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FAMILY LIII. CHRYSOMELID^E. 



XXIII. TYPOPJIORFS Erichs. 1847. (dr., " impression + bear- 

 ing.") 



To this genus belong the species listed by 

 Henshaw under the name Paria. They have 

 the eyes surrounded by a rather deep groove ; 

 tarsal claws bifid ; elytra with rows of punc- 

 tures; antenna 1 with second joint thicker but 

 shorter than third. Three species and a num- 

 ber of varieties comprise the genus. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF T YPOPHORl'S. 



a. Bright blue; size larger, 5.5-7 mm. 



2107. VIRIDICYANEUS. 



(/. Reddish-yellow, usually with black markings; 

 sometimes wholly black; smaller, not over 

 4 mm. 

 It. Elytra without a large, common, saddle- 



Fig. 490. Leg of Typnpkorus 

 canellus, showing emarginate hind 

 tibia, tarsal joints, and cleft tarsal 

 claw. (After Forbes ) 



shaped black mark. 2108. CANELLUS. 



bb. Elytra, with a I irgo, median, saddle-shaped black space. 2109. SELLATUS 



2107 (0751). TYPOPHOKUS VIRIDICYANEUS Crotch., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. 



Sci., 1873, 40. 



Oblong-oval, strongly convex. Dark greenish-blue, shining; antennae 

 reddish at base, the five outer .joints blackish. Head and thorax finely and 

 very sparsely punctate, the latter narrower than elytra, its sides feebly 

 curved. Elytra with regu- 

 lar rows of rather tine, 

 shallow punctures; sides 

 with a fold or costa ex- 

 tending from the humeral 

 elevation obliquely back- 

 ward toward the margin. 

 Length 5.5-7.5 mm. 



Southern third of 

 State ; scarce. June 16- 

 August 2. Occurs on 

 the foliage of the hedgi- 

 bindweed, Coiiroh'ulus 

 ?< /.ium L. 



2108 (6747-6750). TYPO- 

 PIIORUS CAXKU rs F-ib.. 

 Syst. Eleut., II, 1801, 

 52. 



< b long-oval, convex 

 Color exceedingly vari- 

 able, as noted in the color 

 varietal key below ; sur- 

 face- shining. Thorax nar- Fig ' 491 ' K 14 '" (After Forbes ' ) 



