1138 



FAMILY LIU. — CUEYSOMELID^. 



XXIII. 



Fig. 490. Leg of Typophorus 

 caneUus, showing emarginate hind 

 tibia, tarsal joints, and cleft tarsal 

 olaw. (After Forbes ) 



TypopiiORT^S Eriuhs. 1847. (Gr., " impression + bear- 

 ing.") 

 To this genus belong the species listed by 

 Henshaw under the name Paria. They have 

 the eyes surrounded by a rather deep groove ; 

 tarsal claws bifid ; elytra with rows of punc- 

 tures ; antennas -with second .joint thicker but 

 shorter than third. Three species and a num- 

 ber of varieties comprise the ii(-nus. 



KEY '10 SPECIES OF TVPOPHORl'S. 



a. Bright blue; size larger, 5.5-7 mm. 



2107. VIEIDIOYANEL'S. 



Off. Reddish-yellow, usually with black markings; 

 sometimes wholly blnck ; smaller, not over 

 4 mm. 

 1). Elytra without a large, common, saddle- 

 shaped black mark. 2108. canedlus. 

 bb. Elytra, with a large, median, saddle-shaped black space. 2109. sellatus 



2107 ((J7.jl). TiPOPHOHUs viKiDiCYANEUs Crotch., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. 



Sci., 1873, 40. 



Oblong-oval, strongly eon^'ex. Dark greenish-blue, shining; antennse 

 reddish at base, the five outer joints blackish. Head and thorax finely and 

 very sparsely punctate, the latter narrower than elytra, its sides feebly 

 curved. Elytra with regu- 

 lar rows of rather fine, 

 shallow punctures ; sides 

 with a fold or eosta ex- 

 tending from the humeral 

 elevation obliquely back- 

 ward toward the margin. 

 I^ength 5.5-7.5 mm. 



Southern third of 

 State ; scarce. June 16- 

 August 2. Occurs on 

 the foliage of the hedge 

 bindweed. Convolvulus 

 sepinm L. 



2108 (6747-6750). Typo- 

 PHORUS CANEi.rj-s Fnb.. 

 Syst. Bleut., II, 1801, 

 52 



Oiilong-oval, convex 

 Color exceedingly vari- 

 able, as noted in the color 

 varietal key below ; sur- 

 face shining. Thorax nar- 



Fig, 491, X 14. (After Forbes.) 



