THE METALLIC WOOD-BOEING BEETLES. 



783 



Lawrence County; rare. ^May 11. Beaten from blossoms of 

 wild erab-apple. 



III. PcECii.oxoTA Esoh. 1829. (Gr., '" variegated + back.") 

 Liffers from Die- rca in having the scutellum very transverse 

 and trnncate behind, with its hnid angles well marked. The third 

 joint of antenna; is twice as long as second; fourth triangular and 

 nearly as broad as the fifth. 



1488 (4594). PcEciLONOTA CYANiPES Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 

 1S2.3, 104 ; ibid. II, 106. 

 Elongate-oval. Greenisli-brassy above, dark cupreous beneath ; an- 

 tennae and tarsi bluish-green. Thorax one-third wider than long, side mar- 

 gins feebly rounded, disk with an elevated smooth median line, sides very 

 coarsely and irregularly punctured. Elytra with numerous short, irregu- 

 lar, elevated smooth spaces, between which are coarsely punctured brassy 

 depressions; tips prolonged, somewhat divergent, either entire and finely 

 serrate, or with two teeth at apex. Length 11-15 mm. 



Northern half of State, scarce; not taken south of ilarion 

 rjounty. ]\Iay 28-July 29. Occurs on pine, sycamore and oak 

 trees. 



' ox -i- swell. ' ' 



IV. BuPRBSTis Linn. 1735. iGr.. 



^Medium-sized species, having the front 

 portion of mentum membranous; scutel- 

 lum small and rounded. The elytra are 

 racderately narrowed behind and are often 

 very prettily marked with yellow. Pour 

 have been taken in Indiana, while one other 

 mav occur. 



KEY TO INDIA^'A SPECIES OF BIPEESTIS. 



a. Prosternum not or indistinctly sulcate. 

 6. Elytra with distinct spots. 



c. Elytra green with yellow spots. 

 (Z. Elytra each with a basal stripe, two 

 spots behind the middle, and the 

 apex yellow. 1489. kueipes. 



dfl. Elytra with a common yellow cross- 

 bar behind the middle, and a yellow 

 spot on each midway between the Comm.) 

 bar and apex. (Fig. 297.) fasciata. 



rr: Elytra brassy black, each with four often more or less connected 

 yellow spots. 1490. uneata. 



66. Elytra brassy black without spots. 1491. maculiyenteis. 



aa. Prosternum distinctly sulcate throughout its full length ; bright green, 

 the suture and sides of elytra cupreous. 1492. striata. 



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Fig. 297. Bupreslis fasciata Fab. 

 (After Packard in Fifth Rep. U. S. Ent. 



