CRYPTOCEPHALUS IN AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO 73 



Vii-ginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, and Iowa. A series of si)eci- 

 mens bear the label "Canon City, Colorado"; this may be in error. 



Cryptocephalus notatus fulvipennis Haldeman 



Figures 33, 133 

 Cryptocephalus fulvipennis Haldeman, 1849, p. 255. 



Pronotum: As in n. notatus. 



Elytra: Dull light orange to red throughout; punctation similar 

 to n. notatus but more frequently with nine rows of punctures. 



Prosternum: Anterior margin in male rather distinctly produced 

 into a more or less pointed lobe; anterior margin in female produced 

 into a rather short, broad lobe. 



Length: 4.1 to 4.8 mm. 



Distribution. — All five specimens on hand are from Florida. 



Cryptocephalus notatus quadrimaculatus Say 



Figure 30 

 Cryptocephalus quadrimaculatus Say, 1824, p. 441. 



Pronotum: Color and sculpture as in n. notatus. 



Elytra: Color very similar to that of n. notatus except basal spot 

 easily attains scutellum; punctation as that of n. iiotatus. 



Prosternum: Male with anterior margm produced into a distinct, 

 stout, ventrally du^ected spine; female with anterior margin produced 

 into a short, broadly rounded to somewhat pointed lobe. 



Length: 3.6 to 5.5 mm. 



Discussion. — Label data provide the following records: straw- 

 berry, collected on blackberry, feeding on dewberry, Bhus, black- 

 berry feeding and mating, Prunus angustifolia, bud of apple, straw- 

 berry vines, on Ribes sativum Syme ("Ribes vulgare"), on Betulia 

 populifolia Marsh., pear, on peach, on grape. 



Distribution. — The USNM collection contains 272 specimens of 

 the subspecies from Canada, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, 

 Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, J^faryland, 

 Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, 

 Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsm, South 

 Dakota, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, Montana, Minnesota, Colorado, 

 Idaho, and Utah. Blatchley (1924, p. 53) recorded this subspecies 

 from Florida. 



Cryptoceplialus notatus sellatus Schaeffer 



Figure 31 

 Cryptocephalus notatus sellatus Schaeffer, 1933, p. 322. 

 Pronotum: Color and sculpture as n. notatus. 



