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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Fir- 13- 



Elytra more coarsely but less densely punctured. Length, .20-. 2 2 in. 

 The only Canadian specimen I have seen was sent me from Toronto by 

 Mr. R. J. Crew. Fig. 13 [after 

 Riley] represents this insect in all 

 its stages : a, the larva extracted 

 from its case ; d, larva dragging its 

 case, which is composed of chewed 

 fragments of leaves ; c, beetle, en- 

 larged to show punctures; d, beetle, 

 natural size ; e, egg, highly magni- 

 fied ; f, head of larva, under side ; 

 g, head of male beetle ; k, jaw of same ; /, eggs, natural size, showing 

 mode of attachment to leaves ; /, leg of larva ; k, jaw of same ; /, maxilla 

 of same. 



Megalostomis, Chevr. 



A record of M. subfasciata, Lee, occurs in the supplement to the 

 Label List of Coleoptera for 1889. It is a rather large insect (.24-30 

 in.), nearly black, with cinereous pubescence. The elytra each have a 

 large basal red spot reaching from the immediate vicinity of the outer 

 margin to the neighbourhood of the suture. The size and coloration 

 will separate it from any of the known Northern Clythrini. The recog- 

 nized range is from Arizona to Kansas. 



 : " Babia, Chevr. 



A pretty, shining black insect of somewhat oblong form, shining 

 surface, the elytra with a humeral and subapical red spot on each, the 

 anterior the larger. The stride are coarsely punctate. Antenuce short, 

 the last character serving to separate it easily from some of the black and 

 red Cryptocephali with which beginners occasionally mix it. The species 

 is B. quadriguttata, Oliv. Length, .14-16 in. 



Tribe V. — Chlamydini. 



These curious little insects can be mistaken for nothing else. They 

 are of very short, compact form, the upper surface of the body covered 

 with large tubercles ; in colour they range from dull brown to black or 

 bronze. The legs are contractile, the antennae short. As has often been 

 remarked, they resemble the excrements of caterpillars, and so closely as 



