. 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 TUMBLING FLOWEE BEETLES. 1313. Fig. 575. a, Larva; 6, pupa; c, beetle, outline side view of female; d, dorsaljview of aame; e, antenna; /, tarsal claw of same. (After Riley.) 2424 (7TS0). \ scttellaris Fab., Syst. Eleut., II, 1801, 123. Dull black, clothed with brownish pubesceuee; scutellum sometimes ash-gray; sides of meso- and metasterna and front margins of ventral seg- ments more or less as
. 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 TUMBLING FLOWEE BEETLES. 1313. Fig. 575. a, Larva; 6, pupa; c, beetle, outline side view of female; d, dorsaljview of aame; e, antenna; /, tarsal claw of same. (After Riley.) 2424 (7TS0). \ scttellaris Fab., Syst. Eleut., II, 1801, 123. Dull black, clothed with brownish pubesceuee; scutellum sometimes ash-gray; sides of meso- and metasterna and front margins of ventral seg- ments more or less ash or silvery gray. Length 3-6 mm. Throughout the State; common. June 2-September 23. Oc- curs in numbers on the floAvers of Solidago and other CompositsB. M. irrorata Lee. is a variety A\ith single ash-gray hairs scattered over the elj'tra, and with the under surface dull black. (7782). JIoedella octopu>'ctata Fab., Syst. Eleut, II, 1801, 123. Head grayish pubes- cent; thorax with a net- work of lines of grayish- yellow hairs; elytra as mentioned in key, the basal curved spots each partially enclosing a round black one, the subhumeral spot narrow and oblique; under surface spotted with ash- gray pubescence. Length i;-7 mm. (Fig. 575.) Southern half of State; frequent. June 2-August 7. Occurs especially on flowers of Jersej^ tea. The young are said to feed on the wood of very rotten oak stumps. 2420 (7783). Mobdella maeginat.\ Melsh., Proe. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sri., II, 1845, 312. Thorax with the margins, a narrow stripe each side of middle and a short one extending forward from base near hind angles, silvery or ash- gray. Elytra with the spots varying much in size and disi5r>sitiou. Under surface varied with silver-gray and black. Length . mm. Throughout the State; common. June 1-August 2. Occurs es- pecially on flowers of dogwood, Jersey tea, and wild hydrangea. The markings on the thorax are distinct only when held in a certain light. 2427 (7784). Mordella lunfl
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