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FAMILY II.* — CARABIPJE. 



cc. Head black ; thorax narrowly margined ; elytra black, each with two 

 white stripes ; abdomen wholly reddish-yellow. 259. bivittata. 



255 (894). Lebia abdominalis Chaud., Bull. Mosc, 1843, 104. 



Rather slender. Color given in key; antennas piceous, the three basal 

 joints paler; legs and abdomen pale reddish-yellow, tarsi piceous; meso- 

 and metasterna nearly black. Length 4.5-5 mm. 



Perry and Posey counties; rare. April 18-April 27. Taken 

 from beneath mullein leaves and rubbish. A species of southern 

 range. Resembles viridipennis, but smaller, elytra duller green 

 and body beneath partly black. 



256 (895). Lebia scapulakis Dej., Spec. V, 1830, 377. 



Oval, rather slender. Head, thorax and legs pale red- 

 dish-yellow ; elytra "piceous, each with the apical and side 

 margins and a median stripe yellow; antennae dusky, the 

 three basal joints paler. Thorax nearly twice as wide as 

 long, the margins wider and more reflexed toward base. 

 Elytral stria? rather deep, not punctate; intervals flat. 

 Length 4.5-5.5 mm. (Fig. 84.) 



Fig. 84. x 4. Throughout the State ; common on leaves of elder 

 and other plants in summer. April 13-October 11. 

 Takes to wing when disturbed. The pale elytral stripes vary much 

 in width, often occupying more space than the darker ones. The 

 latter are sometimes connected near their tips and the pale stripes 

 reduced to narrow lines, thus forming the variety conjugens Lee. 



257 (897). Lebia furcata Lee. Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist., IV, 1848, 193. 

 Rather broad, subdepressed. Head, disk of thorax and a triangular 



stripe extending from base half way along the elytral suture reddish-yel- 

 low; elytra and margin of thorax pale yellow, the former with a median 

 and two lateral narrow black stripes, the median divided or forked on the 

 basal half to enclose the reddish-yellow stripe; antenna? dusky, pale at 

 base; femora and tarsi black, tibia? pale. Head and thorax finely and 

 irregularly strigose. Length 6.5-7.5 mm. 



Lake, Vigo and Posey counties ; rare. April 20- August 6. 



258 (899). Lebia vtttata Fab., Syst. Eleut, I, 1801, 202; Say, II, 443. 

 Resembles furcata but smaller and more narrow. The black stripes 



are wider, the basal fork of the median one much shorter; legs wholly 

 black or with the base of femora alone pale. Thorax more narrow and 

 elytral stria? deeper. Length 5.5-6 mm. 



Vigo County • rare. March 21 . This species also resembles 



scapitlaris but is easily distinguished by the broader neck and black 

 legs. 



