TUB FIBKFLIES 01! LIGHTNING BUGS. 833 



/■/. Elytra finely or sparsely rugose-punctured. 



(J. Legs piceous or dull yellow; length 4.5-6 mm. 



1588. RECTI'S. 



gij. I>egs bright yellow . 



li. Black ; thorax and base oi: anteume orange .\'elluw, the for- 

 mer often with a black dorsal line. 1589. flavipes. 

 hh. Piceous; thorax and margins and suture of elytra yellow. 

 -/. Thorax wider than long. 

 j. Form slender; thorax but little wider than long, its 

 sides nearly parallel ; elytra usually pale with dusky 

 stripes. 1590. scitulus. 

 jj. l'"orm more robust; thorax one-half wider than long, 

 its sides rounded. 1591. luteicoliis. 

 //. Thorax not wider than long, sides subsinuate ; elytra 

 pice(jus with narrow pale stripes. 1592. pusillus. 

 !;6. Tarsal claws unlike; the outer claw of all the tarsi toothed at base, 

 entire at tip, the inner claw simple. 

 k. Eyes large and prominent ; size larger, l:i-14 mm. ; thorax not wider 

 than long. rottjndicollis. 

 7f/,-. Eyes smaller, not prominent; size less, not over 7 mm.; thorax 

 wider than long. 

 I. Thorax yellow with a broad black dorsal stripe. 



1593. TUBEHCULATUS. 



II. Thorax reddish-yellow with two oblong-oval blackish spots. 



1594. BILINEATUS. 



aa. Claws of tarsi simple, slender, not toothed or cleft; thorax semiorbieu- 

 lar, with a dorsal black stripe. 1595. simpltonguis. 



1584 (4926). Telephoeus dentigee Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., V, 

 1851, 341. 



Elongate-oblong, rather robust. Dusky black, clothed with fine grayish 

 pubescence; thorax yelhnv with a transverse angulated central dusky spot; 

 mouth and side margins of abdomen, and sometimes the margins of elytra, 

 dull yellow. Head and elytra densely and roughly punctured. Thorax 

 more sparsely and coarsely punctured, median impressed line distinct, front 

 angles broadly rounded. Length 8-9 mm. 



I al'p. W;iyne and Clarion einmties; sr-arcc. Jifay G-iMay 28. 



l.'S.'i (4! 127). TeLEPHOEUS EXCAVATLIS Lec, loc. cit., 342. 



Elongate, slender. Black ; thorax reddish-yellow with a narrow dorsal 

 l)laek-stripe, this sometimes wanting; narrow side margins of elytra, tibiae, 

 tarsi and basal third of antennfe, sometimes dull yellow. Plead finely and 

 (lonsfly punctured. Thorax as long as wide, nearly smooth, slightly nar- 

 rowed in front, sides straight, excavated about the middle; median line wide 

 and deep, ch.annel-like ; thorax of female wider and less excavated at sides 

 than in male. Length 5-6 mm. 



Thnmo'hcut the State; freciuont. Jlay 11-June 2."). 



l.^hSi; (49.32). Telephori's cakolint-s Fabr., Syst. Eleut., I, 1801, 29C. 



Elongate, robust, subdepressed. Black, finely pubescent; thorax red- 

 dish, with a large shining black .sijot at center; mouth parts, three basal 



