-[1(,4 FAMILY LIII. — CIIRYSOMELIDiE. 



LIV. GlyptinaLcc. 1859. (Gr., "sculptured.") 



Small oblong or oval, 

 c! all yellow or blue and yel- 

 low species, resembling 

 Loufjitarsus in general ap- 

 pearance, but having the 

 elytral punctures in dis- 

 tinct rows on base and 

 sides, often confused at 

 tip ; the first joint of hind 

 tarsi not more than one- 

 third the length of tibise; 

 antennse slender, as long as 

 half the body, first joint 

 cylindrical, second conical, 

 more than half the length 

 of first, j'lints 3 to 7 gradu- 

 ally increasing in length, 

 8 to 10 shorter, 11th longer 

 Four of. the seven species 



Pig. 525. Glyplina bTumea Horn. X 25. (After Forbes.) 



and acute at tip; tarsal claws simple 



recognized by Ilorn i)i-<)bably occur in the State 



KEY TO INDIANA .sl'IX'Ui.S of GLYPTINA. 



a. Elytra yellnwisli cir reddlsli-yellow. 



6. Strife on sides of elytra, esjiecially tlie ninth, deeper thiui those of 



the disk; ))(i(ly beneath brown. (Fii;. r,2r,.) bkunxea. 



6B. StriiB on sides faint ; body beneath brownish-piceous. very rarely 



pale. 220S. spuria. 



iKi. Elytra blue, with metallic lustre; head and thorax reddish-yellow. 



c. Thorax somewhat wrinkled, va,i_'ui'ly punctate; elytral strite much 



confused at apex. 2209. bicolor. 



cc. Thorax smiHiUi, iir very finoly and sparsely punctate; elytral strife 



entire, not confused. 2210. oyanipennis. 



Gli/ljliiia Jinnnicd Horn, redtlisli-bnnvn, legs and antenna" paler, 

 Icufj-th 1.8-2 mm., is known from AVisconsiu, Georgia and 'Pexa.s. 



22i)S (TUlti). (Jlyptina spcrta Lee., Ciil. Kan., 1S.")0, 20. 



Oblong-oval, moderately convex. Almve pale brownish-yellow, shining; 

 beneath piceous ; antennre reddish-yellow, outer joints darlcer : legs pale. 

 Thorax one-half wider than long, not narrower in front, sides obliquely 

 truncate near front angles and annulate in front of middle; disk rather 

 coarsely and sparsely punctate. Elytra distinctly wider at liase than tho- 

 rax, feebly striate the strife coavscl,\' and closely punctate; intervals wider 

 than strife, slightly convex, each with a row of minute punctures. Length 

 1.5-1.7 mm. 



