THE I.O.\y-HiJK,\JA) WduO-BORING BEETLES. 



1057 



form is var. ruftccps Lee, having the licad red, or partly so, the 

 front legs and base <if middle and hind thighs reddish-yellow. 



Group B. 

 In this group the species are iisiiaTly of larger size with the hind 

 angles of thorax not prolonged; the antennae with joints one to four 

 and half of the fifth, punctured, the remainder covered with very 

 fine, dense silky hairs. Four species have been taken in the State, 

 while another may occiu". 



KEY TO SPECIK.S OF GEOUP B. 



a. Antennre annulate with yellow (except in male of eaiuidensis}. 

 h. Tips of elytra ti'uncate and dentate. 



c. Elytra deeply truncate-emarginate at tips; antenn.e of male ser- 

 rate ; black, elytra more or less red. IO.jT. caxade^jsis. 

 cr. Elytra tinaucate at tips, those of male sometimes feebly emargi- 

 nate ; black, elytra reddish ; abdomen red, male, black, female. 



1958. BUBRICA. 



hh. Tips of elytra nearly rounded, widely separated; black, elytra with 

 reddish or yellowish submarginal stripe, rarely whuUy dull yellow 

 or wholly black. vaoaxs. 



aa. Antennoc not annulate. 



(I. Black; elytra dull yellow except at tips, which are truncate and 



rather broadly and obliijuely marked with black. I'.i.jO. pkoxim.^. 



(Id. Black; elytra black, each with four triangular yellowish spots, their 



tips sc"drcely truncate. 1960. octo.xotat.\. 



lO.'JT (63.''2). Leptuea canadensis Oliv., Ent. 

 IV. ITTC. T.3. 



Elongate, rather slender, elytra tapering be- 

 hind. Black; elytra usually with a large liasal 

 reddish spot, which rarely (var. eriithroptirn ) 

 extends over the whole surface. Antennaj with 

 11th joint distinctly divided; unicolorous, male; 

 joints 3 to 9 yellow at base, female. Thorax 

 elongate, narrowed in front, deeply constricted 

 behind; surface, as well as that of elytra, 

 coarsely and closely punctured. Length 1.3- 

 17 mm. (Fig. 4.52.) 



Several in Dary collection from La- 

 porte (Jountj', taken by G. Jl. Levette. 

 Probably to be found throughout the north- 

 ern third of the State. Ocimrs aliout pine 

 and hemlock. 



19.5S cnn:;.", ). r>EPTiJRA bubeica Say, .Tourn. 



Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 1S24, 



41.S; ibid. II, I'.iT. 

 Elongate, robust. Color given in key; under surface rather densely 

 clothed with fine yellow pubescence. Antenme with 11th joint scarcely di- 





Fig. 4:i2. (After Smith in Fifth Ecp. 

 U- S. Ent. Coram.) 



