March, I92I.] BlaTCHLKY: XoTESOX INDIANA HaLTICINI. 2') 



taken in Crawford Co.. June 2. the other in Clark Co., September i6. 

 It is a bluish-black oblontj species with the iii)pcr surface almost 

 devoid of visible punctures. 



Luperaltica fuscula Lie. 



A sinjjle specimen, the only one known from the State, was taken 

 while sweeping in Posey County. September 22. iyi8. It was de- 

 scribed® from Pennsylvania. Illinois and Kansas as a Malacosoma. 

 Horn treats it fully in his " Galerucini of Boreal America."" as the 

 frenus Luperaltica Crotch, seems to be a sort of connecting link 

 between the tril)es Halticini and Galerucini. 



Luperaltica senilis Say. 



This species occurs quite frequently in Marion Co. in early 

 autumn, on the flowers and foliage of the white snake-root. I-.upa- 

 toriitm agcrafoidcs L.. along the lower levels of a densely wooded 

 slope near White River. Elsewhere in the State it is known only 

 from Putnam County. 



Lactica iris Oliv. 



Only two specimens of this handsome little Ilalticid are known 

 from the State. The second one was taken .\ugust 31 in Marion Co. 

 on the same wooded slope as the preceding. 



Sphaeroderma opima Lcc. 



My first Indiana specimen was taken in Marion County. Septem- 

 ber 8, 1918. the second on September 6. 1920. Several others have 

 been seen in the sweeping net. but as they can jump three feet high 

 they readily escaped capture. In form this is the most rotund and 

 convex of our Halticids. and the hind femora the most incrassate oi 

 any. Like many others of the tribe it frequents the foliage of 

 plants growing in low. moist situations. Horn gives its known dis- 

 tribution as Illinois, North Carolina and Texas. 



Chaetocnema subcylindrica Lee. 



The first and only known Indiana specimen 01 i\\\^ r.i-iiy dix- 

 tinguished northern form was taken in Marion County. Nfay 5. 1918. 

 Its range is given by Horn as Massachusetts to Pcnn.sylvania. Mich- 

 igan, Wyoming and British Columbia. 



« Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phil.. 1865, 206. 

 Trans. Anur. Ent. Soc. XX, 1893. 135. 



