1218 



FAMILY L1TI. CHRYSOMELID^E. 



2253 (0!SC>). EPITRIX BREVIS Schwarz, Proc. Arner. Phil. Soc., 1S78, 367. 



Broadly ovate. Pi ceo us, 

 shining; antennae and legs pale 

 reddish-brown ; bind femora pic- 

 eous. Thorax twice as wide as 

 long, slightly narrowed in front, 

 sides distinctly curved; punc- 

 tures moderate iu size, close but 

 not crowded; antebasal impres- 

 sion scarcely evident, the longi- 

 tudinal ones not visible. Elytra 

 a little wider at base than tho- 

 rax ; stria? feebly impressed on 

 disk, deeper on sides, the punc- 

 tures of former rounded and 

 distinct, those at sides more 

 quadrate and closer. Length 

 1.5 mm. (Fig. 539.) 



Throughout the State ; 

 scarce. April 22-September 

 25. Shorter and more con- 

 vex than cucumeris, from 

 which it is easily separated by the lack of antebasal impression. 





Fig. 539. X 28. (After Forbes.) 



2254 (G991). EPITRIX PARVULA Fabr.. Syst. Eleut. I, 1801, 468. 



f 



Oblong-oval, subconvex. Dull reddish-yellow; elytra often with a fus- 

 cous transverse cloud at middle; abdomen brown; antennae and legs pale 

 reddish-yellow, the four outer joints of former and hind femora of latter 

 often darker. Thorax convex, shining, nearly twice as wide as long, not 

 narrowed in front; antebasal impression evident but not deep; surface dis- 

 tinctly but rather finely and sparsely punctate. Elytra very little wider 

 than thorax, umbone feeble, punctures rather coarse and not crowded on 

 disk: finer and more close-set on sides, where the intervals are subconvex. 

 Length 1.5-2 mm. 



Southern half of State; frequent. April 18-November 22. 

 Taken by sifting and sweeping. 



2255 ( -). EPITIUX IIUAIKRATJS Dury, .Tourn. (Mn. Soc. Nat. Hist., XX, 



1906, 253. 



Ovate, rather robust. Head, thorax and legs reddish-brown; elytra 

 darker brown, the umbnnes paler. Thorax fully twice as wide as long, sides 

 broadly rounded, surface finely and sparsely punctate; antebasal impression 

 well marked. Elytra! stria' feebly impressed, the punctures large, round, 

 deep and closely placed. Length 2.5 mm. 



Wayne, Marion, Putnam, Dnbois, Posey and Perry counties; 

 scarce. April 22-September 5. Taken by sweeping herbage. De- 

 scribed from Cincinnati, Indiana and Kansas. 



