THE OIL AND BUSTER BEETLES. 



1361 



dd. Elytra black without stripes on disk. 



e. Body beneath clothed with gray pubescence, elytra 1 

 wholly gray-pubescent. 



Elytra wholly clothed with uniform gray pubescetu* 



ff! Elytra black, the narrow margins and suture fjjff^^ 



e . Body above and beneath wholly black; ^^2^SS 

 the outer one broader. 



f«079) Epicauta tbichbus Pall., Icon. Ins., 1798, 100. 

 ■"Si subcytiudrical. tg^^J^JZ 

 dense. recumbent, black or gn,y pubescen the ^ the eyes 



ginal stripe and rare y a sut a lime on elyt in front. 



than female. Length 8-11 mm. 



Wout the State 5 scarce June 3-Angnst 4. Occu. = - 



ally on t ,e -^teS^^=«^ 

 S S3 ^ • out tire « punctua- 



tion of head and thorax will at once distinguish them, 

 tion 0^ head usim lly with two black spots and elytra 



each black lines^gth 7-10 ,bul. is said to occur front 



"Pennsylvania to Georgia." 



2524 (8082). 



Phil. 



Epicauta februginea Say. Journ 

 1824, 29S ; ibid. II, 167. 



-. t>i*„v pivtrn densely clothed 



Elongate, slender. black, eiyua ueu j 



wi th g ravish or clay-yellow hair. Head shming. 

 thei- sparsely and finely punctured. Thorax slight- 

 vide than long, coarsely but not densely punc- 

 tured. Elytra finely granulate-punctate, the sculp- 

 ture almost hidden by the pubescence. Length 4- 

 9 mm. 



Knox County : rare. July 10. 

 is given as Dakota to New Mexico. 



Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 



Its range 



Syst. Ent., 



Under sur- 



2525 (S093). Epicauta vittata Fab. 

 1798, 260. 

 Elongate, slender, subcylindrical. 

 face black, densely clothed with short, pros rate 

 hairs; head, thorax and elytra dull clay-yellow, 

 each with two black stripes. Head broader than 

 thorax, the latter longer than wide. Length 1-- 

 18 mm. (Fig. 592.) 



Fig. 592. Line shows natural 

 length. (After Forbes.) 



