.;OD-BORIXG BEETLE^^. 1051 



Vieo. La^rrenee and Crawford counties : frequent. iMay 19— July 

 22. Oi-ouis on flowers of sumac and wild hydrangea. 



BcUamira scaJaris Say. chestnut-brown to black in hue. elytra 

 marked ^rith p.aler, us shown in Fig. 444. 20-27 mm. in length, 

 ranges throughout the Eastern United States and has been recorded 

 from ^Michigan and Ohio. 



XLY. Strangaija Serv. Isj.j. (Gr., "a rope or halter.") 



The very slender form, with elytra tapering greatly from base 

 to tips win ser^e to separate the members of this genus. In our 

 species the last ventral segment of the male is strongly excavated 

 and the sixth and follomng antennal joints hare small oval, de- 

 pressed poriferous spaces near the tips. Thorax bell-shaped, much 

 narrowed in front, hind angles prominent, acute, base bisinuate. 

 Four species have been taken in the State. They occur especially 

 on the flowers of wild rnse. ^rild hydrantrea and other summer 

 blooming plants. 



KET TO IXDIAXA SPECIES OF STBAA'GALIA. 



a. Head and thorax wliolly black; elytra dull yellow, with margin and 

 suture blackish. 1941. acuminata. 



aa. Head and thorax not wholly black. 

 6. Elytra not wholly black. 



c. El3i:ra dull brownish-yellow, with black sjiots on sides : antennae 

 black. 1942. famelica. 



cc. Elytra reddish-yellow, with three black crossbars ; antennae red- 

 dish-yellow. 1943. trxEicoExis. 

 66. Elytra wholly black. 1944. bicolob. 



1941 (G2S2). Stbaxgaita acuminata Oliv., Ent., IV. 170.5. 7.3. 

 Elongate, very slender. Uniform black except the elytra, which are 



dull yellow with black suture and side mar;-'ins : under surface rather 

 densely, upper more sparsely, clothed with yellowish prostrate pubescence. 

 Thorax finely and rather densely punctate, the median lobe of base smaller 

 than in famelica. Elytra sparsely and rather coarsely punctured, tips less 

 acuminate and more distinctly truncate than the next. Length S-10 mm. 

 Crawford County; scarce. June 26 -June 2S. Much smaller 

 and more slender than famelica. 



1942 (G2S1). Steaxgaeia fameuca Xewm.. Entom., 1S41, GS. 

 Elongate, slender. Above dull brownish-yellow, clothed with brighter 



yellow pubescence; antennae, two broad stripes on thorax and usually snme 

 spots on sides and a band near apex of elytra, black; under surface usually 

 dark ; abdomen, sometimes, and legs partly dull yellow. Thorax with sur- 

 face, as well as that of elytra, rather sparsely and coarsely punctate. Hind 

 tarsi with third joint strongly emarginate. Length 12-14 mm. 



Throughout the State, frequent ; more so in the southern coun- 

 ties. :\Iay 30-July 27. 



