101,'^ 



PAll ll.\' LII. — CEEAMI•,^'CIDyT^, 



1884 (5993). Phymatodes vahiabims Fab., Faun. Suec, 

 102. 



Eloiii,'nle-(ibloiig. Head blackish; thorax recldish-yellow, 

 the disk often darl^er ; elytra yettow, or blue with yellow 

 alon- sides; femora usually yellow, often blue. Thorax 

 sparsely and rather coarsely punctate, both it and elytra 

 with scattered pubescence. Length 12-13 mm. (Fig. 427.) 



:Monroe, Posey aud Dubois counties; scarce. ~Slix\ 



ll-June 17. Probably throughout the State. The 



larvse breed in oak. 



iss.ii (.5000). Phyiiatodes amcent:s Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. 

 Hist, III, 1823, 413; ibid. II, 193. 



Si^th if Fifth^ rS^ Oblong, slender, subdepressed. Reddish-yellow; elytra 



U. S. Bnt. Coram.) ijjug^ shining ; antenn:e. tibise and tarsi piceous. Thorax sub- 

 cylindrical, sparsely and rather coarsely punctured. Elytra 

 parallel, tips rounded, surface with rather coarse punctures, 

 oac-h bearing a stiff, short hair. Length 5-8 mm. (Fig. 

 428.) ^ ^ 



Throughout the State ; frequent, ilay ll-June 5 

 Beaten from \vild grape, in the stems of which tht 

 larvEe bore ; also occurs on flowers of j-arrow and other 

 herbs. 



P. lividvs Rossi., thorax yellowish, darker at sides, pac£v/^FifthR^' 

 length 9 mm., is kno\\n from ' ' Canada and the iliddle ^- ^- ^"'- '^°'™-' 

 States." P. dimidialus Kirby, is said to inhabit the "United 



States." 



ISSG ((i004). Phymatodes yabius Fab., Spec. Ins., I, ITSl, 

 241. 

 Elongate, rather slender, subcylindrical. Black, pubes- 

 cent with prostrate hairs; thorax at least in part and basal 

 portion of elytra often reddish-brown, the latter each with 

 two narrow whitish crossbars, one curved in front of middle, 

 . tlie other nearly transverse, on aiDicfll third. Thorax rounded, 

 \\ rather siiarsely and coarsely punctured. Elytra finely granu- 

 lati'-punctate. Length 6-9 mm. (Fig. 429.) 



Clarion County ; rare. January 17-January 24. 

 Fig. 429. (After 'I'^^'o spoci'iicns ])res(>nt(Hl liy Harold j\Iorrison; taken 



Smith in Fiftii Ren. ,1 111 t j_ t 



u. s. Ent. Coram.) trom Cellar where wood was stored. 



IX. Cai.lidit'm Pab. 1775. (Or., " beautiful -f little.") 



To this genus belong six species having the palpi about equal in 

 size; mesosternum olitusely triangular; form flattei' than in Phiima- 

 iodes and with stoul(H' antenna?, especially in male. Three species 

 may be looked for in Indiana, though but one has lieeu taken. 



