. 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 LEAF BEETLES. 1143 KEY TO IXDlA^s'A SPECKS 01- FIDLi. (/. I'iiecus ur nearly black; iiuuetures of elytral striie coarse and deeij; intervals flat, punctures not densu. 2115. loxgipes. 0(7. Reddish to pale brown; punctures of elytral striae not very coarse; In- tervals flat, densely punctured. 2116. viticida. 2115 (i">724i. FiDiA LOXGIPES Melsh., l'i;<r. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 1S4T. 169. E
. 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 LEAF BEETLES. 1143 KEY TO IXDlA^s'A SPECKS 01- FIDLi. (/. I'iiecus ur nearly black; iiuuetures of elytral striie coarse and deeij; intervals flat, punctures not densu. 2115. loxgipes. 0(7. Reddish to pale brown; punctures of elytral striae not very coarse; In- tervals flat, densely punctured. 2116. viticida. 2115 (i">724i. FiDiA LOXGIPES Melsh., l'i;<r. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 1S4T. 169. Elongate, subcylindrical. Fuscous or smoky to pieeous. rather densely clothed with ash gray prostrate hairs; tibiae, base of antennae and femora paler. Thorax hnger than vride, much narrower than elytra; coarsely. densely and deeply punctured. Length 5.''-( mm. Western and southern portions of the State; frequent. Not taken north of ^"ermillion County. ^May 24—Augtist 11. Occurs on the foliage of wild grape. 2116 (6725). FiDiA viticida Walsh, Pract. Entom., II. ISiHT, s7. Elongate, subcylindrical. Dull reddish- brown, rather thickly clothed with short gray- ish-yellow pubescence: antenna" and leg^ paler. Thorax wider than long in female, often longer than wide in male, widest at or just behind the middle, finelj- and density punctate. Length 6-7 mm. (Fig. 192. t Southern two-thirds of the State. common; probably throughout. 'Maj 27-July 21. Occurs on the ^vild grape and occasionally does much damage to the cultivated varieties. The adult bee- tles may be killed by the use of an arsen- ical sprav with lime, at a streneth of Rg-W2. (. US. Dep. Agr.) one pound to 150 gallons of water. The larvae about the roots may be destroyed by bisulphide of carbon or by wetting the soil before the end of June with a kerosene emulsion diluted nine times with water, a gallon or two being poured about the base of the vine. XXVIII. CtRAPhops Lee. ls'-4. »
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