70 PROCEEDINGS OP THE ACADEMY OF 



verse, sides slightly rouuded, crenulate, disk sparingly punctate, 

 base impressed, impression not limited ; elytra confusedl}' punc- 

 tate below the scutellum, externally striate punctate. L. .lO-.ll. 

 Middle and Southern States. 



2. 0. recticornis (Lee). 



Allied to the preceding, but thorax quadrate, sides nearly 

 straight, anterior angles with a seta, disk rather more punctate ; 

 elytra regularly striate punctate, scutellar stria well marked ; 

 surface pubescent, L. .10. California (Leconte). 



LUPERALTICA, g. n. 



This genus is established for three small species which have 

 all the facies of a Luperus, but by the incrassate femora, entire 

 epipleurae, separated anterior coxa?, appear to belong to the Hal- 

 ticidee. The form is very much that of Orthallica, but the elytra 

 are much more finely sculptured and not striate; the first joint of 

 the posterior tarsus is elongate; the anterior coxte are closed be- 

 hind, but very narrowly, the base of the prosternum being dilated 

 to meet the epimera; autenuaB long, basal joint short, claws den- 

 tate at the base. 



1. L. fuscula (Lee), Pro. Acad., 1865, p. 206. 



Fuscous, subopaque ; head 5"ellow in front ; tubercles well 

 marked, separated from the front which is pitch}- ; thorax sub- 

 quadrate, sides rounded in front, hind angles acute, base produced, 

 broadly and faintly trifoveolate, disk obsoletely punctulate ; elytra 

 parallel, margin acutely reflexcd,with a marginal series of evident 

 punctures; disk obsoletely punctulate. L. .12-.15. Pennsyl- 

 vania, {llinois, Kansas. 



<-f Fifth segment with a broad obtusely- truncate appendage. 



Var. Novellus (Zimm.). Head, thorax, and legs clear red. 

 South Carolina. 



2. L. senilis (Say), J. Acad., iv. 87-9. tincta (Lee), 1. c, p. 200, 2. 



Closely' allied to L. ftiscula, but elytra distinctly punctulate, 

 bluish-green, rest of tlie body testaceous. L. .12-.15. Illinois. 

 ^ Fifth ventral segment with a narrow acute process. 



. ' Haltica, Geoff. 



Closely allied to Crejndodera^ but with punctate elytra ; thorax 

 transversely impressed and margined at the base. 



