. 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. THE \V( lOD-BORIXG ^^. IIISM -IMS itiiS4>. Sapebda discoidea Ent. Syst. Siipp., 1T9?>. 147, female; fuscipes Say. Journ. I'bil. Ai-ad. Xat. V, 1SJ7. 273. male. Eluiiirate. subeyliudi-ical. Male, -lender, usually blackish or iiiceous: atiove sparsely clothed -nith grayish putiescenee. which forms a whitish line on disk and sides of thorax; that of under side more dense, l
. 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. THE \V( lOD-BORIXG ^^. IIISM -IMS itiiS4>. Sapebda discoidea Ent. Syst. Siipp., 1T9?>. 147, female; fuscipes Say. Journ. I'bil. Ai-ad. Xat. V, 1SJ7. 273. male. Eluiiirate. subeyliudi-ical. Male, -lender, usually blackish or iiiceous: atiove sparsely clothed -nith grayish putiescenee. which forms a whitish line on disk and sides of thorax; that of under side more dense, longer and sil- very white: femora reddish-brown, tibiae and tarsi often darker. Female more robust, dark reddish-brown, the pubescence olive or grayish-yellow; head, thorax and scutellum more densely clothed with yellow hairs: elytra each with a small spot on basal third, another on apical third and a rather broad, cresi-ent-shaped bar at middle, composed of dense yelli iw hairs; un- der surfac-e light yellowish-gray. Length, male, ]C>-11 mm; female. 1-ir- 16 mm. Marion, Putnam and Lawrence counties, scarce: probably throughout the State. -June 6—July It. The sexes are so unlike in size and appearance that they were long ll^istal^en for distinct spe- cies. It breeds in hickory and butternut, usually confining its at- tacks to diseased or dj"ing trees. 2i)ij0 (lUSZ I. S-^JEBDA vESTiTA Sav. Long's Esped., 1S24. 2;^; ibid. I, 193. Elongate, robust, cylindrical. Dark reddish-brown, everywhere clothed with dense, olive-yellow, prostrate pu- bescence. Elytra each usually with three small black dots, two placed obliquely in front of and one, more dis- tant, behind the middle. Leni-'th 12-21 mm. (lis. 473. i Throughout the State; frequent. June 3-Au- gust 2ri. A lai'ge and handsome beetle known as the "linden borer,'" ys the larva- live in the wood -,. -, ,r^-i '. • -t t Fig-4r:i. Natural size. of the hnden (film . otten pr(>\ing verv destruc- (After Packard in
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