952 



FA.Vir^Y L. 



-SCAUAB.^OTD/Ti;. 



Marshall, Marion and Lawrence conntios; scarce. May 26-Jiini^ 

 24. Occurs on hazel and oak foliatje. 



D. trstacea Kirhj' is a boreal species which may occur in north- 

 ern Indiana. 



1796 ( ). Dkhelonycha diluta Fall, Trans. Amer. Eiit. Soc, XXVII, 



1901, 283. 

 Elongate, parallel. Pale, dull yellow ; front and thorax sometimes 

 fuscous; elytra feebly tinged with green. Clypeus more strongly reflexed, 

 less dersely and nicire deeiily punctate than in (I'nigatu. the sntural line 

 distinctly impressed. Thorax rather sparsely and coarsely punctate, sparsely, 

 pubescent, its sides strongly subaiigulate. Elytra coarsely and roughly 

 punctulate. Inner spur of hind tiblic of male distinctly broader and more 

 obtuse than in eloiir/ata. Length S. 5-9.5 mm. 



Starke and Crawford counties: scarce. .May 2.")— June 27. 

 Beaten from oak shrubs. The clypeus in all the four spcriniens at 

 hand is distinctly and abruptly pal<;r than the vertex. 



1707 (GCSU). I>iaHELONYCiiA ELONGATA Fab., Syst. Ent., I. 17'.t.'S, 170. 



Elongate, parallel. Head and thorax piceous or 

 dark reddish-brown. Elytra dull brownish-yellow or 

 darker, more or less tinged, with greenish, purplish or 

 bronzed lustre; antenna' and legs jiale, the apex of 

 hind tarsi and tlbite picenus. Head densely and rather 

 coarsely punctured. Thorax witli sides sinuate behind 

 the middle, bind angles prominent; surface densely 

 ininctured, sparsely puliescent. male; densely pubes- 

 cent, female. Elytra rather euarsely punctured, si)arse- 

 ly and finely pubescent. I'ygidium and sides of abdo- 

 men rather densely elinied with long, silvery, scale- 

 like hairs. Length 8-10 mm. (Fig. .",7U.) 



Throughout the State; frequent. April IS- 

 July 5. Occurs on flowers of wild plum, wild 

 rose, etc., and on leaves of oak and willow. 



179.S ( -j(](\:; ) . DiciiELoxYciiA rrscrr.A Lee, .Journ. Phil. Acad. Xat. ScL, 

 III, 1850, 281. 

 Elong.-ite, slender, parallel. Dark reddish-brown ( r piceous; elytra with 

 a pale marginal stripe, their surface otherwise uniforudy and distinctly 

 bronzed, riyi.ens concave, the margin moderately retlexod, rather densely 

 and coarsely punctured. 'I'horax sp.'irsely and rather deeply punctured, the 

 intervals between the punctures shining; sparsely pnl>cscent. Elytra very 

 coarsely punctured, sparsely pubescent. Length 7 mm. 



Putnam and Crawford counties: i-ai-,\ :\lay 27-June 20. 

 Pr<,bably occurs thri)ii,ohout the soutlxTn half of State. Readily 

 known by its smallei- size and dark 

 margin. 



Fig. 370. X 3. 

 (Original.) 



bronzed elytra with paler 



