1164 FAMILY LIII. CHRYSOMELIDJE. 



trefoil, beans and other leguminous plants. Listed as C. 

 Pal). In one specimen at hand the dorsal spots of elytra are merged 

 to form a stripe each side of suture. If destructive to bean leaves, 

 hand picking early in the season and spraying with arseuicals later 

 will serve as remedies. 



A(/<l't*u lifih'itxis Linn., oval, convex, dull yellow, elytra blue or 

 greenish, length 5-7 mm., is known from Connecticut and Wiscon- 

 sin, and may yet be found in Indiana. 



XLIII. GALERUCA Geoff. ITl.-l. (L., "a helmet + caterpillar.") 



Broadly oval, subconvex species having the head moderately 

 large, not deeply inserted; front grooved between the antenna*, 

 which are rather stout, not longer than half the body, joint three 

 nearly twice as long as the second, three to ten gradually decreas- 

 ing in length, eleventh longer; scutellum nearly semicircular; epi- 

 pleime entire; tibia' carinate on outer edge, the middle pair with 

 one terminal spur; first joint of hind tarsi nearly as long as the 

 next two, the claws cleft slightly behind the middle, the inner lobe 

 much the smaller. Two species are known from the 1 T nited States. 

 One of them, introduced from Kurope, has been taken in Indiana. 



LI'C, ( ). <-Al.r.!tl ( A IMMO.X.K Sell]!., Kilt. Cll'lliel.. 1TC.'!. S,''. 



Broadly ovate, subeonvox. Dark piceoiis brown above, black beneath, 

 feebly shining; elytra narrowly margined with dull yellow. Thorax more 

 than twice as wide as long, very coarsely and densely punctured; disk with 

 a broad but shallow median groove and with an irregular depression each 

 side. Elytra each with three or four smooth raised lines, the br.iad in;:v- 

 vals with dense, coarse, confluent punctures. Length s.5-11 mm. 



Laporte and Kosciiisko counties; rare. July 1-August 2(i. The 

 larva 1 feed on the foliage of /'///or diraric'ilo and Dent-aria laciniattt. 

 The species was first taken in this country by Dury near Cincinnati 

 in 1878 and prchably occurs sparingly throughout the State.* 



Mon<;c<'st<i c'>rt/li Say, dull yellow, elytra metallic blue, length 

 10-1 1) mm., occurs on haxelnut and is known from Virginia, Illinois 

 rnd Kansas. 



XLIV. TRIRIIABDA Lee. 1865. (Gr., "three + rod.") 



Medium-sized elongate-oblong, feebly convex species with usu- 

 ally opaque, finely punctured and pubescent surface; antenna 1 slen- 

 der, two-thirds the length of hrdy ; thorax mv,*'h broader than Ion-' 1 , 

 widest at middle, the angles distinct and more or less prominent; 



*A full wount of its habit- ami life history, by J. J. D.ivjs, is given in Entomological News, July, 1907, 



