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FAMILY LXT. — MORDELLID^E. 



KEY TO INDIANA SPECIES OF GEO UP E. 



(/. First joint of bind tarsi with two, second with one oblique ridge : elytra 

 brownish-yellow, with six dark brown spots, the apical one trans- 



VerSe - SEXXOTATA. 



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

 b. First joint with only three ridges. ( Fig. 579. &.) 



c. Second tarsal joint with one ridge; thorax black, elytra reddish- 



blwn - 2449. smithii. 



cc. Second tarsal joint with two ridges. (Fig. 579, l>.) 

 d. Third hind tarsal joint without ridges. 

 e. Body black. 



/. Elytra with numerous spots of silvery pubescence. (Fig. 



C ') 2450. PUSTULATA. 



//. Pubescence of elytra not in distinct spots. 



g. Elytra with lines of brownish-gray pubescence, confluent 

 behind. 2451. coxyicta. 



gg. Elytra with grayish-yellow pubescence, distributed uneven- 

 ly over the surface. 2452. mobela. 

 ec. Body fuscous or dark reddish-brown ; pubescence silky brown. 



2453. AMBUSTA. 



dd. Third tarsal joint with two oblique ridges: reddish-brown, ely- 

 tra black ; pubescence fine and dark. sixgelaris. 

 hl>. First hind tarsal joint with four ridges. 

 //. Second hind tarsal joint with two ridges. 



L Upper surface wholly piceous, covered with brown, silky pubes- 

 eeuce - > 2454. uxicolob. 



ii. Head and thorax in part or wholly reddish-yellow. 



./'. Pubescence fine and dark ; head and front legs in part black. 



2455. MAEGIXALIS. 



./'./'. Pubescence dense, brownish-yellow ; head and front legs whol- 

 ly yellow. 2456. divisa. 

 hli. Second hind tarsal joint with three ridges; color wholly black. 



-EQUALIS. 



M. sexnotata Durv. length 3 mm., was described from Cincinnati. 



2449 ( ). Mordeleistexa smithii Dnry, Joum. Cinn. Soc. Xat. Hist.. 



XX. 1902. 177. 



Subparallel. Piceons black ; elytra dark reddish-brown, the region of 

 the humeri somewhat paler; front and middle legs dull brownish-yellow; 

 pubescence coarse, yellowish. Length 3.5 mm. 



Putnam and Crawford counties; rare. June 28— July 4. De- 

 scribed from Cincinnati. In one specimen the hind angles of thorax 

 and the hind legs are of the same hue as the elytra. 



2450 (7839). Moedellistexa pestelata Melsh.. Proc. Phil. Acad. Xat. Sci., 



II. 1845. 314. 



Linear. Black: elytra spotted as mentioned in key. the spots often ar- 

 ranged in oblique bands. Length 2-3 mm. (Fig. 579. c.) 



Throughout the State ; common. May 13-July 14. 



