1072 



FAMILY LII. CERAMBYCID^E. 



1979 (G423). Leptostylus macula Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., V, 



1S2G, 26S ; ibid. II, 327. 

 Oblong, convex, robust. Brownish ; thorax with whitish pubescence 

 forming a broad stripe each side, banded within by a narrow blackish stripe 

 which is formed by a row of elongate bare tubercles ; the central area 

 brownish. Elytra each with a broad, irregular white blotch behind the mid- 

 dle and with six lines of minute black spots. Thorax deeply and densely, 

 elytra more sparsely punctate. Length 4-0 mm. 



Southern half of State; scarce. May 27-June 24. Taken from 

 beneath walnut bark and beaten from oak. Breeds in beech, hick- 

 ory, black walnut and butternut, 



L. collaris Hald., dull clay-yellow, elytra sprinkled with minute 

 black spots and irregular patches of dark and gray, length 10 mm., 

 is known from Kentucky eastward and southward. 



1980 (6420). Leptostylus sexguttatus Say, 



Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



V, 1826, 269 ; ibid. II, 328. 

 Elongate-oblong, robust. Brownish, irregu- 

 larly mottled with grayish pubescence ; ely- 

 tra with an elongate dark spot behind base, 

 another behind middle, sometimes becoming 

 a bar, and a third near apex ; antennae and 

 tibiae annulate. Thorax finely, densely and 

 deeply punctured, the disk with five small, 

 blunt, rounded elevations. Elytra each with 

 two or three finely elevated costal, each of 

 which, together with suture, bears a row of 

 distantly placed black points. Length 7- 

 10 mm. (Fig. 460.) 



Kosciusko County; rare. June 7. 

 Said to breed in pine. Listed as com- 



mixtus Hald., but Say's name has pri- Fig. 460. (After Smith in Fifth Rep. u. 



S. Ent. Comm. 



ority. 



L. biustus Lee, elongate, narrow, dull brownish-yellow, sides cf 

 thorax and elytra to middle black, length 4-6 mm., is known from 

 New York, Illinois and southward. 



1981 (6417). Leptostylus paevus Lee, New Spec. N. Am. Col., II, 1S73. 



234. 



Elongate-oblong, moderately robust. Brownish, clothed with very fine, 

 dense, dark gray pubescence ; elytra with an acutely angulate, oblique white 

 band behind the middle ; antenna? and tibia? annulate. Disk of thorax with- 

 out tubercles, but often with four or five minute flat facets. Elytra with 

 an oblique impression in front of middle and each with four irregular, some- 

 what broken costae, each of these with a row of small tubercles bearing 

 short, erect black scales. Length 4-6 mm. 



