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FAMILY LIII. CHRYSOMELID^E. 



rax two-thirds wider than long, slightly narrowed in front, sides sinuate; 

 disk with a vague oblique impression each side, sparsely and coarsely punc- 

 tate. Elytra sparsely and finely punctate. Length 7.5-10 mm. 



Lake and Marshall counties; scarce. July 4 July 30. The larvas 

 are said to feed on goldenrod (Solidago}. 



i'15! ;,s'.r_'a). THIKIIAKDA VIRGATA Lee., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1865, 



l'20. 



Oblong-oval. Color nearly as in cunudcnsis but the yellow stripes nar- 

 rower, so that the elytra arc more black than yellow, and the spots on 

 thorax are usually larger. Antenna- piceous, the basal joints dull yellow 

 beneath, the fifth much longer than third, the second and third together 

 but little longer than fourth. Thorax with sides less sinuate than in the 

 preceding, the surface sparsely and irregularly punctate. Length 7-0 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. June 25-September 7. Said 

 by Horn to "occur on the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to 

 Florida," 



XLY. GALERUCELLA Crotch. 1873. (Gr., "diminutive of (r<tl<- 



Small oval brownish or reddish species, having the head usually 

 with a distinct median impressed line; antenna? as long or longer 

 than half the body, the third joint longer than fourth; thorax with 

 a median and two lateral impressions ; elytra irregularly punctate, 

 the epipleime extending three-fourths to apex; front coxal cavities 

 open behind; tibi-e carinate on the outer side and without terminal 

 spurs; first joint of hind tarsi not longer than the next two; tarsal 

 claws bifid in both sexes. They occur for the most part on herbs 

 growing in low, moist places, on the flowers of water-lilies, or on 

 the foliage of trees and shrubs bordering marshes. Ten of the 

 eleven species recognized by Horn probably occur in the State, w r hile 

 hilmlii, an introduced species, has also been taken. They were for- 

 merlv classified under the genera Adiitumi'i and (riiJi rin-n. 



Fig. 507 /, Elytral markings of Galerucella americanu; 2, of G. sexrittata; 3, of G Integra; 4, of G nutulatu; 



5, of G. notata. (After Horn.) 



