790 



FAMILY XXXIX. BUPEESTIDJS. 



usually with first and second costEe distinct near apex, and with two trans- 

 verse depressions on each side, the first a little in front of middle, second 

 one-third from apex, the basal depression rather feeble; surface coarsely 

 and, on the sides, confluently punctured. Length 7-16 mm. (Fig. 302.) 



Thi-oughout the State; frequent. May 15-June 28. Mating on 

 June 7. Occurs especially on the trunks of white oak, peach and 

 apple trees, in the wood of which the larvse bore. The grubs are 

 known as the ' ' flat-headed apple borer, ' ' and often do much damage 

 to orchards where the trees are not in healthy condition. 



1501 (4640). Chbysobothris floricola Gory, Mon. Buprest. Suppl., 1S37, 

 179. 

 Oblong, subdepressed. Dark bronze, with slight cupreous .tinge ; an- 

 tennae bronzed, male, gi'eenish, female. Thorax more than twice as wide 

 as long, sides nearly parallel at middle, narrowed at apex and base ; disk 

 with a distinct median channel and some irregular depressions near the 

 side; surface coarsely punctate, less densely at middle. Elytra wider than 

 thorax, usually widest slightly behind the middle, gradually narrowed at 

 apical third, margin serrulate, tips obtusely rounded ; first costa moderately 

 elevated from apex to middle, the others indistinctly defined; basal and 

 humeral depressions not deep, the one behind the middle double; surface 

 densely punctured between the elevations, more sparsely at base. Pro- 

 sternum distinctly lobed in front. Length 8.5-12 mm. 



Posey County ; rare. June 11. Occurs from the Middle States 

 to Florida. 



Figs. .303-305. CArj/soWftris dmtipes. a, head, front view; 6, last male ventral segment; c, last female ventral 

 segment; d, front leg of male. (After Packard in Fifth Hep. U. S. Ent. Comm.) 



G. (Jcnlipes Germ. (Figs. 303-305), length 10-16 mm., is said to 

 c.ecui- throughout the area east of the Mississippi River, but has 

 not yet been noted from Indiana. 



1502 (10,077). Chrysobothris blancii.ujdi Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent Soc 

 XIII, 1SS6, 93. 

 Moderately elongate, depressed. Dark bronze, shining; antennre of male 

 greenish, ,.f female bronzed, third joint as long as the next two. Clypeus 



