THE LONG-HORXED WOOD-BORIXG BEETLES. 



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1948 (6297). Leptuea emarginata Fab., Ent. Syst, II. 1775. 341. 

 Elongate, robust. Color given in key. Antenna? feebly serrate. Tho- 

 rax strongly narrowed from the base, which is broadly but deeply Insinuate: 

 surface sparsely punctured. Elytra widest at base, gradually narrowed be- 

 hind, truncate and eraarginate at tips. Length 27-30 mm. 



One specimen in Dury collection from northern Indiana. 

 Taken by him also near Cincinnati. Of it he says: ''This fine 

 large species emerges from dead beech timber in June: the holes 

 are perfectly round and some of them one-half inch in diameter. 

 Many come from a single tree, yet it is very difficult to get speci- 

 mens. " 



L. plebeja Band., length 13 mm., is a member of the Alleghanian 

 fauna, recorded from Michigan. 



1949 (6304). Leptuea subhamata Rand.. Bost. Journ. 



Nat. Hist. II. 1838, 44. 

 Elongate, rather slender. Male, head and thorax 

 black; base of legs and discal elytral stripe (often in- 

 terrupted) yellow. Female, reddish-yellow, the top of 

 head, a discal spot on thorax, scutellum. sutural and 

 side margins and transverse median elytral band black. 

 Antenna? filiform. Thorax as In emarginata. Fifth 

 ventral of male broadly truncate-emarginate and bi- 

 dentate. Length 12-14 mm. ( Fig. 450.) 



Steuben County : rare. June 16. Taken 

 from flowers of wild hydrangea. A species of 

 northern range. 



1950 (6303). Leftura lixeola Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. 



Hist. III. 1824. 421 ; ibid. II. 199. 

 Elongate, slender. Black, finely pubescent; legs (except tarsi) and 

 elytra dull yellow, the latter with narrow sutural line, a narrow stripe on 

 disk, and a broad one, sometimes broken into spots on sides, black. Thorax 

 densely and finely punctured, feebly impressed, not sinuate on sides. Ely- 

 tra with sides subparallel ; surface coarsely, deeply and rather closely punc- 

 tured; tips truncate, subemarginate. Length 8-12 mm. 



Southern half of State: frequent. May 17-August 13. Occurs 

 on flowers of various kinds, especially wild rose and Jersey Tea. 



Fm 



450. Female. X 3. 

 (Original.) 



Ha Id.. Trans. Arner. Phil. Soc. X. 



1951 (6310). Leptuea cruentata 

 1S47, 64. 



Elongate-oblong, slender. Color given in key: femora red. their tips 

 black. Thorax nearly smooth, strongly and gradually narrowed from the 

 base, which is Insinuate, the transverse basal impression deep. Elytra 

 scarcely narrowed behind, coarsely punctured; tips rounded, widely sep- 

 arated and margined, the outer angle subaoumiuate. Length 9 mm. 



Vigo County: rare. June 15. Taken from flowers of the red- 

 osier dogwood (Com us stolon if era Michx.) 



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