THE METALLIC WOOD-BORING BEETLES 



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dorsal median space of thorax, suture and narrow side margins of elytra 

 cupreous ; beneath greenish, tinged with cupreous. Thorax one-third wider 

 than long, sides nearly straight, disk coarsely, densely and unevenly punc- 

 tured. Elytra each with four sparsely punctured narrow raised lines, the 

 broader intervals densely and reticulately punctured. Tips together rounded, 

 not dentate. Length 13-17 mm. ( Fig. 299.) 



Putnam and Lake counties ; scarce. February 16-June 21. 



Y. Cixyra Lap. & Cory. 1837. (Gr.. "the lyre.") 



To this genus belongs a single rather small oblong species, hav- 

 ing the pores of the antennae in pits on the end of the joints and 

 the prosternal spine acute at apex. 



1493 (4615). Cixyea gbacilipes Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat Sci.. II. 



1S44. 145. 



Elongate-oblong, slender, subdepressed. Above dull fuscous, obscurely 

 bronzed; beneath cupreous. Thorax quadrate, a fourth wider than long, 

 sides straight, apex truncate ; disk coarsely and roughly punctured and with 

 a distinct median groove. Scutellum triangular. Elytra feebly striate, the 

 stria? punctate, disk with two subobsolete impressions, one before and the 

 other behind the middle ; intervals alternately a little elevated ; tips nar- 

 rowed but not prolonged, feebly bidentate. Eength 10-11 mm. 



Marshall, Marion and Posey counties: scarce. June 6— June 12. 

 Beaten from branches of oak along the border of low woods. 



YI. :\Ielaxophila Esch. 1S29. (Gr.. ; 4 black -love.") 



This genus is separated from Anthaxia only by the characters 

 given in key to genera, One species has been taken in the State 

 and two others perhaps occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES 0E MELAXOPHELA. 



a. Elytra acute at tips : first joint of hind tarsi ecrualling the next three 

 in length. 



l>. Front sparsely punctured : elytra with yellow spots. 1494. xotata. 

 bb. Front densely punctured; elytra without spots: sides of thorax 

 oblique behind, the disk widest in front of middle, appexdicueata. 

 aa. Elytra rounded at tips ; first joint of hind tarsi not longer than the 

 next two : thorax coarsely punctured over its entire surface ; tip of 

 prosternum broadly triangular. .exeola. 



1494 (4617). yiEiAXOPHiiA xotata Lap. & Gory. Mon. Buprest.. I. 1S3T. 4. 

 Elongate, depressed. Black : head and thorax shining : elytra less shin- 

 ing, each marked with yellow as follows : a short stripe near middle of 

 base which curves inward and terminates near suture in a rounded spot 

 the latter sometimes separated: a short bar on apical third and often a 

 small spot on middle near margin. Thorax one-half wider than long, sides 



