THE LEA I'- BEETLES. 1109 



Southern half of State ; rather scarce. April 3-May 26. Four 

 of the varieties have been taken, viz., atrn in Jennings and Putnam 

 counties ; h epaiica in Hancock, Jackson, Crawford and Posey coun- 

 ties; vitfafa in Jackson and Posey and tririftata in Posey. 



IV. ZEiuiopiiORA Kunze. 1818. CGr., "a yoke + bear.") 



The members of this o'enns are smaller, being proportionally 

 shorter and more robust, tha.n those of Orsodania.. The punctua- 

 tion is very coarse and the thorax has a large blunt tubercle on 

 sides. Three species have been taken in the State and another prob- 

 ably occurs. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF ZEt'GOPHOEA. 



a. Elytra entirely black. 



7). Head \yholly yellow ; punctures of elytra large, more distant one 

 from another than their own diameters. 2042. scutellaris. 



hi). Occiput black; elytral punctures close. 204.'!. coNSANoaiNEA. 



OH. Elytra bicolored. 



c. Thorax entirely yellow; (juter half of anteunre ijiccous; elytral punc- 

 tures very close. pubekui^. 

 (■<■. Thorax with a picecus diseal spot, divided at middle l)y a yellow 

 line; antennae pale; elyiral ))unctures more distant. 



2044. VARIANS. 



2042 (6551). Zedgophoea sct-'teleaeis Suffr.. Bnt. Zeit. Stettin, 1840, 09. 



Elongate-oblong, convex. Head, thorax, legs, pro- and mesosterna clear 

 yellow; elytra and abdomen black, shining, very sparsely pubescent. Au- 

 tenuiB less than half the length of body, rather stout, .ioints 1 to 3 yellow, 

 the remainder piceous. Thorax longer than wide, strongly convex, tuber- 

 cles prominent, surface sparsely and coarsely punctate. Length 3.5-4 mm. 



Starke and Wells counties ; rare. June 18. Beaten from leaves 

 of hickory. 



204.''> (On.'ir;). Zeugophoea coNSANn tinea Crotch. Proe. Phil. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., 187:!. 23. 

 Elongate, slender, jjarallel. Resembles .sciitclldris in color, except that 

 top of head is black and antennre wholly yelhjw. Thorax as broad as long, 

 the tubercles less prominent. Length 3-3,5 mm. 



Lake and Starke counties; scarce. May 9-July 4, Known here- 

 tofore only from northern Illinois, 



Z. puherula Crotch, dark reddish-brown, abdomen, metasternum 

 and apical half of antenna^ black, length 3.5 mm., was described 

 from Illinois. 



