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PA M I FiY rjTII. — CITRYS* )MET;TD/T:. 



Lake, Laporte, Clark and Knox counties; scarce. May 25- 

 Jnly 25. The variety without spots ('iKiOa) occurs with the type. 



21111 (ll'.HJl). GaLEUIUKI.I.a SliWITTA'l'A Iam-., 1'1-(K'. I'liil. Aciul. Xiit. Sci.. 

 1SIJ,5, 215. 



Oblong-oval, subdepressed. Dull yellow or pale browu, (ipiuiiie; pubes- 

 cence sparse, prostrate ; thorax with three distinct black spots ; el.vtra each 

 with three narrow piceous lines (Fig. .507, No. 2) ; antennas and scntellum 

 entirely black. Thorax twice as wide as Ihuk, distinctly narrower in front; 

 silk's curved, hind angles distinct; disk densely punctured, i'.lytra slightly 

 bro.-ider behind, tips obtuse; surface rather finely and densely ijunctured. 

 Length 5-i> mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. April ;i-August 2. Taken by 

 sweeping herhat;e in low, moist lands. 



(1. iuli'fivd. I.ce., dull yellow, elytr,-i each with a subsutural and 



three dorsal lines, length 4-5 mm., oecuis 

 Florida and Texas. 



from Peiuisvlvania to 



*21(;2 (G909). (iAUf.RfcKi.LA NOTt'LATA Fabr., Syst. Elent., T, isol, 4sii. 



Oval, slightly oblong, moderately convex. Dull dusky yellow, sparsely 

 clothed with fine, iimslrate, silken ].uliescence ; thorax with lliree black 

 spots; elytra each with four narrow black lines (Fig. 507, Xo. 4), viz., a 

 sutural rarely reaching the base, .i second obli(|Uc one on basal lialf, .1oin- 

 ing sutural at middle; a third, often entire, sometimes wanting on bas.nl 

 half, the fourth starting at nmbone and often .ioining the sutural ; ajiical 

 half of antenna' and metasternum piceons. Thorax nearly twice as wide 

 as long, narrower in front, sides strongl.y curved, base on each side (iblique, 

 surface coarsely, not closely pinictate. lOlytra scarcely wider behind, sur- 

 face closely punctate, jiicre co.-irsely on basal half. Length WSi .5 nun. 



Southern haW of Staffs; frequent, .lannary 1.'>-T)ecemter i:). 

 Hibernates beneath logs and niulleiu h-nves in sandy localities. 

 Rarely the second dark stripe does not join the sutuiM,! at middle, 

 tliough reaching the usual point of union. 



21(;:1 (0910). <jAr.ERt'ci'.i.r.A noiaia I'.-ibr., Syst. 

 Elent., I, 1801, -Iss. 

 rtesembles the preceding, but the pubrsienre 

 is more sparse and tlie general color usually 

 paler. Each elylron is marked with a sutural 

 and three discal lines (Fig. .507, Xn. .5) ; iii' (lies? 

 the sutural and llie sei-cnd ilisc,-il reach neither 

 base nor ai>ex. the lirst disc;il being short and 

 confined to the basnl fourth, while the outer line 

 is entire. I'nuetnation of u]i|K'r surface some- 

 what finer Ihan in mil iihilii. Lenglli :'.5 7, nnn. 

 (Fig. 5(IS, ) 



Throughout th(> State; rather rreipicu, 

 on the Howers of l)oneset, EuixiloriiDit pi r- 

 fiihdfuiii L. May M-October 16. 



I'ig. 508. (Lineahnws natural size. J 



