. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. r^USTKli HKK .KS IX KANSAS. the bull-thistle {('Irsfum lanceolatum) and on account of their inter- p:ra(liii^ color patterns could easily have been referred to a sin^rle species. '\\\^y were not observed in any injurious connection, and their immature sta<ies were not found. The tribe Cantharini was represented by three o:eneraâMacrobasis, Ejjicauta, and Cantharis. To Macrobasis and Epicauta belonp; the injurious species occurring at Garden City, Kans., and they are treated at length in this paper. Of the genus Cantharis only on
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. r^USTKli HKK .KS IX KANSAS. the bull-thistle {('Irsfum lanceolatum) and on account of their inter- p:ra(liii^ color patterns could easily have been referred to a sin^rle species. '\\\^y were not observed in any injurious connection, and their immature sta<ies were not found. The tribe Cantharini was represented by three o:eneraâMacrobasis, Ejjicauta, and Cantharis. To Macrobasis and Epicauta belonp; the injurious species occurring at Garden City, Kans., and they are treated at length in this paper. Of the genus Cantharis only one species was identified, Cantharis reticulata Say, of which a very few specimens were collected. They are sufficient for only a brief description. Description or Cantharis reticitlata Say. Adult. - Length, about 15 to 25 mm.; width, about to 7 mm.; color black, except and less, which are dark brown. Elytra irresularly ridded, hence the name; head, thorax, and abdomen pitted and haired; leiis thickly haired. (Fig. 2.) The adults were taken on the bush morning-glorv {Ipomoea leptopliylla)^ excepting one which was found on ^'''- -â '^^"'''^J^""''"" alfalfa. Besides Cantharis reticulata^ the tribe Cantharini is represented at Garden City by at least 15 species, of which four belong to the genus Macrobasis and 11 to Epicauta. For the purposes of this paper the generic and specific distinctions are sufficienth' set forth by the key, which has been adapted from Horn with the assistance of H. S. Barber, of the United States Xational Museum. KEY TO SPECIES OF EPICAUTA AND MACROBASIS COLLECTED AT GARDEN CITY, KANS. A. Second joint of antennae at least half as long as third Macrobasis. a. Black with posterior margins of abdominal segments gray. J/, segmentata Say. aa. Gray, yellowish, or brownish, unicolorous or with markings. b. Prothorax usually with two longitudinal black stripes; elytra usually concolorous, sometimes with submarginal
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