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FAMILY LII. CERAMBYCIDJE. 



1953 (6424). Li opus yaeiegatus Hald., Tr. Ainer. Phil. Soc, X, 1S4T, 47. 

 Elongate, rather robust. Purplish-brown, mottled with black, clothed 



with very fine and short pubescence. Elytra with numerous small, irregu- 

 lar black spots, and a dark blotch behind the middle, which is bordered 

 behind by gray; antenna? and tibiie annulate with gray. Thorax sparsely 

 and deeply punctured. Elytra each with two costs?, which unite near apex ; 

 coarsely and rather densely punctured, more sparsely and finely on apical 

 third. Length 8-12 mm. 



Marshall, Starke and Posey counties; scarce. June 15- July 2. 

 Breeds under bark of the box-elder (Negundo aceroides Mcen.), and 

 the honey locust. 



1954 (6426). Lioprs CBASsrixs Lee. N. Sp. X. A. Coleop., II. 1S73. 235. 

 Elongate, convex, robust. Piceous brown, clothed with short, gray 



pubescence: elytra with the suture, three slightly elevated lines and mar- 

 gin each bearing a row of sparsely placed black tufts of hairs; humeral 

 angles black, polished; a large bare blackish space each side in front of 

 middle and a curved, bare, black band behind middle. Antenna? one-half 

 longer than body, annulate, first, third and fourth joints subequal. Thorax 

 nearly twice as wide as long, feebly punctulate. Elytra rather coarsely 

 punctured, tips obliquely truncate. Length 6-7 mm. 



Floyd County; rare. June 23. Breeds in the twigs of hack- 

 berry. 



1985 (642S). Liopus fascicularis Harr.. Trans. Hartf. Soc. Nat. Hist.. I. 



1836. SS. 



Elongate, rather slender. Pale brown : disk of thorax with an oval 

 spot near base and two obliquely placed ones near apex, dark brown. Ely- 

 tra with a black spot near scutellum. a much larger one on sides behind 

 the humerus and with a number of small black ones scattered irregularly : 

 also with an angulated black band, bordered widely in front by gray pubes- 

 cence, just behind the middle ; back of this a second rather indistinct black 

 band usually visible, the pubescence between this and apex brown. Thorax 

 very finely and sparsely punctate. Elytra each with three slightly elevated 

 lines, the inner and outer uniting before the apex ; surface rather coarsely 

 and closely punctured. Length 5-6.5 mm. 



Southern half of State, frequent ; not noted north of Wells and 

 Vermillion counties. May 19-July 8. Breeds in prickly ash. 



1986 (6429). Liopus alpha Say. Journ. Phil. Acad. Xat. Sci. Y. 1826. 270; 



ibid. II. 329. 



Elongate, slender. Usually dull reddish-brown, rather sparsely clothed 

 with grayish pubescence : elytra usually with four rows of small black dots 

 and with an acute, angular black band behind the middle. Thorax with 

 three small blackish spots : finely and densely punctured. Elytra rather 



