'I'll K LEAK BEETLES. 



1217 



mi. Upper surface reddish-brown; legs always pale. 



r. Thorax rather closely punctate, the antebasal impression scarcely 

 visible. 2254. PAKVULA. 



cf. Thorax sparsely punctate, the antebasal impression distinct. 



2255. 1H : MEKAL1S. 



2251 (6989). EPITKIX FUSCULA Crotch, Pvoc. Phil. Acad. Nat. SH., 1873. 72. 



Ovate, rather robust, convex. Piceous, fee- 

 bly shining ; antennae reddish-yellow, often dark- 

 er towards apex; femora all piceons. tibia* and 

 tarsi dull reddish-yellow. Thorax twice as wide 

 as long, slightly narrowed in front; antebasal 

 impression narrow, sinuate, often almost obso- 

 lete ; surface coarsely, densely and deeply puuc- 

 tured. Elytra scarcely wider at base than tho- 

 rax, umbone rather prominent, punctures on mid- 

 dle round, not crowded, those on sides deep, 

 more closely placed; intervals as wide as or 

 wider than stria?, each with a single row of 

 minute seta? bearing punctures. Length 2 mm. 

 (Fig. 537.) 



Throughout the State; common. March 20-November 20. 

 Doubtless hibernates beneath dead leaves in fence corners along 

 cultivated fields, as large numbers were taken by sifting on the dates 

 above given. Noted especially on hazel nut, pokeweed and, in July, 

 by hundreds on egg-plant, to which it \vas doing much damage. 



E. Inbata Crotch, length 1.5-'2 mm., is a southern species which 

 has been recorded from Cincinnati. 



tig. 5o7. > 14. (After Chittenden 

 in Hull. 33. X. fer.. U. S. Div. Ent.) 



2252 (0987). 



Fig. 538. x 13. (After Chitten- 

 den in Bull. 19, N. Ser., U. S. Div. 

 Ent.) 



Ei'iTRix crcvMEKis Harris, Mass. Journ. Agr., 1851, 103. 



Ovate, slightly oblong. Piceous, shining; an- 

 tenna? and legs redd ish-y.el low, the hind femora only 

 piceous. Thorax nearly twice as wide as lung. 

 slightly narrowed in front, antebasal impression 

 deep and slightly curved toward the base, the longi- 

 tudinal impressions at its ends well marked; sur- 

 face much more finely and sparsely punctured than 

 in fufscH-Ia. Elytra slightly wider at base than tho- 

 rax, umbone rather prominent, stria? feebly im- 

 pressed, the punctures large and closely placed. 

 Length 1.5-2 mm. i Fig. 538.) 



Throughout the State; much less common 

 than fnscnia. April 19-October 1. Occurs on 



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a variety of field and garden products. Said to injure potatoes by 

 eating small round holes in their leaves. Remedies: Bordeaux 

 mixture and Paris green. 



