130 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



307. Donacia /EQUALis Say. — Length of body 4-4 ) 2 lines. Many 

 taken in the journey from New York to Cumberland-house [also in On- 

 tario.] 



[227.] Body underneath covered with a thick coat of silver pile as in 

 the preceding species. Head bronzed, hoary from cinereous down, 

 minutely and confluently punctured, channelled between the eyes with a 

 longitudinal obtuse ridge on each side the channel ; antennae black, 

 bronzed at the base, second and third joints equal in length ; mouth 

 piceous ; prothorax bronzed and gilded, rather longer than wide, thickly 

 and confluently punctured and wrinkled ; channelled; sides longitudinally 

 subimpressed ; anterior tubercles obsolete ; scutellum hoary from down ; 

 elytra bronzed, gilded, punctured in rows except at the apex where the 

 punctures are confluent, two impressions adjoining the suture, and one in 

 the middle of the base ; apex truncated ; ventral segments of the 

 abdomen, the last excepted, with a bright orange margin; posterior thighs 

 with a stout short tooth. 



X.B. In the male the ventral segments are without the orange 

 margin. 



Variety B. Prothorax bright copper, elytra black-bronzed. 



FAMILY H1SPID.E. 



308. Hispa (Anoplitis) p.icolor Oliv. — Length of body 3^ lines. 

 Taken in Canada by Dr. Bigsby. Mr. Francillon had specimens from 

 Georgia. Oliv. 



[228.] Body linear, naked. Head black, smooth, channelled between 

 the eyes; antennae robust, scarcely longer than the prothorax, black; eyes 

 large, dark-brown ; prothorax transverse, narrowest anteriorly, red, with 

 four dusky spots placed transversely, grossly punctured, posterior angles 

 producted, behind with a slight sinus on each side ; space above the 

 scutellum truncate; scutellum dull-red ; elytra linear, black, three-ridged, 

 with an abbreviated ridge towards the apex between the second and 

 third ; ridges elevated ; interstices with a double series of large and very 

 close punctures ; between the second and third at the base and apex the 

 series is quadruple, in the middle triple: lateral margin and apex serrulate; 

 underside of the body blood-red ; legs black, base of the thighs red. 



