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much smaller than those in the other rows ; cervical shield color of body, 

 bordered behind with black : head black; length lo mm. 



DoRYPHORA JUNCTA, Gcrmar. Body pale, yellowish flesh color ; on each 

 side of the body is one row of eleven black 4ots ; cervical shield dusky, 

 broadly edged all around with black; head pale; length lo mm. 

 Feeds on Solanum Carol iiicnsc. (From Riley in Amer. Ent. vol i, p. 43.) 



Chrysomela multigultis, Stal. Body dull white ; a dark colored 

 dorsal line on which is a row of brown spots ; on each side of the body 

 are two rows of brown spots; head yellowish brown, marked with a 

 black spot on each side ; length 10 mm. Feeds on Hazel. Found 

 several July 4th ; these were bred to the perfect state, but I neglected to 

 note the date when the beetles issued. I have taken the beetles in coitu 

 June 13th. (Determination of Mr. E.P.Austin.) 



Chrysomela Bigsbyana, Kirby. Body white, tinged with yellow ; 

 spiracles black with a white dot in the centre of each ; on each side of 

 segments 2 and 3 is a curved black dash, the curve downwards ; cervical 

 shield concolorous, marked with a blackish spot in the middle of each 

 outer edge ; head yellowish brown, occelli black, in two clusters ; length 

 10 mm. Feeds on Willow. Found two August 13 ; these pupated 

 shortly afterward, and the beetles issued Sept. 5th. (Determination of 

 Dr. Horn.) 



Chry.somela similis, Rogers. Body whitish, mottled with green and 

 yellow ; spiracles brown or black ; head pale yellowish brown, ocelli 

 black ; length 7 mm. Fives on Ambrosia artemisiaefolia and Btdt/is 

 frondosa. Found Jime 12, July 31, and August 22 : those taken July 

 21 pupated July 31, and the beetles issued August 5. I have seen the 

 beetles in coitu July 22nd and August 2. (Determination of Mr. E. P. 

 Austin.) 



Lema coLLAHis, Say. Body pale yellowish white ; spiracles brown ; 

 cervical shield brownish black, or mar'ked with blackish ; head black, 

 clypeus sometimes tinged with yellow ; length 5 mm. Lives on Thistle 

 (Cirsi/n/i /anceolatum), and feeds mostly on the under side of the 

 leaf, sometimes burrowing between the upper and lower cuticle, always 

 leaving the former untouched. When fully grown they spin an irregular 

 cocoon which somewhat resembles the frothy mass of a . spittle-insect, the 

 outside being in small, irregular, oblong pieces, somewhat resembling 



