. 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. J]^52 FAMILY LIII.—CHEYSOJIELIDyE. both base and , yellow. Thorax nearly twice as wide as long finely and punctate. Elytra with somewhat irregular rows ot close-set fine punctures. Length mm. Liike County: scarce. May 5-Junc 24. Taken sweeping mai^h vcg-etatiun. XXXIV. L\mDOMKRA Chev. ls:U. (Gr., "forceps + ;) The old genus, Dorijpliom 111., was discarded by Linell
. 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. J]^52 FAMILY LIII.—CHEYSOJIELIDyE. both base and , yellow. Thorax nearly twice as wide as long finely and punctate. Elytra with somewhat irregular rows ot close-set fine punctures. Length mm. Liike County: scarce. May 5-Junc 24. Taken sweeping mai^h vcg-etatiun. XXXIV. L\mDOMKRA Chev. ls:U. (Gr., "forceps + ;) The old genus, Dorijpliom 111., was discarded by Linell in his paper, loc. cit., and the North American species were distributed among this and the next genus, the two being separated only by the characters given in the generic key. To Labidumcra, as character- ized, belongs only a single species and a «'estern variety. *2135 (0785). Lakidomeua clivicollts Kirby, Faun. Bor. Amer., IV, 1837, L'l;;. Oval, convex, robust. Dark blackish-bhic; elytra . range yellow with a large, black, cruciform common SI Kit hi front of middle, each with a triangular spot behhid the humerus, and a \'-shaped one near apex; V these si)ots sometimes in part or all confluent to form "*^ one or two bread transverse bands. Thorax three times as wide as long, sparsely and finely punctate. Blytral punctures fine, arranged in irregular double rows. Length 8-12 mm. (Fig. 496.) Throughout the State; frequent on the foli- age of the conunon millcweed, 'is siiriaca h. January 5-Au- gust 3. Hibernates beneath logs partly buried in sand, mullein leaves, etc. ()m\ of the largesfand most handsome of our Chryso- melids. XXXV. Leptinotaesa Stal. ;)S. (Gr., "slender + ;) Two of the 12 species recognized ))>' Linell occur in Indiana, the others being found in the AVesteru and Southwestern States. One of the two is the comm(m injiu-ious "Colorado potato beetle" and the other is very similar in appearance. KEY TO INDIANA S
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