1076 FAMILY LIT. — CERAMBYCID^E. 



very short hair; pro- and mesosterna both very narrow, barely wide 

 enough to separate the coxas ; hind tarsi with first joint as long as 

 all the others united. Five of the six recognized species have been 

 taken in the State. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF LEPTUEGES. 



a. Spine on side of thorax rather broad and very close to the base. 



1989. SYMMETRICUS. 



aa. Spine on side of thorax more slender and acute, less close to base, the 

 tip recurved. 



1). Elytra with a black crossbar behind the middle. 



c. Crossbar of elytra incomplete, broadly interrupted by the suture. 



1990. SIGNATUS. 



cc. Crossbar of elytra complete, broad. 



d. Apex of elytra not black ; crossbar oblique on each elytron. 



1991. QUERCI. 



del. Apex of elytra black ; crossbar transverse. 1992. facetus. 



~bb. Elytra without a crossbar, but each with six round black spots; tho- 

 rax with four spots. 1993. regtjlaris. 



1989 (6435). Lepturges symmetrictjs Hald., Trans. Amer. Phil. 

 Soc. X, 1S4T, 50. 

 Elongate, slender, subdepressed. Pale brown, rather densely 

 clothed with purplish-gray pubescence ; thorax usually with four 

 rounded dark brown spots. Elytra marked with darker, as 

 shown in Fig. 462. Antenna} one-third longer than body, basal 

 joint dark brown. Thorax and elytra sparsely and rather finely 

 punctate. Length 7-9 mm. (Fig. 462.) 



Southern two-thirds of State ; scarce. July 2- August 



13. Occurs on foliage of wahoo (Euonymus) and other 



shrubs. The form as above described is that of var. 



pictus Lec. The marking's there given vary in both di- 

 ng. 462. X 4- to to J 



(After Horn.) rections, so that specimens may be nearly dark brown or 

 entirely pale. 



1990 (6436). Lepturges signatus Lec, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., II. 

 1852, 171. 



Elongate, rather slender. Pale reddish- or fuscous-brown, sparsely 

 clothed with grayish pubescence ; elytra each marked with darker brown 

 as shown in Fig. 463, a. Thorax finely and densely punctured. Elytra 

 rather coarsely and sparsely punctured on basal half, more finely toward 

 tips. Length 6-6.5 mm. 



Marion County ; rare. July 7. Occurs on sumach, Ranges 

 through the Eastern United States. 



