mo pamiIjV Lin. — CTrR\'S('>MT?iJD.T;. 



2044 (6554). Zedgophoea vaeians Crotch, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 1873, 23. 



Eldugate-obloug, subconvex. Top of head and disk 

 of thorax blade, the latter with a yellowish median 

 Stripe, which widens on basal half. Elytra piceous, 

 with a large oval or heart-shaped yellowish spot on 

 center of disk; front of head, antennre and legs dull 

 reddish-yellow. Thorax as in the preceding, the tuber- 

 cles more blunt. Length 3 mm. (Fig. 478.) 

 Fig «8^x8. Lake and Posey counties; scarce. ^lay 11- 



(After wicttam.) June -M . Occurs on foliage of poplar. 



V Si'NETALac. 1845. (Gr., "sagacious.") 



One species of this genus occiu-s in the eastern United States, in- 

 cluding Indiana. 

 204.5 (0557). Syneta eeeeuginea Germ., Xov. Act. Halens, I, ISIO, 36. 



Elongate, subcylindrical. Plead, thorax and antenna reddish-yellow ; 

 elytra, legs and under surface i>aler yellow. Antennce slender, half tlie 

 length of body; joints 4 to 10 very nearly equal in length, 11th longer than 

 10th. Thorax slightly longer than wide; rather broadly angulate and ob- 

 tusely three-toutlied at sides; surface coarsely and densely punctate. Ely- 

 tra each with four raised lines or costce of various degrees of distinctness; 

 the broad intervals each with 3 to 5 irregular rows of coarse, close-set 

 punctures. Hind tibiiK of male slightly broader at tip and with terminal 

 spurs, the inner edge sinuate below the middle. Length 7-8 mm. 



Southern two-thirds of State; scarce, ilay 12-June 2. Beaten 

 from the foliage of scrub oak and hazel. 



Tribe III. GRIOCERINI. 



Oblong or elongate beetles of rather small size and graceful 

 form, having the thorax much narrower than elytra, usually 

 strongly constricted near middle; elytra with punctures in regular 

 rows ; antennaj widely distant at base, inserted in front of eyes, 11- 

 jointed and rather stout ; front cox;p conical, prominent and nearly 

 contiguous, the cavities closed behind ; first ventral sesnient as long 

 as the two following; tarsal claws simple and approximate at liase. 

 Two genera compose the trilic. 



KEY TO genera OF ORtOCERtM. 



a. Thorax with a constriction about the middle. \'I. i.ema. 



au. Thorax cylindrical, not constricicd. C'rtocer:s. 



VI. LEMAFabr. liHS. (NL., moaning unknown.) 



This genus, sufficiently chai-acterized alxive, is represented in 

 ivo species.' 



*A synoptical table of most ot tlu- spreirs is givi'ii hy Cr-otcli, Pn>.^ Pliil. Ai'ad , 1S73, 2-t 



