. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BLLSTEK IX the bull-thistle {Cirsiu/n lanceolatu//i) and on account of their inter- fjrading color patterns could easil}^ have been referred to a single species. They were not observed in anj^ injurious connection, and their immature stages were not found. The tribe Cantharini was represented by three genera—^ISIacrobasis, Epicauta, and Cantharis. To Macrobasis and Epicauta belong the injurious species occurring at Garden City, Kans., and they are treated at length in this paper. Of the genus Canthar
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BLLSTEK IX the bull-thistle {Cirsiu/n lanceolatu//i) and on account of their inter- fjrading color patterns could easil}^ have been referred to a single species. They were not observed in anj^ injurious connection, and their immature stages were not found. The tribe Cantharini was represented by three genera—^ISIacrobasis, Epicauta, and Cantharis. To Macrobasis and Epicauta belong the injurious species occurring at Garden City, Kans., and they are treated at length in this paper. Of the genus Cantharis only one species was identified, Cantharis reticulata Say, of which a very few specimens were collected. They are sufficient for only a brief description. Description of Cantharis reticulata Sat. Adult. Length, about 15 to 25 mm.; width, about to 7 mm.; color bhick, except anteniife and It^S's, whicli are dark brown. P^lytra irresularlj' lidsed, lience the name; head, thorax, and abdomen pitted and sparsely haired; legs tliickly haired. (Fig. 2.) The adults were taken on the bush morning-glory {Ipomoea leptojjhylla), excepting one which was found on alfalfa. Besides Caiitharis reticulata^ the tribe Cantharini is represented at Garden City by at least 15 species, of which four belong to the genus Macrobasis and 11 to Epicauta. For the purposes of this paper the generic and specific distinctions are sufficiently set forth by the ke}^, which has been adapted from Horn with the assistance of H. S. Barber, of the United States National Museum. KEY TO SPECIES OF EPICAUTA AND MACROBASIS COLLECTED AT GARDEN CITY. KANS. A. Second joint of antennae at least half as long as third ^Macrobasis. a. Black with posterior margins of abdominal segments gray. M. negmcntata Say. aa. Gray, yellowish, or brownish, unicoloi'ous or with markings. b. Prothorax usually with two longitudinal black stripes; elytra usually concolorous, sometimes with subnuirginal black stripes; basal joints of ant
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