. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana : with bibliography and descriptions of new species . Beetles. 1158 FAMILY LIII.—CHRYSOMELJDiE. described by Knab Hre undoubtedly distinct from scalaris, it is very probable that a large series will show them to be varieties of one species, rhoda. 2145 (6809). Calligrapha philadeuhica Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, 372. Eesembles rhoda closely in form and general color. The pale area of elytra is much greater, the suture be- ing pale with a narrow subsutural black lin
. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana : with bibliography and descriptions of new species . Beetles. 1158 FAMILY LIII.—CHRYSOMELJDiE. described by Knab Hre undoubtedly distinct from scalaris, it is very probable that a large series will show them to be varieties of one species, rhoda. 2145 (6809). Calligrapha philadeuhica Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, 372. Eesembles rhoda closely in form and general color. The pale area of elytra is much greater, the suture be- ing pale with a narrow subsutural black line each side on basal half and with two or three elongate dark spots which represent the spurs or branches of scalaris. The humeral lunule is much more narrow and less curved than in rhoda and encloses both a shorter lunule and a ?'?; ^i ?^,^v small spot, while the other discal spots are smaller and (After Knobel ) ^ „-^ more numerous. Length 8-9 mm. (Fig. 502.) Lake, Marshall, Starke, Kosciusko and Rtonben counties; scarce. May 25-July IL Occurs with the preceding. 2146 (6810). Calugkapha MfLTiPiiNCTATA Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 1824, 450; ibid. II, 216. Resembles phUadelphica very closely. Thorax yellow with several small reddish-brown spots arranged in an irregular curved line near the middle and often a darker, narrow, transverse basal spot. Elytra with nar- row, dark sutural and subsutural stripe separated by a yellow line and with numerous blackish or greenish spots. Thorax more sparsely and finely punctate than in scalaris and without the depression each side. Length mm. Vigo, Martin and Posey counties; frerpiont. April 25-October 1. Beaten from foliage of thorn and red haw (Cratcegus). 2146a (6810a). icuLTiPUNCTATA bigsbyana Kirby, Faun. Bor. Amer., TV, 1837, 212. Oval, convex. Reddish-brown or greenish, feebly bronzed; thorax with a large brown or greenish spot on basal half, the apical and side margins pale; elytra pale with narr
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