1124 FAMILY UIT. CITRYSOMELln.K. 



finely, sparsely and shallowly punctured. Elytral punctures rather fine 

 and distant, the sixth and seventh rows more or less confused. Prosternum 

 emarginate and acutely toothed behind. Length 4-<> nun. 



Ihiuiu.'hont the State; frequent, May 10-August 21. Occurs 

 on foliage of birch and ha/el, on flowers of spira?a, Jersey tea, etc. 

 The male has the spots of thorax and elytra black. 



2072 (OC.42). CRYPTOCEPIIALUS BADITS Suffr.. Linnea. Entom., VI, 1852, 



Smaller, robust, subcylindrical. Reddish-brown, shining; thorax some- 

 times with apical and side margins and hind angles yellow; elytra darker 

 brown marked with yellow as follows: a basal band of continent spots 

 reaching to sixth stria, a submarginal spot at middle, an interrupted sub- 

 apical hand and an apical spot. Thorax very finely and sparsely punctate. 

 Elytra with rows of rather coarse impressed punctures, the sixth to eighth 

 interrupted and obliquely connected. I'rosternum deeply emarginate and 

 acutely lobed behind. Length .".-4.2 mm. 



Fosey County; scarce. July li-July !>. Known from Pennsyl- 

 vania and Kentucky. 



207.", '.r>44). CRYPTOI EPHALrs TTNCTCS Lee., Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., VIII, 

 isso, 203. 



Small, subcylindrical. Dull brownish or reddish-yellow; elytra with 

 three broad, reddish cross-bauds, narrowly and vaguely separated by paler 

 yellow. Thorax very coarsely and densely punctured. Strhe of elytra 

 deep, coarsely punctured, the seventh and eighth slightly irregular near 

 middle. Length :t-4 mm. 



A single sjh -iini n in AVolcott collection taken near Hessville, 

 i ake County. September 25. Ranges from Massachusetts to Texas 

 and Florida. 



('. xlri<iluln* Fe;-.. clytral strhe regular, was described from 

 northern Illinois. 



XV. GKmrmrs IFild. 1849. 



Rather robust spe-'ies resembling the preceding: in form and gen- 

 eral appearance, but having the thorax distinctly margined behind, 

 Hie prostrrnnm llat in front and depressed behind, and the front 

 1 highs distinctly stouter than the hind ones. One species has been 

 taken in the Stale and another probably occurs. 



2ii74 >r,4!). (Jiiiiu UK s scrTKi.LAKis Fab.. Syst. Eleut.. II. 1S01. r>4. 



Kolnist. subcylindrieal. P.lack. shining; side margins and small spot 

 mi disk of t borax, scutellum. median transverse and rounded apical spots 

 of elytra yellow: base of antenna 1 , spot on sides of first, fourth and fifth 

 ventral segments and legs also yellow. Thorax coarsely and sparsely punc- 

 tured. and with an oblique impression each side near base. Elytra with 

 rows of line, rather dislanl and feebly impressed punctures. Length 5.5 mm. 



