. 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. 1172 LIII. c. Hc'itT and legs in iJiirt iiiceuus; elytra black. atbipennis. re. Ik-ad and legs ijale; elytra green or yellow. 2170. lonqicoenis. aa. Tibite not cariuate along tbo outer edge; elytra yellow witb black stripes. 2171. vittata. 21(i!) ((;'-Sl). DiABKOTiCA 12-Pi ACTATA Fabr., S.\sl. ITi'.j, lua. Oblong-oval, narrower in front, moderately convex. I'ale greenish-yel- l


. 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. 1172 LIII. c. Hc'itT and legs in iJiirt iiiceuus; elytra black. atbipennis. re. Ik-ad and legs ijale; elytra green or yellow. 2170. lonqicoenis. aa. Tibite not cariuate along tbo outer edge; elytra yellow witb black stripes. 2171. vittata. 21(i!) ((;'-Sl). DiABKOTiCA 12-Pi ACTATA Fabr., S.\sl. ITi'.j, lua. Oblong-oval, narrower in front, moderately convex. I'ale greenish-yel- low ; head and prosternum black; elytra each with six black spots, as shown in Pig. 511; antennae dark, with three basal joints pale, the second and third together about as long as fourth; legs except base of femora piceous. Thorax wider than long, surface smooth; disk convex with a rather deep pit each side ut middle. Elytra sparsely and very finely punc- tate. Length mm. (Fig. 511.) Throughout the State; common. .Afay -SO-October 21. on the foliagi' oF cucumber, melon and allied plants, but is much less injurious to them th;in is I). vUtata; found also on goldenrod, corn and many plants. The larva- feed on the roots of corn and grasses. D. airipell Ilia Say, entirely- black', or with thorax and abdomen in part or wholly yel]o\\', length 4-5 mm., is said to occur from Massachusetts to Kansas and Dakota, but no specimens have as yet been noted in Indiana. 2170 (tJSSS), DiAliHOTjcA Say. .lourn. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci. Ill, 1824, 4(10; Fig. 512. X 10. (After Forbef.) era counties. June L!2-()ctol it T). on the silk and leaves of ripening sunflower and goiih'urod. II, 22;_;. Elongatc-olilong. Greenish or greenisli-ycllow ; antennie, and Sduielinirs the head and thorax, >;ile reddish-brown. Thorax near- ly quadrate, sides cuiTed in front, slightly sinuate behind; disk convex, smooth, with a rather deep each side. Antennjc two-thirds the le


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