1074 PAMILY LII. — CEKAMBYCIDiE. 



1983 (6424). Liopus vaeiegatds Hald., Tr. Amer. Phil. Soc, X, 1847, 47. 

 Elongate, rather robust. Purplish-brown, mottled with black, clothed 



with very fine and short i^ubescence. Elytra with numerous small, irregu- 

 lar black spots, and a dark blotch behind the middle, which is bordered 

 behind by gray; antenna? and tibise annulate with gray. Thorax sparsely 

 and deeply punctured. Elytra each with two costse, which unite near apex ; 

 coarsely and rather densely punctured, more sparsely and finely on apical 

 third. Length 8-12 mm. 



Marshall, Starke and Posey counties; scarce. June 15-July 2. 

 Breeds under bark of the box-elder (Negundo aceroidcs Moen.), and 

 the honey locust. 



1984 (6426). Liopus cbassulus Lee, N. Sp. N. A. Ooleop., II, 1873, 235. 

 Elongate, convex, robust. Piceous brown, clothed with short, gray 



pubescence; elytra with the suture, three slightly elevated lines and mar- 

 gin each bearing a row of sparsely placed black tufts of hairs ; humeral 

 angles black, polished; a large bare blackish space each side in front of 

 middle and a curved, bare, black band behind middle. Antennse one-half 

 longer than body, annulate, first, third and fourth joints subequal. Thorax 

 nearly twice as wide as long, feebly punctulate. Elytra rather coarsely 

 punctured, tips obliquely truncate. Length 6-7 mm. 



Floyd County; rare. June 23. Breeds in the twigs of hack- 

 berry. 



1985 (6428). Liopus fasciotjlakis Harr., Trans. Hartf. Soc. Nat. Hist, I, 



1836, 88. 

 Elongate, rather slender. Pale brown; disk of thorax with an oval 

 ^spot near base and two obliquely placed ones near apex, dark broT^^l. Ely- 

 tra with a black spot near scutellum, a much larger one on sides behind 

 the humerus and with a number of small black ones scattered irregularly : 

 also with an angulated black band, bordered widely in front by gray pubes- 

 cence, just behind the middle; back of this a second rather indistinct black 

 band usually visible, the pubescence between this and apex brown Thorax 

 very finely and sparsely punctate. Elytra each with three slightly elevated 

 hues, the mner and outer uniting before the apex; surface rather coarsely 

 and closely punctured. Length .5-6..5 nun. 



Southern half of State, frequent ; not noted north of Wells and 

 Vermillion counties. May 19-July 8. Breeds in prickly ash. 



1986 (6429). Liopus alpha Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci. V, 1826 270- 



ibid. II, 329. 

 Elongate, slender. Usually dull reddish-brown, rather sparsely clothed 



Tnd witlft '"'r™^ ^^^^'^ "^"""^ '"^'^^ ^"-- ™- ^' -«'l '^'-^^o^ 

 and with au acute, angular black band behind the middle. Thorax with 



tbree small blackish spots; finely and densely punctur,.!. Elytra raTher 



