TJTIO liEAF BEETLES. 



111;'. 



66. Front eoxfe separated by the prosternuin ; form short, robust; eyes 

 oval, uot emargiiiate; ccilor (iu our species) uuilonu blackish. 



VIII. COHIINOPTEBA. 



aa. Tarsal claws ai.peucliculate; eyes emarginate; color black with red cir 

 yellow elytral spots. 

 c. Epipleura broad in front; elytra (in our species) each with humeral 

 and apical reddish spots. IX. Babia. 



<■(■. Epipleura narrow ; elytra each with humeral spot only. 



X. Saxinis. 



VII. Anomgda Lac. 1849. (Gr., "tinlike.") 



One species occurs east of the ilississippi. The male has the an- 

 tenna more deeply serrate and front tibise longer than in female. 



2051 (6579). Anomcea laticlavia Forst, Nov. Spec. Insect., 1771, 27. 

 Elongate, subcylindrical. Head, thorax and femora reddish-yellow ; 



elytra paler yellow, the suture and outer margins narrowly bordered with 

 black; antennte, tibije and tarsi usually blackish; under surface, except 

 prosternum, Iilack, densely clothed with gr.ny pubescence. Thora.x more 

 than twice as wide as long, sides rounded, hind margin sinuate, surfai.e 

 smooth. Elytra finely and indistinctly punctate. Length 7-S mm. 



Southern two-thirds of State; frequent. I\Iay 19— June 26. Oc- 

 curs on ragweed {Ainbro.sia) ; also on flowers of Jersey tea and other 

 herbs. 



VIII. CosciNOPTBRA Lac. 1819. (Gr., "a sieve + wings.") 



Of the North ^Vmerican species of this genus all but two occur in 

 the western and south\\'cstern states. One of these is found in 

 Indiana. 



2052 (6590). Coscinoptera dominicana Fab., Syst. Eleut, II, 1801, 34. 

 Oblong, robust Black, densely 



clothed on under surface, more 

 sparsely above, with short, prostrate 

 ash-gray pubescence; labrum usual- 

 ly yellow. Thorax evenly and regu- 

 larly convex, as broad at base as ely- 

 tra, more than twice as wide as long, 

 sides rounded; surface densely and 

 rather finely punctate, median line 

 smooth. Elytra more coarsely and 

 less densely punctate than thorax. 



Length 4.5-6.5 mm. (Pig. 481.) %■ 481- rx.brva extracted frcm case; b, Eame yvith 



= ciise; c, beetle, showing punctures; ci, same natural a«'e 



TlirOUghoUt the State; fre- e,eggenlarged;/,headoflarva,undersi(ie;9,teadofina\e; 



oi T 1 ^ n beetle; /i, mandible of same; i, eggs, natural sii*; J, leg of 



quent. May dl-Jul,V O. UCCUr,^ larva; *, mandible of same. (After Riley.) 



on the foliage of the sour or 



black-gum, Nyssa sylvaiim JMarsh ; also on oak and wild grape. 



Th(! larva? are said to occur in ants' nests. Mating June 11. 



