THE l.nxG-HDR-NKIJ w i^uu-BORIXG BEETLES 



1(1 



QLEiici Fitch, Trans. X. Y. State Agr. Sm/. l^-iS. 



r.l'.ll ((UrjTi. I.DPTCHGIC 



7!.m;. 

 Elongate-ubldUg. subdeinvs^ed. Head aud tUorax 

 very dark brown, the latter of ten with a narrow dis- 

 eal line of gi-ay pubescence and a broad one on the 

 sides: elytra pale purplisli-l.iown, marUed with dark 

 brown as slmwn in Fig. 4(;3. h. Aiitenme mure than 

 twice as Idiii; as body. Thorax densely and finely, ely- 

 tra rather coarsely and sparsely, punctured. Length 

 3.5-6 mm. (Fig. 4(>:!b.) 



Throughout the State; freriuent. June 3- 

 Jiily S. Taken from flowers of wild hydrangea of */ • <■, ra 



and 'leatrn from elm and oak. 

 hickory and bittternut. 



. sigrmtus; b, of L. querci; 

 J^reeds in oak **' °^ ^- Z'^^"*- (After Horn.) 



1992 ((;4;>s). Leptubges facetis Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Y. lS2r,. 

 ■271 : Ibid. II. 52'.). 

 Elongate-oblong. Black ; elytra each with a broad, oblique, L-sha])e«l 

 whitish mark extending from humerus inward to suture, thence outward 

 nearly to side margin, and a whitish bar on apical fourth. Antennse and 

 tarsi dark brown, the former more than twice th^ length of lioily. Thora.x 

 finely and ilensely, elytra more coarsely and sparsely, punctured. Iveugth 

 3^ mm. (Fig. 463, c.) 



Kosciusko and ^Marion counties ; scarce, -hme 20--Jiuie 25. Oc- 



curs on trunks of lioi 

 larva? dwell. 



;h. cedar and hickorv. in the wood uf which the 



1093 tVAlV.U. 



. Proc. Phil. Acad. 



Fig. 464. 



Leptubges REori-'.Kis Lee 

 Xat. Sci.. in;.-. 39. 

 Elongate, slender. Dark liruwn, densely clothed with 

 purplish-gray pubescence ; thorax with four rounded dark 

 brown spots, two near apex and two near base; elytra 

 each with six similar sjiots arranged in two oblique rows, 

 the outer row of four siiots extendiug from humerus tn 

 near ajie.x. the inner row of two spots on basal third; an- 

 tennie, under surface and femi.ra reddish-bro^vn ; tibiie 

 and tarsi black. Thorax and elytra both coarsely and 

 rather sparsely punctured. Length T-9 mm. (Fig. 404.) 



Fountain and Clarion counties : scarce. June 

 .uterHorn.) j-l— June 17. Occurs on the foliase of wild grape. 



LXI. Hyperplatys Hald. ]>4' (Gr., "over -broad."') 



This genus differs from Lcplnrfjc^ by haviiiu' the elytra more 

 flattened on the disk, sides abruptly slopiuLr downward and sepa- 

 rated from disk by an acntc riuL^c or carina, ti|is i :ich obliquely 

 emar'j-inate, the outer angl- more or less spiniform; antenna- more 



