THE LEAF BEETLES. 



1183 



21S4 (693<!). CEdionychis fimbbiata Forst, Nov. Sp. Ins., I, 1771. 25. 



Oblong-oval, moderately convex, feebly shining. Dull reddish-yellow ; 

 thorax with five piceous spots, usually more or less confluent; elytra with 

 only a narrow sutural line black, or with three piceous stripes, with inter- 

 grades; femora and under surface, except the metasternum, reddish-yellow; 

 antennae, tibiae and tarsi piceous. Thorax more than twice as wide as long, 

 feebly narrowed to front, margins narrow, surface finely alutaceous, rather 

 coarsely and sparsely punctate. Elytra scarcely wider than thorax, surface 

 closely punctate, more finely at apex. Length 5-7.5 mm. (Fig. 517, a.) 



Lake and Dubois counties; rare. May IS-^May 21. Taken by 

 sweeping herbage. 



Fig. 517. a, (Edionychis fittihriaia; 6, 0. miniata; c and d, Q. qu£Tcata and \'ariety. (After Horn.) 



0. peiaaris/a Fabr., length 5.5-S..5 miu., ranges from North Car- 

 olina to Texas and has been reeordc d from Cincinnati. 



*21S5 (GOOri). CEdio.wchis iuxiata Fubr., Syst. Eleut., I, ISOl, 405. 



Oval, slightly oliloiig. convex, feebly shining. Reddish-brown beneath, 

 dull yellow above; thorax with a transverse brownish spot; elytra with a 

 sutural and each with a median discal stripie blackish ; antennae, except the 

 base, front and middle tibise, and all the tarsi, piceous. Thorax three times 

 as wide as long, sides curved and narrowed to the front; disk sparsely and 

 finely punctate. Elytra variably, usually finely and rather closely, punc- 

 tate. Length 5-6.5 mm. (Fig. 517, 6.) 



Tliroughout the ^tate : frequent. February 11— October 1. Hi- 

 bernates beneath rubbish in sandy localities. Taken in ]\Iay by 

 sweeping. 



2186 (6941). O^DioxTCHis thyamoides Crotch, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 1S7:',. 63. 

 Oval, subdepressecl. moderately shining. Almve pale yellow; elytra with 

 a broad, oval, common sjiot, black, tinged with gi-eenisli ; under surface and 

 legs reddish-yellow ; head yellow, sparsely punctate. Anteimae longer than 

 half the body, piceous. three or four basal joints paler. Thorax twice as 

 wide as long, distinctly broader at base than apex, margins broadly flat- 

 tened; disk finely alutaceous, sparsely and indistinctly punctate. Elytra 

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