THE LEAF BEETLES. 



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scaly hairs or scales. Two species have been taken in the State and 

 two others perhaps occur. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF GLYPTOSCELIS. 



a. Tarsal claws cleft. 



J). Surface clothed with prostrate hairs. 



c. Elytra with a distinct depression surrounding the scutellum ; sur- 

 face sparsely but equally clothed with gray and brown hairs. 



PUBESCENS. 



cc. Elytra convex at base; surface hairs all brownish. 



2105. BAEBATA. 



hb. Surface clothed with hair-like whitish scales. 2106. liebecki. 



aa. Tarsal claws simple; elytra acute at tip and slightly prolonged; sur- 

 face clothed with scale-like hairs. ckyptka. 



2105 (6730). Glyptoscelis baebata Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. ScL, V, 



1826, 296 ; ibid. II, 341. 

 Oblong, convex, robust. Bronzed, feebly shining; rather thickly clothed 

 with prostrate reddish-brown hairs ; antennae and tarsi dull reddish-brown. 

 Thorax narrower than elytra, widest at middle, slightly narrowed at base, 

 coarsely and closely punctured. Elytra finely and irregularly granulate- 

 punctate. Length 5.5-7.5 mm. 



Southern third of State; scarce. May 16-June 6. Occurs on 

 the foliage of wild grape and hickory. 



G. pub esc ens Fab., length 8-9.5 mm., occurs in the "Middle 

 States Region." G. cryptica Say, length 7.5-9 mm., is known from 

 Missouri, Kansas and Dakota, 



2106 ( ). Glyptoscelis liebecki sp. nov. 



Longer and less convex than harhatus. Reddish- 

 brown, shining, feebly bronzed ; thickly clothed above ami 

 beneath with prostrate, whitish, hair-like scales. Thorax 

 about as broad as long, sides nearly straight, not nar- 

 rowed at base, rather coarsely, closely and deeply punc- 

 tured. Elytra finely and rather densely punctured, the 

 punctures not in rows, the tips not prolonged. Tarsal 

 claws deeply cleft, the inner lobe the shorter. Length 7- 

 9 mm. (Fig. 489.) 



Knox, Martin and Posev counties ; scarce. May Fi s 489 * 3 



in t n rrn n • . " (Original.) 



lb-J une 9. I he thorax is sometimes darker than 

 elytra and the surface is more distinctly bronzed in male than in 

 female. Named in honor of the well-known Coleopterist, Chas. Lie- 

 beck of Philadelphia, Pa., who has shown me many favors during 

 the preparation of this paper. 



