)D-BORING BEETLES 



1037 



11J17 (r,i7:M. XYi-OTKiiciii s coLd.Nvs Fab., Syst. Eut, 

 ITOS. 01. 

 Elongate, slender, subcylindrical. Black or brown, 

 pubescent above and beneath witb yellowish or whitish 

 hairs : thesi^- arranged to form very variable markings. 

 Those on tliorax are usually four or six small spots. 

 two on base, two near apex and often two near mid- 

 dle ; those on elytra consisting of a semicircular, sub- 

 humeral line enclosing a brown humeral spot, two 

 broad, pale erossbai-s and a smaller spot at apex. Tho- 

 rax cylindrical, longer than wide, roughly and coarse- 

 ly punctate. T^ength S-16 mm. (Fig. 442.) 



Throughout the State : common. June 3-Oc- 

 tober 15. Beaten from vegetation. Breeds in 

 oak, maple and beech. 



V.ns (1.1183). Xtlotrechvs rxDUL\rrs Say. Long's 

 Exped., II, 1824. 291; ibid. I, 119. 

 Elongate, rather slender, subcylindrlcal. Black or 

 dark brown ; elytra marked with yellow pubescence as follows : a narrow 

 stripe extending from scutellum along the suture to middle, thence curving 

 and angulate to outer margin, a short crossbar near humerus, a subaplcal 

 band and an apical curved line; these markings often broken into dots. 

 Length 11-21 mm. 



One specimen in ^Yebster collection labelled "Ind." Its range 

 is given as the entire United States. Var. fuscus Kirby has the 

 sides of thorax covered with pubescent blotches and the elytral 

 bands wavy. In var. inia-niptus Lap. the bands of elytra are 

 greatly obscured by a sprinkling of white hairs. 



Fig. 442. ^.\fter Gissler in 

 Fifth Rep. U. S. Ent. Comm.) 



XXXII. Xeoclttus Thorn. 18G0. (Gr., "new + noisy."') 



Slender bodied, subeylindricai spe'/ies of mediiun .size having the 

 thorax with short transverse ridges or with a broad, longitudinal 

 ridge, composed of many minute cross-ridges ; antennte short, usu- 

 ally less than half the length of body. Four species have been taken 

 in the State, while two others perhaps occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF XEOCLTTI'S. 



Middle and hind femora spinose at apex. 



6. Thorax with a longitudinal elevated ridge, minutely rugose on Its 

 crest; antennje filiform, 

 c. Thorax with apical basal and middle pubescent yellow bands ; scu- 

 tellum elongate-triangular, the apex rounded. 



1919. SCUTELLABIS. 



ec. Thorax with apical and Viasal bands only: scutellum transverse- 

 oval. 1920. irscrs. 



