. 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. 21S7 (6790). Leptinotahsa juNfjA Gfi-m., Ins. Sy. Nov., 1824, 590. Form of the jireeeding, which, it resembles very close- ly. Distinguished mainly by the iharucters given in key. Till' femora are marked on the outer side near apex with a black spot. Length 10-12 mm. (Fig. 498.) Putnam, Lawrence, Knox, f'l-Mwford and Posey counties ; scarce. June .10- Soptember 21. Feeds on the horse-nettle, Solanum rdniliuo
. 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. 21S7 (6790). Leptinotahsa juNfjA Gfi-m., Ins. Sy. Nov., 1824, 590. Form of the jireeeding, which, it resembles very close- ly. Distinguished mainly by the iharucters given in key. Till' femora are marked on the outer side near apex with a black spot. Length 10-12 mm. (Fig. 498.) Putnam, Lawrence, Knox, f'l-Mwford and Posey counties ; scarce. June .10- Soptember 21. Feeds on the horse-nettle, Solanum rdniliuoise L. and different species of ground-cheny (1']/ifsalis). A member of the Austroriparian fauna. It, ; b, larva; c, beetle; d, ; e, front 1 beetle. (After Riley.) : of XXXVI. Zygogramma Chev. 1n34. ((^r., ";) To this genus, as at present limited, belong about a dozen of the species formerly listed under Chrysoiiiela. All of these but one occur in the Western and Southwestern States. They are oval, convex forms of medium size, having the elytra marked with spots or stripes; last tarsal joint toothed beneath; tarsal claws narrowly 'separated and connate at hase, wliencc the generic name. *2]38 (0799). Zycogkamma Fiibr., Syst. Bnt, 177ri, 95. Oval iiv subglobose, convex. Brown, feebly bronzed; el.\- tra yellow, with the first and second intervals and a brcKKl discal stripe dark brown; epipleura pale with dark margins. Thorax three times wider than long, sparsely and coarsely punctm-ed. Elytra coarsely punctured on disk, m<ire on sides, the punctures bordering the sutural brown striiie in rows, the others sc;itlei-e(l. Length ''i-(').5 mm. Thrcufghout t)ie State; frcipient. April 1S-l)eecin- ber 10. Occurs in sprim;- on ragweed in low moist places and on flowers of goldenrod in autumn. In var. nisla Rogers (Fig. 41)0), the subsuttiral dark stripe is ol'ien divided to behind middle and the disciil stripe wholly, or to ne
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