148 FAirriY ir. — caeabid.^. 



cc. Head black; thorax uurrowly margiued; elytra black, pacli with two 

 white stripes ; abdomen wholly reddish-yellow. 2.51). bivithta. 



l!.j.j (S04). LEELii .iBDOMiXALis <.'haud., Bull. Mosc.. 184:j. nu4. 



Rather slender. Color given in key; .-mtenuie piceous. tlic three basal 

 joints paler; legs and abdomen ijale reddish-yellow, tarsi piceous: mesu- 

 an:l metasterna nearly black. Ijength 4..5-.5 mm. 



Perry and Posey counties; rare. April 18-April 27. Taken 

 from beneath mullein leaves and rvtbbish. A species of southern 

 rani;e. Resembles viridipcnnis. but smaller, elytra duller green 

 and body beneath partly black. 



li.'iii (.Sli.j). Lep.i.v .scapdi^\kis Dej.. Spec. V. 1830. .'mT. 



Oval, rather slender. Head, thorax and leirs ]>ale reil- 

 dish-yellow; elytra piceous, each with the apical and side 

 margins and a median strijie yellow ; antennjie dusky, the 

 three basal joints paler. Thorax nearly twice as wide as 

 long, the margins wider and more reflexed toward base. 

 Klytral stri;ie rather deep, nut punctate ; intervals flat. 

 Length 4.ri-."i.5 mm. ( I"ig. S4. ) 



Throughout the State ; common on leaves of elder 

 and other plants in summer. April 13-October 11. 

 Takes to A\iug when disturl)ed. The pale elytral stripes vary much 

 in ^^^dth, often occupying more space than the darker ones. The 

 latter are sometinifs connected near their tips and the pale stripes 

 reduced to n;irrow lines, thus formiui;' the variety ronjugens Lee. 



'27,', ISIIT). LemA fikcata Lee. Axm. Lye. Xat. Hist.. IV. ls4s. 10:1. 



Uather broad, subdepressed. Head, disk of thorax and a triangular 

 stripe extending trom base half way along the elytral suture reddish-yel- 

 low; clj-tra and margin of thorax pale yellow, the former with a median 

 and two lateral narrow black stripes, the median divided or forked on the 

 liasal half to enclose the reddish-yellow stripe; antenu:e dusky, pale at 

 liase: femora and tarsi black, tibiie pale. Head and thorax finely and 

 irregularly strlgose. Ijcugth (l.."i-7.."i mm. 



Lake, Vigo .-md Posey counties; rare. April 20- August 6. 



J.IN (N'.l'.li. Lebia mtiata Fall.. Syst. Eleut. L isol, 202; Say, II, U?,. 



l;('seiul)les fiircutii but smaller and mi. re narrow. The black stripes 

 ari' wider, the basal toili oi (be ui('<lian ou<> much .shorter; legs wliolly 

 black oi- with the b;isc cil' femora .-iloue pale. Thin-ax more narrow and 

 elytral striie deciier. LenglJi .").."i-(; mm. 



A^igo County; rare. ;Mai-ch 21. This siiecies also resembles 

 sciijndaris but is ea.sjly disti.ng-ui,slied by the broader neck and black 



le-s. 



