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FAMILY LXI. MORDELLIDiE. 



m. Head, thorax and legs black or picedus; pubescence of ely- 

 tra dark brown with light hair intermixed. intermixta. 

 1)1). Second joint of hind tarsi with two oblique ridges. 



i. Body yellow : thorax with front half yellow with a median cloud 

 basal half black. uecoeella. 

 ii. Body black : thorax black with two small spots on apical margin 

 reddish-yellow. bipustuiata. 

 aa. First joint of hind tarsi with three oblique ridges. 

 /. Second joint of hind tarsi with one oblique ridge, 

 fc. Piceous clothed with brown silken pubescence; elytra paler. 



PICIPENNIS 



klc. Head, thorax and legs reddish-yellow. fulvicollis. 

 jj. Second joint of hind tarsi with two oblique ridges. 



7. Elytra black with a reddish or orange-yellow humeral spot 

 m. Head reddish-yellow. mieitaris. 



^ blaCk - SCAPUIAEIS. 



11. Elytra without distinct humeral spot. 



n. Body reddish-yellow; base of thorax black. 2442. oexata. 



nn, Body black. 



o. Head wholly or partly reddish ; thorax brick-red. usually with 

 an oblong black spot near base. 2443. comata. 



oo. Head and thorax black; pubescence brownish-gray. 



2444. ASPEESA. 



2437 (779S). Mordellistena teifasciata Say. Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 



V, 1826, 243 ; ibid. II. 308. 

 Body narrow, nearly parallel. Color given in key; head dull yellow; 

 legs and abdomen tinged with same hue. Length 2.3-2.8 mm. (Fig. 577. &.) 

 Putnam and Spencer counties ; scarce. May 24-July 25. 



2438 (7799). Mordellistena lepidlla Lee. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 



XIY. 1862, 48. 



Form of preceding. Color given in key ; elytra with three black and 

 two yellow bands as in trifasdata; abdomen and hind tibia) and tarsi varied 

 with black. Length 2-3 mm. 



Pulaski and Monroe counties ; rare. June 19-June 25. Taken 

 from flowers of hercules club, Aralia spinosa L. 



2439 ( 7800). Mordellistexa limbalis Melsh.. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 



II, 1845, 315. 



Slender, wedge-shaped. Large spot on front of head, disk and front 

 angles of thorax, suture and side margins of elytra blackish ; legs, meta- 

 sternum and base of antennae yellow; mesosternum and abdomen blackish. 

 Length 3 mm. ( Fig. 577, c.) 



Lake, Tippecanoe and Knox counties; scarce. June 4-July 5. 



