L038 



FAMILY LIT. CERAMBYCID.L. 



hh. Thorax with a few distinct transverse ridges arranged in median 

 row ; antenna? thickened towards apex ; head and thorax reddish- 

 brown. 1921. ERYTHBOCEPHALUS. 



(7(7. Middle and hind femora not spinose; antennae filiform: thorax with a 

 number of distinctly elevated but more or less confused Transverse 

 ridges. 



(/. Elytra rounded at tip : each with an oval or rounded pubescent, figure 

 at base and two oblique bands behind the middle. 1922. capb-ea. 

 dd. Elytra truncate at tip : bands of elytra angulate or curved. 



e. Thorax wider than long. mueicatelus. 

 ee. Thorax longer than wide. loxgepes. 



1919 (6195). Neoclytus scetellabis Oliv.. Encycl. Meth.. Y. 1790, 266. 



Elongate, subcylindrical. Blackish, densely clothed with fine grayish- 

 purple pubescence and marked with narrow yellow bands as follows : two 

 vertical ones on front of head; three transverse ones on thorax, one on 

 front and hind margin, the third on center extending only to middle of 

 sides ; elytra with the base reddish-brown, the scutellum and three narrow 

 bands yellow, one curving backward from scutellum. then forward to mar- 

 gin ; one curving forward from middle of suture, then backward to margin, 

 the third oblique on apical fourth. Elytra tapering from base to apex, their 

 tips obliquely truncate with a distinct spine at outer angle. Length 8- 

 15 mm. 



Marion County; rare. June 20. Ranges from New York to 

 Kansas and southward. 



1920 ( 6196). Neoceytus etjsces Fab., Ent. Syst., SuppL, 1798. 152. 



•Resembles the preceding closely. Thorax less narrowed in front and 

 with the median yellow band lacking, the sides often marked with a reddish 

 spot, which, however, is not one of pubescence, but is a color of the chitin 

 itself. Antenna? with joints 6 and 7 fuscous. Length S-17 mm. 



Marion County; rare. September 20. Taken from an elm log 

 in which probably the larvae breed. The ran^e is the same as that of 

 scuteUaris. 



1921 (6201). Neoclytes ebythbocephaees Fab.. Ent. Syst.. I. 179S. 335. 



Elongate, slender, cylindrical. Reddish-brown : elytra blackish behind 

 the first band and with four nearly straight, narrow crossbars of bright 

 yellow pubescence, the one at base less distinct. Thorax cylindrical, coarsely 

 granulate-punctate, the central ridge with four to six short transverse 

 ridges. Elytra obliquely truncate with a spine or blunt tooth at outer angle. 

 Length S— IS mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent, May 10- August 13. Beaten 

 from foliage, - especially that of hickory. The larvae bore in the 

 wood of elm. soft maple, black locust and hickory. The spines of 

 hind femora are often very small. 



