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ing the foliage of shrubs along the lower edge of a densely wooded 

 slope leading down to the banks of White River. The reddish-purple 

 color, different relative length of joints 2, 3 and 4 of antennae, the 

 much coarser and seriate post-umbonal punctures and the very dif- 

 ferent last ventral of male form a group of characters separating 

 gloriosa from any others heretofore named from this country. 



Haltica viatica new species. 



Elongate-oblong, moderately convex. Head and thorax with a brassy 

 tinge, elytra purple, antennae, legs and under surface blackish-bronzed. Head 

 not tuberculate, the frontal carina prominent. Joints 3 and 4 of antennae sub- 

 equal, each one-third longer than second. Thorax one-third wider than long, 

 sides feebly curved, hind angles rounded, front ones without a nodule ; disk 

 minutely alutaceous, without evident punctures, its basal impression a narrow, 

 deep, sharply defined groove, terminating each side about one-fifth from 

 margin. Elytra conjointly oblong, very little wider at base than thorax, their 

 sides parallel from behind the very feeble humeri to apical fourth, then 

 rounded into tips ; umbones prominent, their limiting depression within 

 scarcely evident ; disk finely, sparsely and evenly punctate. Abdomen finely 

 and rather closely punctate, pubescent. Last ventral of male with a median 

 groove extending from apex three-fourths to base and widening posteriorly. 

 Length, 3.2 mm. 



Lake Co., Ind., October 6. Judging from Horn's description, it 

 is evidently allied to tombacina Mann., from Montana and Alaska, 

 but is smaller, more oblong, with antennal joints 3 and 4 equal and 

 groove of thorax deep and sharply defined. 



Haltica litigata Fall. 



This species, confused with others in the '' Coleoptera of Indiana " 

 under the name H. ignita 111., seems to have a wide distribution. 

 It was described" from Enterprise, Fla., and specimens are at hand 

 from Lake, Vermillion, Vigo, Marion and Martin Cos., Ind. In this 

 State it occurs mainly on the water purslane, Ludwigia palustris Ell. 

 From the blue form heretofore commonly known as H. ignita 111., it 

 may be distinguished by its much more protruding eyes and brown 

 tibiae and tarsi. 



Haltica corni Woods. 



Two specimens, one of which was identified for me by Mr. Fall 

 as the species here named, are at hand from Indiana. One was 



"Trans. Anier. Ent. Soc, XXXVI, 1910, 154. 



