1S<U.] 71 



Resembles M. parvus Hald.. but differs by being more coarsely and 

 deeply punctured and somewhat shining. Collected and presented to 

 the Society, by Mr. John Pearsall. 



Lytta tarsalis, n. sp. 

 Black, clothed with yellowish-cinereous pubescence j femora and tibiae, 

 except their tips, fulvous. 



//a^,.— Illinois. (Coll. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia.) 



Body dull black, finely punctured, clothed with yellowish-cinereous 

 pubescence, which is longer on the head, thorax and base of elytra ; 

 head quadrate, broader than the thorax, suddenly constricted beneath 

 the eyes, strongly tinged with purple ; labrum shining, bilobate ; palpi 

 deep black ; antennae as long as the head and thorax in 9 , slightly 

 longer in % , deep black, basal joint robust, rather long, 2nd joint 

 small, 3rd more than twice the length of the 2nd, 4th and following 

 joints moniliform, gradually larger towards the tip, apical joint robust 

 and subconical. Thorax subquadrate, slightly tinged with purple, the 

 anterior third gradually narrowed in front, sides of the posterior two- 

 thirds straight; disk with a slight longitudinal impression. Elytra 

 elongate, parallel, dull black, clothed with short prostrate yellowish- 

 cinereous pubescence, longer at the base ; tips regularly rounded from 

 the suture to the lateral margin. Legs black, the femora and tibiae, 

 except extreme tips, fulvous ; coxae densely clothed with long yellow- 

 ish pubescence; tarsal claws cleft. Length % 5J lines, 9 1\ lines. 



Collected and presented to the Society by Benj. D. Walsh, Esq.. of 

 Kock Island. Illinois. 



Chrysomela pallida, n. sp. 

 Pale yellow ; head and body beneath riifous ; elytra with several 

 longitudinal black spots. 



//;,/,._Rocky Mountains, Col. Ter. (Coll. Ent. Soc. Philad.) 



Body pale yellow, convex, shining, feebly punctured ; head rufous, 

 orbits of the eyes and the clypeus strongly punctured ; tips of the 

 mandibles black ; antennae pale rufous, the four apical joints blackish. 

 Thorax with the posterior two-thirds ferruginous, the anterior margin 

 of the ferruginous portion undulate and not reaching the lateral margin 

 nf the thorax; on the middle of this mark there are two rounded yel- 



