800 



FAMILY XXXIX. — BFPRESTIDJE. 



c. Sides of thorax with yellowish pubescence ; elytra each with a yel- 

 low pubescent stripe ; hind angles of thorax not carinate. 



1518. BILINEATFS. 



cc. Elytra without a yellow pubescent stripe. 



d. Elytra with more or less evident pubescent spots ; last ventral 

 segment obtuse or truncate at tip ; first two ventrals of male 

 grooved. graxulatfs. 

 dd. Elytra without pubescent spaces 



e. Last ventral segment obtuse or truncate ; first and second ven- 

 trals of male with a smooth deep groove. blaxchabdi. 

 ee. Last ventral segment oval at tip. 



f. Hind angles of thorax carinate in both sexes ; first ventral 

 of male broadly grooved. 1519. axxfus. 



ff. Hind angles of thorax not carinate ; first ventral of male 

 nearly flat. 1520. acutipexxis. 



aa. Last dorsal segment without a projecting carina. 



g. Elytra without pubescent spaces; prosternal lobe truncate or feebly 

 emarginate. 1521. politus. 



gg. Elytra with pubescent spaces. 



//. Prosternal lobe entire; middle pubescent space of elytra rounded. 



1522. FALLAX. 



lih. Prosternal lobe deeply emarginate; first joint of hind tarsi longer 

 than half the tibiae ; middle pubescent space of elytra elongate. 



1523. OBSOLETOGUTTATUS. 



A. vittaticollis Kand.. length 8-9.5 mm., is said to occur from 

 " Massachusetts westward to Illinois." 



1518 (4727). Agrietjs bflineatus Web. 



Obs. Ent. 1801, 74. 



Elongate, moderately robust. 

 Above black, with often a slightly 

 greenish tinge ; sides of thorax 

 and a narrow stripe reaching 

 from humerus to beyond middle 

 of each elytron clothed with 

 dense yellow pubescence ; beneath 

 more shining and greenish. Tho- 

 rax one-third wider than long, 

 distinctly narrower at base ; sides 

 nearly straight on apical half, 

 sinuate near the hind angles, 

 which are rectangular ; disk with 

 a vague median and a short lat- 



Fig 399. rr. adult beetle; b antenna of same; 9, claws of j obUque impression each side, 



hind tarsi of female; cT , same of male; c, larva; a, pupa. (Ai- 1 1 



ter Chittenden.) finely transversely strigose-pime- 



tate. Elytra broadened behind the middle, tips rounded, serrulate : surface 

 densely granulate. Prosternal lobe truncate in front. Length 6-9 mm. 

 (Fig. 309.1 



Throughout the State; frequent. June 1-July 2. Occurs on 

 oak. honev locust and chestnut. A handsome and easily recognized 



d 



species. 



