THE FIEBFLIES OR LlGHTNtNG BUGS. 835 



1591 (4942). Telephoeus ltjteicollis Germ., Ins. Nov., 1824, 70. 

 Oblong, rather robust. Piceous; front of head, thorax, legs, narrow 



marginal and sutural lines of elytra and basal half of antennae, yellow. 

 Thorax one-half wider than long, sides rounded, margins narrowly reflexed. 

 Length 5 mm. 



Lake County; scarce. May 24. 



1592 (4941). Telephorus pusillus Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., V, 



1851, 343. 

 Elongate, slender. Black or piceous ; front of head, sides of thorax and 

 legs yellow; elytra with narrow sutural and marginal lines pale yellow. 

 Thorax not wider than long, sides nearly straight, not strongly reflexed. 

 Elytra sparsely clothed with semi-erect grayish hairs, the marginal and 

 sutural pale stripes much narrower than in scitulus. Length 4^6 mm. 



Throughout- the State; common, ilay 12-July 5. Very close 

 to scitulus and probably merges into that species. 



T. rotundicolUs Say, yellow, elytra and ventral segments often 

 piceous, is recorded from Illinois and Lake Superior. 



1593 (4953). Telephoeus tubeecx'iatus Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



V, 1851, 341. 

 Elongate, rather slender. Black, shining; mouth and thorax yellow, 

 the latter with a broad, black dorsal stripe which, in some specimens, is 

 wider along the basal and apical margins. Antennae of male two-thirds as 

 long as body, subserrate; those of female half as long as body. Thorax 

 quadrate in male, wider in female, disk with a deep median impressed line 

 and a transverse impression each side. Elytra coarsely rugose-punctate. 

 Length 5-7 mm. 



Lake, St. Joseph, Kosciusko and Wayne counties; common on 

 the foliage of alder {Alnus incana Willd.) and other shrubs along 

 the borders of marshes. Jlay 12- June 1. Resembles lineola and 

 rectus, but readily separated by the form of the tarsal claws. 



1594 (4955). Telephoeus biuneatus Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



ni, 1823, 182; ibid. II, 118. 

 Oblong, robust. Dull reddish-yellow ; back 

 of head, elytra, two oblong spots on thorax, 

 antennae, except the basal joint, and tibiae 

 and tarsi, black. Thorax suborblcular, widely 

 margined, sparsely punctured. Length 6-8 mm. 

 (Fig. 325.) 



Throughout the State; common. Kg. 325. a, larva; 6, head of same: c- 



April 22-June 11. Mating May 3. Oe- beetle. (Alter mky.) 



curs abundantly on flofl'ers of the red ha^v, Crati.egus, and the foli- 

 age of many shrubs. 



