iHt LAMi'.LLTCOHX BEI-TLES 



997 



XXXVII. Euphoria Burm. 1842. 

 (Gr., "well ^bearing.") 



Kather broad, bulky, more or 

 less hairy species, having the tho 

 rax triangular and nearly as \\-idc 

 at base as elytra. (Fig. 415. i 

 Scutellum distinct; middle coxiv 

 with an elevation or protuberance 

 between them; mandibles feeble, 

 in great part membranous; last 

 spiracle placed midway between 

 the front and hind margins of the 

 segment. Three species have been 

 taken in the Stiite. while two others perhaps occur. 



Fig. 415. Euphoria mdajicholica Gory. X 3. 

 (.yter Forbes.) 



KEY TO I.NDIANA SPECIES OF EUPHORIA. 



a. CbiJeiis with four teeth in front ; blaclv ; elytra yellowish with black 

 spaces at the humeri and along the suture. abeata. 



(la. (L'lj-peus entire or feebly emarginate. its angles rounded. 

 y. Elevation between the middle cnxte uval or semicircular, 

 c. Thorax either shining (ir punctured and pubescent. 



(7. Tlitirax densely punctured, its surface pubesceut ; color dark 

 brown, feebly bronzed, with narrow white markiii;rs. 



IS.'iS. SEPULCHBALI.s. 



(III. Thor.ix sparsely- punctate, its surface shining, not pubescent; 

 color gi-een tinged with brownish. IS'iO. fuegiua. 



fi: Thorax opaque, scarcely punctured, not pubescent; color dull green 

 to oiiaque Ijiown. hebbace.v. 



hh. Elevati( n between the middle coxre transverse; elytra brownish-yel- 

 low with numerous small black spots. 18G0. ixd.\. 



E. areata Fab., length 12 mm., is said to occur from the Middle 

 States westward to Kansas and Texas. 



]S5S (5904). ErpHOBiA sepii.chealis Fab.. Syst. Eleut., II. ISOl. I'S. 



Oblong-oval. Beneath, bronzed, shining, with a violaceous tinge; above, 

 dark brownish-brouzed, feelily shining; elytra with numerous short, sinuous 

 transverse, whitish lines. Thorax triangular, base emarginate at middle; 

 surface coarsely- punctured, more densely on sides, clothed with short, erect, 

 persistent jjubescence. Elytra each with two cnst.'e; intervals with numer- 

 ous coarse iiunetures, these changing on sides tn short, deep, transverse 

 wrinkles: tips subtrumate. distinctly sinuous. Pro- and mesosterna, femora 

 and sides of abdomen hairy. Length D-LS mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. "May (J-S. i)tember 30. Oc- 

 elli's at sap, also on flowers of varioas kinds, especially goldenrod 

 (Solidago) in autumn. Sluggish and feigns death when touched. 



