120 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Mar., 'l6 



specimen in one of my cases, where it clung so tightly that the 

 mounted specimen was ruined before I could disengage it. 

 Oberea tripunctata Swed. Rare. Taken by sweeping deep grass 

 June 14-July 6. 



Tetraopes tetraophthalmus Forst. Common on milkweed in June 

 and July. 



Family CHRYSOMELIDAE. 



Donacia aequalis Say. Common on low foliage at edge of pond 

 from April to July. 



Donacia rufa Say. Not common. Found on skunk's cabbage in 

 May and June. 



Orsodachna atra Ahr. A common species of great variation. Oc- 

 curs in the following forms: Yellow thorax, yellow legs and 

 black elytra; black thorax, yellow legs and black elytra; yellow 

 thorax, brown legs and brown elytra; black thorax with dark 

 brown legs and black- and yellow-striped elytra, and a small 

 uniform brownish form. April 14-May 29. 



Zeugophora scutellaris Suffr. Very rare in my vicinity. 1 speci- 

 men July 13. 



Lema brunnicollis Lee. Rare. Taken in the early part of July. 



Lema trilineata Oliv. Rare. Occurs from May till August. 



Babia 4-guttata Oliv. Rare. Taken from flowers of meadow- 

 sweet July 2-6. 



Chlamys cribripennis Lee. Rare. Taken by sweeping from April 

 15-August 21. 



Bassareus formosus Melsh. Rare. Taken on July 14. 



Bassareus mammifer Newm. Rare. Taken during July also. 



Bassareus lituratus Fab. Taken sparingly in June. 



Cryptocephalus 4-maculatus Say. Common. Taken from leaves 

 of blackberry in May and June. 



Cryptocephalus ornatus Fab. Fairly common. Taken from 

 meadow-sweet flowers. 



Cryptocephalus cinctipennis Rand. Rare. Also taken from mead- 

 ow-sweet. 



Pachybrachys viduatus Fab. Rare. Taken from meadow-sweet 

 on July 6. 



Pachybrachys roboris. Very rare. 1 specimen July 9. 



Monachus saponatus Fab. Common. Taken by sweeping marshy 

 meadow grass in July. 



Xanthonia villosula Melsh. Very rare. 1 specimen July 6. 



Adoxus vitis Linn. My single specimen is a product of the sweep- 

 ing method. Very rare in this vicinity. 



Tymnes tricolor Fab. Very rare. 2 specimens on July 4 and 7. 



Chrysodina globosa Say. Rare. By sweeping swampy land in 

 July. 



