1038 FAMILY LII.- 



1)1). Tliorax with a few distinct transverse ridges arranged in median 



row; antennie tbicliened towards apex; liead and tliorax reddisli- 



brown. 1921. ekytheocephalls. 



aa. Middle and hind femora not spinose ; antennss filiform ; thorax with a 



number of distinctly elevated but more or less confused transverse 



ridges. 



d. Elytra rounded at tip ; each with an oval or rounded pubescent figure 



at base and two (>b]i(iue bands behind the middle. r..tl!2. capr.ea. 



dd. Elytra truncate at tip; bands of elytra angulatc or curved. 



e. Thorax wider than long. mueicatulxts. 



ee. Thorax longer than wide. longipes. 



1919 (6195)*. Neoclytqs scutellaeis Oliv., Encycl. Meth., V, 1790, 266. 

 Elongate, subeylindrical. Blaclilsh, densely clothed with fine grayish- 

 purple pubescence and marlied with narrow yellow bands as follows : two 

 vertical ones on front of head; three transverse ones on thorax, one on 

 front and hind margin, the third on center extending only to middle of 

 sides ; elytra with the base reddish-brown, the scutellum and three narrow 

 bands yellow, one curving backward from scutellum, then forward to mar- 

 gin ; one curving forward from middle of suture, then backward to margin, 

 tlie third oblique on apical fourth. Elytra tapering from liase to apex, their 

 tips obliquely truncate with a distinct s])iiie at outer angle. Length S- 

 15 mm. 



Marion County; rare. Jnne 20. Ranges from New York to 

 Kansas and southward. 



1920 (619G). Neoclttus luscus Fab., Ent. Syst., Suppl., 179S. 152. 



Resembles the preceding closely. Thorax less nari'owed in front and 

 with the median yellow band lacking, the sides often marked with a reddish 

 spot, which, however, is not one of pubescence, but is a color of the chitlu 

 itself. Antennas with joints 6 and 7 fuscous. I/ength 8-17 mm. 



Marion County ; rare. September 20. Taken from an elm log- 

 in which probably the la,rva3 breed. The ranue is the same as that of 

 .tcutellaris. 



1921 (6201). Neoclytus EBYTHEOCEPHALrs Fab., Ent. Syst.. I, 1708, 335. 

 Elongate, slender, cylindrical. Keddish-brown ; elytra blackish behind 



the first band and with four nearly straight, narrow crossbars of bright 

 yellow pubescence, the one at base less distinct. Thorax cylindrical, coarsely 

 granulat^punctate, the central ri(l,u;e with four to six short transverse 

 ridges. Elytra obliquely trunciite with a spine or blunt tooth at outer angle. 

 Length 8-18 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. May 10-August 1.3. Beaten 

 from foliage, especially that of hickory. The larvte bore in the 

 wood of elm, soft majile, black locust and hickory. The spines of 

 hind femora are often very small. 



