952 



FAMILY L. SO AHA B MID2E . 



Marshall, Marion and Lawrence counties ; scarce. May 26-Jnne 

 24. Occurs on hazel and oak foliage. 



D. testacea Kirby is a boreal species which may occur in north- 

 ern Indiana. 



179G ( ). Dichelonycha DiLUTA Fall, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, XXVII, 



1901, 283. 



Elongate, parallel. Pale, dull yellow; front and thorax sometimes 

 fuscous; elytra feebly tinged with green. Clypeus more strongly reflexed, 

 less densely and more deeply punctate than in elongata, the sutural line 

 distinctly impressed. Thorax rather sparsely and coarsely punctate, sparsely 

 pubescent, its sides strongly subangulate. Elytra coarsely and roughly 

 pnnctulate. Inner spur of hind tibiae of male distinctly broader and more 

 obtuse than in elongata. Length 8.5-9.5 mm. 



Starke and Crawford counties; scarce. May 25- June 27. 

 Beaten from oak shrubs. The clypeus in all the four specimens at 

 hand is distinctly and abruptly paler than the vertex. 



1797 (5656). Dichelonycha elongata Fab., Syst. Ent., I, 1798, 170. 



Elongate, parallel. Head and thorax piceous or 



dark reddish-brown. Elytra dull brownish-yellow or 

 darker, more or less tinged with greenish, purplish or 

 bronzed lustre ; antennae and legs pale, the apex of 

 hind tarsi and tibiae piceous. Head densely and rather 

 coarsely punctured. Thorax with sides sinuate behind 

 the middle, hind angles prominent ; surface densely 

 punctured, sparsely pubescent, male ; densely pubes- 

 cent, female. Elytra rather coarsely punctured, sparse- 

 ly and finely pubescent. Pygidium and sides of abdo- 

 men rather densely clothed with long, silvery, scale- 

 like hairs. Length 8-10 mm. (Fig. 370.) 



Fig. 370. x 3. Throughout the State; frequent. April 18- 



July 5. Occurs on flowers of wild plum, wild 

 rose, etc., and on leaves of oak and willow. 



1798 (5663). Dichelonycha fuscula Lee, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



Ill, 1856, 2S1. 



Elongate, slender, parallel. Dark reddish-brown or piceous; elytra with 

 a pale marginal stripe, their surface otherwise uniformly and distinctly 

 bronzed. Clypeus concave, the margin moderately reflexed, rather densely 

 and coarsely punctured. Thorax sparsely and rather deeply punctured, the 

 intervals between the punctures shining ; sparsely pubescent. Elytra very 

 coarsely punctured, sparsely pubescent. Length 7 mm. 



Putnam and Crawford counties; rare. May 27-June 20. 

 Probably occurs throughout the southern half of State. Readily 

 known by its smaller size and dark bronzed elytra with paler 

 margin. 



