1050 



FAMILY LIT. — CERAMBYCIDiE. 



Fig. 447. X 3|. 

 (After Wickham.) 



Length 6-9 mm. 



1938 (G259). Acm^eops bivittata Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 



1824, 410 ; ibid. II, 195. 



Elongate-oblong, rather robust. Usually dull brown- 

 ish-yellow ; thorax with two black spots and elytra each 

 with a narrow dorsal and a broader black lateral stripe; 

 varies from entirely black to almost wholly dull yellow. 

 Antennae about as long as body. Thorax much broader 

 at base than apex, with a transverse impressed line in 

 front of middle and another near base; sides angulate, 

 the angle forming an oblique tubercle ; surface finely and 

 sparsely punctate. Elytra much broader than thorax, 

 closely and rather coarsely punctate, the tips rounded. 

 (Fig. 447.) 



Wells, Lawrence and Crawford counties; scarce. May 11-June 

 26. Occurs on the flowers of Anemone pennsylvanica L. Accord- 

 ing to Leng the form nigripennis Lec. has black elytra with thorax 

 more or less yellow ; the form variant Lec. is entirely black, while 

 fuscipes Lec. is entirely dull yellow except the dusky head. 



1939 (6271). Acm^ops directa Newm., Entomologist, 1842, 71. 

 Elongate, slender, parallel. Head, thorax, legs and under surface yel- 

 low ; elytra as described in key ; antennal joints yellow at base, dusky at 

 tips. Thorax subcylindrical, convex, broader at base, narrowed in front, 

 sides rounded, not tuberculate. Elytra coarsely and deeply punctured. 

 Length 6-8 mm. 



Marion, Lawrence, Crawford and Posey counties ; scarce. June 

 4-June 27. Beaten from shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria Michx. 



A. discoidea Hald., length 6.5-8 mm. ; A. pro tens Kirby, length 

 6-9 mm., and A. pratensis Laich, length 6-8.5 mm., are all recorded 

 from Michigan and may occur in northern Indiana. 



XLIV. Gaurotes Lec. 1850. (Gr., ' 'superb." 



This genus is readily known by the shin- 

 ing green elytra. Three species are recog- 

 nized, one of which has been taken in the 

 State. 



1940 (6276). Gaurotes cyanipennis Say, Journ. 



Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 1824,v- L 



423; ibid. II, 200. 

 Elongate-oblong, rather robust. Head, tho- 

 rax and under surface black; elytra bluish- 

 green, shining ; antennae and legs pale brownish- 

 yellow. Antenna? a little shorter than body. Tho- 

 rax bell-shaped, narrowed and constricted on 

 apical half; surface smooth, shining. Elytra 

 twice or more broader than thorax, rather 

 sparsely and finely punctured, humeri prominent, 

 tips subtruncate. Length 9-10 mm. (Fig. 448.) 



Fig. 448. (After Smith in Fifth Rep. 

 U. S. Ent. Comm.) 



