. 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. 1056 fa:m[ly Lit.— 1952 (0319). Leptuea NITENS Xov. Spec. Ins., 1771, 45. Elongate, robust. Black ; body beneath, mar- gins of thorax and four elytral bands densely clothed with golden yellow pubescence; antennas dark reddish-brown; legs pale reddish-yellow. Thorax convex, with transverse impressed lines before and behind. Elytral bands broader at the suture, the basal one curving outw
. 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. 1056 fa:m[ly Lit.— 1952 (0319). Leptuea NITENS Xov. Spec. Ins., 1771, 45. Elongate, robust. Black ; body beneath, mar- gins of thorax and four elytral bands densely clothed with golden yellow pubescence; antennas dark reddish-brown; legs pale reddish-yellow. Thorax convex, with transverse impressed lines before and behind. Elytral bands broader at the suture, the basal one curving outward and forward to enclose the humerus; tips of elytra obli(inely truncate and subemarginate. Length 10-13 mm. (Fig. 451.) Lake and !\Iarsha]l counties; scarce. June ll-June 15. Beaten from foliage of Fig. 451. X 3. (Original) cak. 'il as L. zfhra Oliv. 1953 (6311). Leptuka CHALYBiEA Hald., Trans. .-Vmer. Phil. Soc. X, 1847, CO. Elongate, rather slender. Black: elytra steel blue, shining. Thorax subquadrate, convex, not much broader at base than apex; hind angles small; surface finely punctured. Elytra parallel, rather coarsely and sparsely punctured; tips rounded, not widely separated. Length 6-7 mm. Pospy County; rare. June -5. Rsno'es from New York and Pennsylvania to Iowa. (6312). Leptuk.\ iapitata Xewni., Entomologist, 1S41, 71. Elongate, slender, parallel. Black; head and thorax red. Thorax con- vex ; sides rounded, narrowed in front, hind angles small; surface finely and rather sparsely punctate. Elj-tra much more coarsely and sparsely punctured, the tips subtruncate. Length mm. Lawrence and Posey counties; scarce. April '26-July 10. Taken from flowers of wild plum. 1955 (6313). Leptuba Americana Hald., Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., X, 1847. 63. Foi-m of cajiitata. Black; head and thoi-ax red, with fulvous hair. Thorax convex, slronsly widened behind the middle, finely and sparsely punctate. Elytra parallel, densely not coarsely punctured. T^ength 8-9 mm.
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