1202 FAMILY LIU. CIIRYSOMELID.T;. 



Throughout the State; common. May ill-October (J. Occurs 

 by thousands on the foliage of the water purslane, Ludwiyia palus- 

 /m Ell.; also on foliage of many other plants. Said to attack 

 strawberry and rose-bushes. 



//. <-<irinata Germ., length M.5-4.5 mm., and //. vicaria Horn, 

 length 4.5-6 mm., last ventral of males in both with a deep elongate 

 impressed line, are said to occur from New England westward to 

 Arizona. The former has been recorded from Cincinnati. 



---4 (- -). HALTICA CUPKASCENS sp. nov. 



Oval, strongly convex. Coppery red, strongly shining; auteinne, legs 

 ami under surface piceons-bronzed. Thorax about one-third wider than 

 long, scarcely narrowed in front, sides feebly curved, margin narrow, thick- 

 ened at the front angles; disk finely alutaceous, sparsely and minutely punc- 

 tate, the ante-basal impression very shallow, evident only at middle. Ely- 

 tra one-third wider at base than thorax, sides broadly curved; surface finely 

 and sparsely punctate, very indistinctly so on apical third. Length 3.5- 

 4 mm. 



Three specimens from beneath rubbish on beach of Lake Michi- 

 gan, near Pine, Lake County. May 5-May 21. Probably occurs on 

 cotton wood. 



2225 (6072). HALTICA .ENESCEXS sp. nov. 



Elongate-oblong, convex. Uniform brassy-greenish above and beneath ; 

 antenna? piceous-bronzed, third and fourth joints subequal. Thorax one- 

 third wider than long; sides feebly curved, slightly sinuate jiear hind an- 

 gles; disk minutely and sparsely punctate, the ante-basal impression very 

 faint, extending almost from side to side. Elytra together one-third wider 

 than thorax, their sides parallel to apical fourth, then rounded to tips; sur- 

 face finely and sparsely punctate. Last ventral of male with an elongate 

 impression extending from apex half way to base. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Starke County; rare. June 18. 



222C, (- -). HALTICA FUSCO.^NEA Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 



1847, 165. 



Oblong-i,val. convex. Olivaceous green or bronzed, strongly shining; 

 under surface and hind femora piceous with bronzed lustre; antennae and 

 legs reddish-yellow, the former with apical half darker. Thorax subquad- 

 rate, very little wider than long, not narrower at apex than base; sides 

 very feebly curved ; disk convex, very finely alutaceous, sparsely and mi- 

 nutely punctate. Elytra slightly wider at base than thorax, less than 

 twice as wide as long, nmbone not distinct; surface distinctly and sparsely 

 punctate near base, smoother near apex, the punctures sometimes in more 

 or less evident rows. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Lake, Kosciusko, Putnam and Jefferson counties; scarce. April 

 22-September 25. Occurs on the evening primrose, (Enothera bi- 

 ennis L. 



