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FAMILY L. SO ARAB JE CJ)iE. 



1859 (5909). Euphokia fulgida Fab., Syst. Eiit, 1798, 48. 



Oblong-oval. Head and thorax usually brilliant green, the latter mar- 

 gined at the sides with yellow ; elytra green, usually with a reddish-brown 

 tinge, sometimes marked with chalk-white spots ; abdomen green, the sides 

 with whitish spots; pygidium with four similar spots on base; legs red- 

 dish- or brownish-yellow, tinged with green. Entire upper surface sparsely 

 and rather finely punctate; elytra with only faint traces of costse. Length 

 13-18 mm. 



Throughout the State ; frequent. May 10-September 29. Usu- 

 ally pupates beneath logs in damp places; common in June in the 

 washup along the shore of Lake Michigan. Occurs also on flowers. 



E. herbacea Oliv., length 14-16 mm., occurs in the "Middle 

 States Region." 



1SG0 (5911). Euphokia inda Linn.. Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 17(30, 352. 



Broadly oval. Head and thorax piceous. 

 feebly bronzed, the latter often with yellowish 

 spots; elytra brownish-yellow, mottled with 

 black spots, which often tend to form cross- 

 bands ; beneath piceous, the legs and hind mar- 

 gins of abdominal segments often paler. Vertex, 

 thorax, pro- and mesosterna, femora and sides 

 of abdomen usually densely hairy. Elytra each 

 with two rather broad and feeble costse which 

 unite at apex. Length 13-16 mm. (Fig. 416.) 



Fig. 416. X 2. (After Fjrbe?.) , , ni „ , r i 



Throughout the State ; frequent. March 

 20-August 17. On the first warm, sunny days of spring this "bum- 

 ble flower-beetle" comes forth in numbers and flies close to the 

 ground with a loud buzzing noise like that of a bumble-bee, for which 

 it is often mistaken. When captured it defends itself by emitting 

 a strong, pungent chlorine-like odor. A second brood is said to ap- 

 pear in September. The larva? live in rotten wood, beneath chips 

 and other woody debris. The adults are often found sucking the 

 juices of roasting ears, peaches, grapes and apples, and sometimes 

 do much damage. 



XXXVIII. Cremastoohjlus Knoch. 1801. (Gr., "hanging + 



lip.") 



Rather elongate, dull black, coarsely punctured species, known 

 from their allies by the characters given in key, and by having the 

 outer portion, of mandibles thickened and horn-like • last spiracle 

 near hind margin of the segment; middle eoxre without a protuber- 

 ance between them. The mouth is peculiarly constructed, the cly- 

 peus being thickened and turned up, and the mentum much en- 



