THE LOXG-HORXED WOOD-BORING BEETLES. 



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1922 (6-198). Neoclytls capilea Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. III. 

 1824, 424; ibid. I. 120. pi. 53. 

 Elongate, subcylindrieal. Black, thorax and under surface pubescent 

 with long whitish hairs; thorax with front margin narrowly yellow or 

 whitish: elytra each with whitish or yellow lines as follows: one curving 

 from scutellum backward, then forward along the margin to humerus, thus 

 forming nearly a circle; a second inverted W-shaped one just behind the 

 middle and a third oblique one on apical fourth: tips usually narrowly 

 edged with white or yellow. Length 12-20 mm. 



Southern two-thirds of State, frequent: probably throughout. 

 April 23-October 11. The larva 1 breed in ash, elm and hickory, and 

 the adults occur on the trunks of these trees or on flowers. Say in 

 his original description says that the "'tips of elytra are emarginate 

 with a prominent spine at the external angle," which is not true of 

 any specimen I have seen, nor is this character shown in his figure. 

 In all Indiana specimens at hand the pubescent lines of thorax and 

 elytra are white, not yellow. 



N. muricatulus Kirby, black or brown with white markings, 

 length 7-10 mm., ranges from New England to Louisiana and Cali- 

 fornia. A r : longipes Kirby. more slender, black with white mark- 

 ings, more distinct on base of elytra, length 9-11 mm., is known 

 from Virginia, Texas and Canada. 



XXXIH. Clytantpius Thorn. 1864. (Gi\, "noisy.") 



In this genus both the frontal carina of head and the transverse 

 ridges of thorax are lacking ; the side pieces of metathorax are nar- 

 row and the color black banded with white or yellow. Two species 

 are known from the eastern United States and Indiana. 



1923 (6207). Clytaxthus rfrkola Oliv.. But.; IV. 1S05. 70. 



Elongate, rather robust, subcylindrieal. Black; thorax with a yellow 

 marginal line, interrupted at middle of base: scutellum and markings of 

 elytra bright yellow : the latter consisting of an oval oblique spot on basal 

 third, a strongly angulated band extending from suture backward to mid- 

 dle, thence forward and outward to near the margin, and an oblique bar 

 behind the middle: antenme and legs reddish-brown, the clubs of femora 

 blackish. Thorax subglobose. finely granulate. Elytra rounded at tips, nat 

 spinose. Length 8 -14 mm. 



Throughout the State: scarce. May 10-July 1. Beaten from 

 elm. 



1924 (620S). Clytaxthfs at.bofasciatus Lap.. Mom. 1837. 96. 

 Elongate, slender, snbcylindrical. Blackish-brown; elytra each with a 



narrow oblique line on basal half, a long, curved, narrow band behind the 

 middle and the apex, whitish pubescent: antennae and legs dark reddish- 

 brown. Length 8-10 mm. 



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