1084 



FAMILY LII. — CERAMBYCIDzE. 



and bur-marigold (Coreopsis and Bidens). Taken by sweeping 

 these plants. 



Tribe VIII. SAPERDINI. 



Large or medium-sized, cylindrical species having the front flat, 

 quadrate and vertical; eyes finely granulated, deeply emarginate; 



paipi rather stout, last joint more or less 

 oval, truncate at tip ; antennas as long as 

 body or a little shorter, scape nearly cyl- 

 indrical, without cicatrix; thorax cylindri- 

 cal, without spines or tubercles; elytra 

 wider than thorax, rounded (rarely spinose 

 or acuminate) at tip; legs moderate, thighs 

 not club shaped; hind tarsi with first joint 

 much elongated ; tarsal claws divaricate. All 

 of our species belong to the single genus : 



LXVIII. 



(Gr, 



Saperda Fab. 1775. 



kind of fish.") 



To this genus, as characterized above, 



15 North American species have been 



Fig. 468. saverdaobiiqm s ay ..(Aher ascribed by Messrs. Felt and Joutel,* of 

 Smith in Fifth Rep. u. s. Ent. Comm.) w hi c h eight have been taken in Indiana, 



while six others may occur. Among them 

 are beetles of much economic importance, several being very in- 

 jurious to apple trees, while others prey upon the elm, hickory, lin- 

 den and poplar. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF SAPERDA. 



a. Antennae plainly annulate. 



1). Head deeply impressed between the eyes. 



c. Elytra obliquely narrowed, ending in a spine at tip ; color yellow- 



ish-brown with four oblique darker bands. (Fig. 468.) 



OB LI QUA. 



cc. Elytra slightly narrowed at tip and without a spine; thorax with 

 three orange yellow lines. 2002. mtjtica. 



hi). Head rounded in front, 



d. Thorax with a dense line of gray pubescence each side; black, 



coarsely punctured, thinly clothed with fine ash-gray pubescence. 



MCESTA. 



dd. Thorax with pubescence uniform, black, more finely punctured, 

 densely clothed throughout with gray pubescence. 



2003. CON COLOR. 



aa. Antennse unicolored, not annulate. 



*Their monograph is a model of its kind, giving full description, life history and colored figure of each 

 species and its markings. 



