!J84 FA:\riLY l. ,^^..,,.^^^v.^^^,:. 



Throughout the State; frequent. April 23-.June 26. Occurs 

 on vegetation, beneath cover and at light. The above is a descrip- 

 tion of the typical undiilata known to Melsheimer. Confused with 

 it or iiiiiuba almost in every collection are shorter, darker speci- 

 mens which also have the front tarsal claw joint wholly without 

 teeth. These I regard as a distinct variety, if not species, and de- 

 scribe as follows: 



lS39a ( ). AA'oirAijv undulata dubia var. nov. 



Oval, broader behind. Usually dark reddish-browu or piceous, feebly 

 shining; elytra often with irregnlar iialer blotches. Clypeus somewhat 

 longer and narrower than in undiiUitii. the sides more divergent behind. 

 Thorax narrower, more convex, and much more coarsely and densely punc- 

 tured. Elytra more closely and coarsely punctured, the punctures distinctly 

 wider than the inter\-als, the latter narmwer and more convex than In iin- 

 iliiluta. Jleso- and metasterna mure coarsely and densely punctured than 

 there. Length 7-7.5 mm. 



Throughout the State; less frei|uent than uiuhdata. April 23- 

 July 13. This form resembles the lilack color variety of iiuniba, but 

 has the thorax m()i-(- coarsely and densely punctured. It may be a 

 variety of that species without teeth on the front tarsal claw. If 

 so the main character usually used in separating the two species is 

 of no value. The short, squat body, taken in connection with the 

 other difforenccK mentioned, at onc(^ separate it from undnlata. 

 Since both it and that species ocur throughout the State it cannot 

 be classed as a climatic variety. 



1S40 ( ). AnOMALA PLIIEKC'EN.S sp. U( IV. 



Oblinig-oval. Head, thorax and scutellum dark r('<l(lish-brown or pic- 

 eous; elytra dull yellow, the side mai-gins narrowly brownish or iiiceous; 

 under surface and legs dull brown or piceous, everywhere sparsely clothed 

 with long grayish hairs, these more dense on the meso- and metasterna and 

 covering the pygidium. Clypeus c<inrave, the margin broadly reflexed, mure 

 so than in flaripciinis; surface, as well as that of lower part of front, 

 roughly, coarsely and continently punctate, sides broadly and evenly rounded. 

 Thorax one-half broader than long, narrowed in front, widest at middle, 

 sides curved thence to base; front angles acute, hind angles obtuse: sur- 

 face rather finely, sparsely and irregularly punctate, with ,i small rounded 

 fovea and one or two imia-essions on (he sides: basal marginal lino jiresent. 

 Elytra very irregularly and unevenly punctate, the punctiu-es on sides only 

 being in somewhat distinct rows, many of those on middle of disk confluent 

 in short, broken, dec].ly imiires,sed lines which are darker than the remain- 

 ing p,,rli.,n of the disk, rygidiuni rugulose, Cl.aw .ioint of front tarsus 

 toothed iKMiealh; (lie outer claw of bnth front and middle larsi unequally 

 and finely cleft, the small, slend.'r division being near the middle on the 

 front tarsi and distinctly l)eiow the tip on the middle one. Length S- 

 8.5 mm. 



