'I'liK i.i'Ai'^ r.i;r,'i'i,iN. 



114!) 



Soiitliwcstcl-li |>(»fti()ii (»r the Sl;i1r; sc;nvi'. -I'lllc ll^ -llllx- "iS. 

 Occurs (HI llic urc;ilcr r;iL;\V('(>(l, Anihrosia Iri/idd I^., in low. moist 

 |.l;ucs. 'I'll!' l.-iruci- si/.c. iiKirc truly oval !'■ iiii iiiid ((uiiM'ly puu;-- 

 tui'(-(l sides (»r iiicliistci-iumi rcndilv- distinuuish this fi-oiii Inshs. 



LM;;o (<;TTs1>). XdnoNurA n mtuom.is S:iy. .Idiini. I'liil. A(;i<l. N.it. Sci.. 

 I 1!. isi'i;. 144; ibid. I?. -'IL'. ^ *- 



()i)|(in,ij;. iic.-irl.v |i;ii-;illcl. Illiiisii. .m-ccnisli ov liroii/.cd. 

 iiKMlcr.-ilci.v shiniiii:: l>;is;il .juiiits of :nilt'iin,T. and rai-cly 

 the le-s. reddisli-\-ellM\v. Head and liidi-ax disliiictly aiii- 

 taceuiis. Hie ialtei- iikh'c lliaii twice as wide as Inii^i. sides 

 feeldy cni-\ed. fnnil aii;:ies .-icule: surl'a.c wilii ratlie'- 

 liens*', eldiiuate puiKtures. l':i.\ti-a cearsely ,ind irremdai-- 

 ly iHuictale. llie |Miiiclures in rnws near apex, liuhine ^ ^ 



niarl<ed witii a distinct inipfessinn and w illi iisuall.v a i j^ 494 (.After ( tiit- 

 slierl raised line tir cesia iieldnd it. I.enutii :'...") 1.1^ mm. tnulcn i-i I5ull VII, New 



i-er , U. S Di/, Ent ) 

 ( ViiX. 41)4.) 



Si titlici-u lijilf (d' State; li'e(|ueiit. May 2S-.)til\- 4. Occufs on 

 the tiowei-s r\' wild fo>e and the foliauc of vai'ious liefhs. 



ChriisodiiKi fihihosd 0\\\.. hi'oadlN' ovtil. convex. hi'(inzed)lue or 

 brassy, Itiinth 2..") uhu.. is said to occur fi'oiu the "Middle States to 

 Colorado and Arizona." 



Tiil)e VIII. CIIRYSOMELIXI. 



Oval, convex, rarely oblong beetles of itiodcrate, rarely snudi 

 size, usually variegated in eolor. Tliey have the antenntv of niod- 

 (>rate length, widely separated at base, the outer joints somewhat 

 enlarged; eyes feelily emarginate, not i)roniinent; thorax with well- 

 defined side margins; front eoxip transverse and widely separated; 

 elytra with distinet epii)leura' and covering the abdomen; third 

 tarsal joint entire (exeept in Gaslroidci and Liita). Representa- 

 tives of nine of the 18 genera coiiiposini:- the tribe have been taken 

 in the State, while th*ise of one other may occur. 



The only jiapers treating espe-ially of the North American 

 genera comprising the ti'ihe are as follows: 



Roc/crs. W. F. — "Synopsis of the Sjx'cies of Chrysomela and 

 Allied Genera lnhat)iting the V. S.." iu Proe. Phil. Aead. 

 Nat. Sci.. Vni. l^.-yi;. -i!)--]!). 

 Li IK II, Marl ill h. ' \ Short Review of the Chrysomelas of 

 North America," //; Journ. N. Y. Entom. Soe., IV, 1896, 

 195-200. 



