Results of work on blister beetles in Kansas . BLISTER BEETLES IX the bull-thistle (Cirswm lanceolatum) and on account of their inter-grading color patterns could easily have been referred to a singlespecies. They were not observed in any injurious connection, andtheir immature stages were not found. The tribe Cantharini was represented by three genera—Macrobasis,Epicauta, and Cantharis. To Macrobasis and Epicauta belong theinjurious species occurring at Garden City, Kans., and they aretreated at length in this paper. Of the genus Cantharis only onespecies was identified, Cantharis re
Results of work on blister beetles in Kansas . BLISTER BEETLES IX the bull-thistle (Cirswm lanceolatum) and on account of their inter-grading color patterns could easily have been referred to a singlespecies. They were not observed in any injurious connection, andtheir immature stages were not found. The tribe Cantharini was represented by three genera—Macrobasis,Epicauta, and Cantharis. To Macrobasis and Epicauta belong theinjurious species occurring at Garden City, Kans., and they aretreated at length in this paper. Of the genus Cantharis only onespecies was identified, Cantharis reticulata Say, of which a veryfew specimens were collected. They aresufficient for- only a brief description. Description of Cantharis reticulataSay. Adult. Length, about 15 to 25 mm.; width, to 7 mm.; color black, except antenna? andlegs, which are dark brown. Elytra irregularlyridged, hence the name; head, thorax, andabdomen pitted and sparsely haired; legsthickly haired. (Fig. 2.) The adults were taken on the bushmorning-glory (Ipomoea leptophylla),exceptin
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