122S FA.MIIA' Mil. CHRYSOMELID.K. 



2274 (7082). CHALEPCS NERVOSA Panz., Ed. Voet, IV, 1798, 92. 



Elongate-oblong, nearly parallel. Color variable frum nearly uniform 

 rose red to nearly piceous. with a few indistinct reddish or yellowish spots; 

 legs pale. Vertex with a median groove. Thorax one-third wider at base 

 than apex, sides nearly straight, front angles often prominent and denti- 

 form ; disk coarsely and deeply punctured. Elytra each with three entire 

 acute costre, the first broader, and but eight rows of punctures ; margins 

 and apex serrulate. Length 3.54 mm. 



Throughout the State; common. March 8-June 28. Occurs on 

 weeds and bushes of many kinds. Mating May 28. 



Charistena nigrita Oliv., rather elongate, black, with faint bluish 

 lustre, length -S.8 mm., is said to lie widely distributed over the At- 

 lantic region. 



LXXVI. STENISPA Baly. 1858. (Gr., "narrow or straight.") 



Elongate, subcylindrical, black or bluish-black species, having 

 the antenna? 11- jointed, the third joint cylindrical, nearly as long 

 as the first two; 4 to 10 subequal, llth longer and subacute at tip; 

 front concave with a carina between the antenna?; thorax quadrate; 

 tarsi dilated, densely pubescent beneath, first joint triangular, third 

 deeply bilobed ; tarsal claws divaricate. One of the two species has 

 been taken in the State, while the other may occur. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF STENISPA. 



</. I'.lack with a slight bronze tinge. 2275. METALLICA. 



(/(/. I'.Iack with a bluish tinge; thorax red. COLLAIJIS. 



2275 (709.,). STENISPA METALLICA Fnbr., Syst. Eleut., II, 1801, 0<'>. 



Elongate, subcylindrical. Uniform black, shining, with a slight bron/ed 

 tinge. Thorax a little longer than wide, sides nearly straight, feebly curved 

 near front angles ; surface vory sparsely and finely punctate. Elytra slightly 

 wider than thorax, each with ten entire rows and a scutellar row of rather 

 fine punctures. Length 5-6 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. April 2!)-.7uiy 2S. Occurs 

 on grasses and sedges in moist meadows. 



X. full mix Baly, length (1.5-7 mm., Avas described from Okla- 

 homa. 



Tribe XII. CASSIDINI. 



Simill or medium-sized, oval or circular, usually subdepressed 

 beetles, having the margins of the thorax and elytra expanded and 

 flattened, beneath which the head and legs are retractile so as to be 

 jilmost wholly concealed in repose. On account of their form they 

 are often called "tortoise" or " hirtle-beetles," and are for the most 

 part very prettily colored, sometimes being bright golden in hue 



