MACLURIAN LYCEUM. 385 



TIPHIA Fabr. Latr. 



T. transversa. — Blue-black, somewhat hairy. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body black, with a slight bluish or purplish reflection ; with 

 numerous whitish hairs ; immaculate, punctured ; antennae black. 

 opaque; mandibles piceous at tip ; palpi fuscous; wings a little 

 dusky, hyaline; nervures black; apical lines of the second cubi- 

 tal cellule transverse, rectilinear; metathorax each side striated, 

 above with three slightly elevated longitudinal lines and a p< in- 

 terior transverse one; abdomen, first segment narrower than the 

 second, somewhat gibbous above and flat beneath, the incisure 

 indented; remaining segment more hairy, ciliated; tibiae and 

 tarsi with silver hairs. 



Length nearly half an inch. 



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