9G THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



INSECTS OF THE NORTHERN PARTS OF BRITISH AMERICA. 



COMPILED BY THE EDITOR. 



From Kirby' s Fauna Borcali-A?ncricana : Insect a. 



(Continued from Vol. 4, Page 235.) 

 FAMILY GALERUCID7E. 



292. Galeruca Olivieri Kirby. — Length of body 3^ lines. 

 Taken in Canada by Dr. Bigsby. 



Very near related to Galeruca quadrimaculata F. Body long, glossy, 

 reddish-yellow : posterior part of the head black, a cross impressed 

 between the eyes ; antennae dusky with the four first joints rufescent > 

 prothorax impunctured, transversely subimpressed behind, sides mar- 

 gined : elytra very minutely and lightly punctured with punctures just 

 visible under a good lens ; at the base of each elytrum nearest the suture 

 is a roundish black spot, and another large oblong one extends from above 

 the middle towards the apex ; posterior thighs a little incrassated ; tarsi 

 dusky, especially at the apex ; medipectus and postpectus black. 



[Synonymous with Phyllobroiica decorata Say. Taken in " Canada, 

 Lake Superior, Illinois ; rare. In the $ the 5th ventral segment is very 

 large, canaliculate, deeply excavated behind, with a small testaceous 

 triangular appendage projecting over the 6th segment. The disc of the 

 thorax is not impressed." Le Conte.] 



[219.] 293. Galeruca Canadensis Kirby. — -Length of body 4 

 lines. Taken in Canada by Dr. Bigsby. 



Body elongate, hairy with short decumbent cinereous hairs or down, 

 dirty-rufous, underneath black. Head with a black vertical spot ; six last 

 joints of the antennae black, the others, except the scape, rufous black at 

 the tip ] scape rufous, black above ; prothorax transversely impressed, 

 sides posteriorly oblique with a slight sinus ; three equidistant irregular 

 black spots or dots placed transversely on the disk ; the two elytra taken 

 together have three black stripes, the intermediate or sutural one being 

 common to both, and converging with the lateral ones at the tip ; anus 

 obscurely rufous. 



