1056 fa:m[ly Lit. — cerajibycid.e. 



1952 (0319). Leptuea NITENS Fiirst.. Xov. Spec. 

 Ins., 1771, 45. 

 Elongate, robust. Black ; body beneath, mar- 

 gins of thorax and four elytral bands densely 

 clothed with golden yellow pubescence; antennas 

 dark reddish-brown; legs pale reddish-yellow. 

 Thorax convex, with transverse impressed lines 

 before and behind. Elytral bands broader at 

 the suture, the basal one curving outward and 

 forward to enclose the humerus ; tips of elytra 

 obli(inely truncate and subemarginate. Length 

 10-13 mm. (Fig. 451.) 



Lake and !\Iarsha]l counties; scarce. 

 June ll-June 15. Beaten from foliage of 

 Fig. 451. X 3. (Original) cak. I.isti'il as L. zfhra Oliv. 

 1953 (6311) . Leptuka CHALYBiEA Hald., Trans. .-Vmer. Phil. Soc. X, 1847, CO. 

 Elongate, rather slender. Black: elytra steel blue, shining. Thorax 

 subquadrate, convex, not much broader at base than apex; hind angles 

 small ; surface finely punctured. Elytra parallel, rather coarsely and sparsely 

 punctured; tips rounded, not widely separated. Length 6-7 mm. 



Pospy County ; rare. June -5. Rsno'es from New York and 

 Pennsylvania to Iowa. 



19.54 (6312). Leptuk.\ iapitata Xewni., Entomologist, 1S41, 71. 



Elongate, slender, parallel. Black ; head and thorax red. Thorax con- 

 vex ; sides rounded, narrowed in front, hind angles small ; surface finely 

 and rather sparsely punctate. Elj-tra much more coarsely and sparsely 

 punctured, the tips subtruncate. Length il.5-9 mm. 



Lawrence and Posey counties ; scarce. April '26-July 10. 

 Taken from flowers of wild plum. 



1955 (6313). Leptuba Americana Hald., Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., X, 

 1847. 63. 



Foi-m of cajiitata. Black; head and thoi-ax red, with fulvous hair. 

 Thorax convex, slronsly widened behind the middle, finely and sparsely 

 punctate. Elytra parallel, densely not coarsely punctured. T^ength 8-9 mm. 



Recorded hy Lens from Indiana, Ohio and southward; also hy 

 Dury from Cincinnati. 



L. erigua Newm., black, le.us in part pale, thorax sometimes yel- 

 low with a black discal spot, length 5,5-7 mm., is a member of the 

 Alleghanian fauna recorded from northern Illlinois. 



irr.i; (OSlCt). Lkchha .suiiauiieatai \ KIrby. E.iun. P.or, Amor., IV, 1,8:17. 

 184. 

 Elongate, slender, parallel. Color given in key. Thorax bell-sliai>ed, 

 more elongate :ni<l slender than in niiiihilti. i(s surface densely, rather finely 

 punclale. Elylni moi'e coarsely and sparsely punctate, the tips rounded. 

 Length 6-7,5 mm. 



Marion and Crawford counties; scarce. June 1-June S. Our 



