144 FAMILY ir. CAEABTD.'E. 



KEY TO INDIA?iA SPEIJES OF GEOUP A. 



u,. Head and thurax reddish-yellow ; elytra wholly dark blue. 

 6. Elytra deeply striate ; antennae pale ; length 8.5-9.5 mm. 



245. GEANDI.S. 



6&. Elytra finely striate ; three basal joints only of antennas pale ; length 



f>-7 mm. 246. atrivextris. 



fui. Head lilack. thorax' reddish-yelknv; elytra greenish-blue, deeply striate; 



outer joints of antenna; darker ; length 7-S.,j mm. tricolor. 



*2-i~j (872j. Lebia GEAXois Hentz., Trans. Amer. Phil. 

 Soc., Ill, 1824, 58. 

 0\-ate, subconve.x'. Color given in key; under sur- 

 face and legs pale brownish-yellow ; abdomen black. 

 Head finely wrinkled, very sparsely and finely punctate. 

 Thorax nearly twiie as wide as long, margin broad; 

 disk with fine transverse wrinkles and distinct im- 

 pressed median line. Elytra finely alutaceous. Length 

 S..5-9.5 mm. (Fig. K^. ) 



Throughout the State, common in the south- 

 ern half; less so northward. February 8-De- 

 eember 20. Occurs especially in open woodland 

 and with the next hibernates beneath partlv 



Fig. 83. (AlierComslock.) . . j. . 



Lower figure shows natural size. I3i^-r led logs and Other cover. 



*:J4r, (STli). LmuA ATRiVEXTRis Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, II, l.s2:i IH: 

 ibid. II, 444. 

 Resembles the pi'ecediug but a third or more smaller. Elytra darker 

 blue; palpi, tarsi and apical twothirds of antennse piceous. El^-tral stri;e 

 very finely pum-tured; intei"vals flat. Length <>-7 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. April 29-December 29. 

 L. fricoli)!- Say may yet be found in eastern Indiana, its range 

 being given as ^liddle States northward to Canada. 



Group B. 



This group compi'ises the true forms of Libia as defined by La- 

 treille. About 17 species and several varieties are kno\ra from 

 North America. Of these the following have been taken, or per- 

 haps occur in the State. 



KEY TO I?sDIA^'A SPECIES OF GEOIP B. 



a. Thorax coarsely and rather densely punctured; head, thorax and basal 

 third of elytra reddish-yellow; apical portion of elytra blue; length 



8 I^™- DIVISA. 



ail. Thorax not, or ver.\ finely, iiuui-tate; elytra nut colored as above; length 

 less than 7 mm. 

 6. Elytra with fine or very shallow slriie. 



