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piceous spots arranged in a line from tiie umhone to the apex. Anteunse pale 

 yellow. Head smooth. Thorax nearly twice as wide as long, slightly narrowed 

 in front, the lateral margin wider posteriorly, surface smooth. Elytra moder- 

 ately closely, but feebly punctate. Body beneath smooth, shining, the posterior 

 coxae and the front of met-episterna piceous. Length .22 inch. ; 5.5 mm. 



This insect is not unlike Diabrotica l2-punctata in form, but some- 

 what smaller. 



Occurs in Texas, locality unknown (A. S. Fuller). 



4GEL.A.SA Motscb. 

 Head oval rather broad, inserted as far as the posterior border of 

 the eyes, which are slightly oval, prominent and entire. Antennae 

 slender, longer than half the body, joints two and three subequal, 

 together a little longer than the fourth, fourth longer than fifth, 

 joints five to ten equal, eleventh longer; maxillary palpi moderately 

 stout, the last joint shorter and more slender than the third ; labrum 

 transverse, emarginate. Thorax transversely quadrangular, slightly 

 narrower at base, sides feebly arcuate, hind angles distinct, disc im- 

 pressed. Elytra oval, broader behind ; epipleurte nearly reaching 

 the tip ; anterior coxal cavities closed behind, the prosternum nar- 

 rowly visible between the coxae. Legs moderate ; tibiae slightly 

 broader toward tip, the outer edge rounded, not carinate, the middle 

 and posterior tibiae with a single spur; tarsi moderate, the first joint 

 as long as the next two ; claws broadly appendiculate. 



A. halensis Linn., Syst. Nat. ed. xii, 1767, p. 589; Faiim., Gen. Col. Eur. 

 iv, pi. 69, fig. 330; Lee. {Agelastica), Proe. Acad. 1865, p. 210; Chapuis (Sermyla), 

 Gen. Col. xi, p. 225.— Form oval, moderately convex, pale yellowish, the elytra 

 metallic-bine or greenish, resembling Oedionychis gibbitarsis in form and color. 

 Antennte piceous. Head yellow, smooth, an occipital band of metallic-blue or 

 green. Thorax rather more than twice as wide as long, sides feebly arcuate in 

 front, disc moderately convex, not visibly punctate, but with a depression each 

 side midway between the median line and side margin. Elytra oval, broadest 

 a little behind the middle, the surface moderately coarsely not closely punctate, 

 punctures irregularly placed and somewhat finer toward the apex. Body beneath 

 honey-yellow, sparsely pubescent, tips of tibipe and tarsi infuscate. Length .20 

 — .28 inch. ; 5 — 7 mm. 



The specimens studied are unfortunately all females which pre.sent 

 no special sexual characters. 



The specimens on which Dr. LeConte indicated the occurrence of 

 this insect in our fauna were given him by Mr. Edw. Norton as 

 having been collected at Farmington, Conn. For various reasons 

 not necessary to record at this time, the validity of that locality 

 seemed doubtful to me, and of sufficient moment to have caused me 



TRANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XX. JUNE. 1893. 



