Trent an.ules nunuted ; surface (as 

 well as that ef head .and elytra) finely and densely 

 puucrate and with an impressed median line. Length Fig- 594. (After Chiitcmlcn in 

 L . ... ^o. V Bull. 43, U S. Div. Ent) 



1 1.! nnn. ( Fig. 504.) 



Thi-ouiihout the State; eoiumon. Aiis^u.st 19-Oetohor 9. Occurs 

 especially on yc^ldenrod ( Soli'lofio) , also on thoroughwort and rare- 

 ly, with the precedinu', on ironweed It is essentially an autumn in- 

 sect, as the al)()ve dates will show. 



VII. PvROTALec. 18G2. (Gr., "fire.") 



This genus is separated from its allies hy the form of the aii- 

 tennal joints, which are all slender and cylindrical; the second 

 joint about one-fourth the length of third. The males have the 

 last joint of maxillary palpi transversely oval, with the imder side 

 concave; in the female it is elongate and tnincate at tip. In the 

 former sex the last ventral segment is notched. 



12529 (S109). I'YROTA KNGELMANNi Lec.. .Joum. I'hil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. I. 

 1847, 91. 



Elongate, rohust. snhcylindrical. Dull yellow: antenna', tibia' and tarsi, 

 hind angles of head and six siiots on thorax, black; elytra with three rather 

 wide black bars, the front .and middle on(>s interrnpted at suture, the former 

 composed of two <ililong black spots wlii.-h .aiv often conlluent : under sur- 

 face in part black, lle.id convex, siuirsely punctate. Tlun-ax longer th.an 

 wide, narrower at apex: surface very sparsely punct.ate. lOlytra each with 

 two or three tine raised lines: very linely and densely punctate. Length 

 17-20 mm. 



Starke and AVells counties; scarce. August In-August 20. The 

 spots of thorax are arranged one on each side of middle of disk, one 

 slightly in front of each of these on the sides and two on the front 

 margin. Its range has heretofore been recorded as "]Missouri to 

 Texas." 



