. 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 METALLIC WOOD-BOEING BEETLES. 783 Lawrence County; rare. ^May 11. Beaten from blossoms of wild erab-apple. III. Esoh. 1829. (Gr., '"variegated + ;) Liffers from Die-rca in having the scutellum very transverse and trnncate behind, with its hnid angles well marked. The third joint of antenna; is twice as long as second; fourth triangular and nearly as broad as the fifth. 1488 (4
. 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 METALLIC WOOD-BOEING BEETLES. 783 Lawrence County; rare. ^May 11. Beaten from blossoms of wild erab-apple. III. Esoh. 1829. (Gr., '"variegated + ;) Liffers from Die-rca in having the scutellum very transverse and trnncate behind, with its hnid angles well marked. The third joint of antenna; is twice as long as second; fourth triangular and nearly as broad as the fifth. 1488 (4594). PcEciLONOTA CYANiPES Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, , 104; ibid. II, 106. Elongate-oval. Greenisli-brassy above, dark cupreous beneath; an- tennae and tarsi bluish-green. Thorax one-third wider than long, side mar- gins feebly rounded, disk with an elevated smooth median line, sides very coarsely and irregularly punctured. Elytra with numerous short, irregu- lar, elevated smooth spaces, between which are coarsely punctured brassy depressions; tips prolonged, somewhat divergent, either entire and finely serrate, or with two teeth at apex. Length 11-15 mm. Northern half of State, scarce; not taken south of ilarion rjounty. ]\Iay 28-July 29. Occurs on pine, sycamore and oak trees. ' ox -i- swell.'' IV. BuPRBSTis Linn. 1735. ^Medium-sized species, having the front portion of mentum membranous; scutel- lum small and rounded. The elytra are racderately narrowed behind and are often very prettily marked with yellow. Pour have been taken in Indiana, while one other mav occur. KEY TO INDIA^'A SPECIES OF BIPEESTIS. a. Prosternum not or indistinctly sulcate. 6. Elytra with distinct spots. c. Elytra green with yellow spots. (Z. Elytra each with a basal stripe, two spots behind the middle, and the apex yellow. 1489. kueipes. dfl. Elytra with a common yellow cross- bar behind the middle, and a yellow spot on each midway between the Comm.) bar and apex. (Fig. 297.) f
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