THE l.OXG-HnRNKD \V( lOD-BORIXG BEETI.E^^. IIISM 



-IMS itiiS4>. Sapebda discoidea Fab.. Ent. Syst. Siipp., 1T9?>. 147, female; 



fuscipes Say. Journ. I'bil. Ai-ad. Xat. Sci.. V, 1SJ7. 273. 



male. 

 Eluiiirate. subeyliudi-ical. Male, -lender, usually blackish or iiiceous : 

 atiove sparsely clothed -nith grayish putiescenee. which forms a whitish line 

 on disk and sides of thorax ; that of under side more dense, longer and sil- 

 very white: femora reddish-brown, tibiae and tarsi often darker. Female 

 more robust, dark reddish-brown, the pubescence olive or grayish-yellow ; 

 head, thorax and scutellum more densely clothed with yellow hairs : elytra 

 each with a small spot on basal third, another on apical third and a rather 

 broad, cresi-ent-shaped bar at middle, composed of dense yelli iw hairs ; un- 

 der surfac-e light yellowish-gray. Length, male, ]C>-11 mm; female. 1-ir- 

 16 mm. 



Marion, Putnam and Lawrence counties, scarce: probably 

 throughout the State. -June 6— July It. The sexes are so unlike in 

 size and appearance that they were long ll^istal^en for distinct spe- 

 cies. It breeds in hickory and butternut, usually confining its at- 

 tacks to diseased or dj"ing trees. 



2i)ij0 ( lUSZ I . S-^JEBDA vESTiTA Sav. Long's Esped., 1S24. 

 2;^ ; ibid. I, 193. 



Elongate, robust, cylindrical. Dark reddish-brown, 

 everywhere clothed with dense, olive-yellow, prostrate pu- 

 bescence. Elytra each usually with three small black 

 dots, two placed obliquely in front of and one, more dis- 

 tant, behind the middle. Leni-'th 12-21 mm. (lis. 473. i 



Throughout the State; frequent. June 3-Au- 

 gust 2ri. A lai'ge and handsome beetle known as 

 the "linden borer, '" ys the larva- live in the wood 



-,. -, ,r^-i '. • -t t Fig- 4r:i. Natural size. 



of the hnden (film . otten pr(>\ing verv destruc- (After Packard in fifth 

 tive to thnse set out for shade. Remedies the same ^^ ^ ^ ^"' ^°'"' 

 as those above given for the ' ' poplar borer. ' ' 



Tribe IX. PHYTtECIIXI. 



Medium-sized eyliadrical or rather robust forms, having the 

 tarsal claws cleft cr toothed in buth se.xes: front moderately convex, 

 broader than long: eyes finely granulate, emarginate or divided; 

 palpi slender, last joint elongate-oval, nearly pointed; antennae not 

 longer than body, scape cylindrical; thorax either cylindrical or 

 with an obtuse tubercle on sides ; elytra cylindrical, roimded or trun- 

 cate at ti]is: front eoxa^ conical, cavities angnlated, closed behind; 

 legs short, thighs not club-shaped; hind tarsi with first joint not 

 elongate, last joint rather long. The tribe is composed of five 

 trenera, all of whii-h are represented in Indiana. 



