. 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 LEAP T!F;ETLES. 1103. Fig. 476. X i. (Original.) 2(.>2S (0529). DoNACiA piscatrix Lac, Mem. Soe. Liege, III, 1845, 113. Elongate, ratlier slender, subeouvex. Color above bronze, green or brownish-yel- low, strongly shining; grayish pubescent he- neath; antemite and legs reddish-yellow, femora in part darker. Antennfe stouter than in the two ;, the second joint about half the leng
. 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 LEAP T!F;ETLES. 1103. Fig. 476. X i. (Original.) 2(.>2S (0529). DoNACiA piscatrix Lac, Mem. Soe. Liege, III, 1845, 113. Elongate, ratlier slender, subeouvex. Color above bronze, green or brownish-yel- low, strongly shining; grayish pubescent he- neath; antemite and legs reddish-yellow, femora in part darker. Antennfe stouter than in the two ;, the second joint about half the length of third. Tliorax quadrate, sides each with two rounded tubercles, the front one more prominent; disk finely alutaceous, sparsely, fine- ly and shallowly punctate. Elytral punctures rather coarse; Intervals nearly flat, finely, trans- versely rugose. Length ( mm. (Fig. 476.) Throughout the State; common. 'Slay 15-August 20. Occurs mainly on the Ho\\-ers and foliage of the yellow water-lily, rarely on those of the white. The stouter antennae, more distinct tubercles of thorax and less squarely trun- cate tips of elytra readily distinguish this from palnxila, with which it is most apt to be confused. 20ii'.» ( ). DoNACiA crETicoLLis Knab, Proc. But. Soc. Wash., VII, 1906, 122. Rather slender, convex, male; broader, subdepressed, female. Red- dish- or brownish-yellow; head and basal joint of antennae greenish; under surface, tibife and tarsi with a greenish tinge. Head with a deep median groove. Thorax one-half broader than long, sides straight, without tul)er- cles; disk very finely wrinkled, confusedly punctate and with a deep me- dian groove reaching to basal fourth. Elytra with a shallow oblique de- pression just in front of. and another behind, middle; striae deeply, closely and coarsely punctate; intervals finely wrinkled. Length 9-10 mm. Laporte, Marshall and Whitley counties; scarce. July 15-Au- gust 15. Knab's types were from Illinois and Indiana. Occurs on bull
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