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trefoil, l!(>aii,s and (itlicr Icji'imiinous plants. Listed as C camiiKn 

 Fal). In (in(> specinicii at hand llic dorsal spots of elytra are nier.yed 

 to form a sti'ipe each side of suture. II' (lestrueti\'e to l)ean leaves, 

 hand picking' eai'ly in the season and si)rayin<j,' with ai-seuicals later 

 will serve as i-eniedies. 



A</(l'is(i hdh iisis Linu., oval, convex, dull yellow, elytra blue or 

 g'reeiiish, huiiith 5-7 mm., is l<nowu fi'oiii ('onnedicut and Wiscon- 

 sin, and may yet be found in Indiana. 



XLTTT. ({.\i,KRrc.\ Geoff. 1704. (Ij.. "a luduu-t i- cateri)illar. ") 



I^roadly oval, subconvcw species havinu' the head moderatt4y 

 larpe, not deeply inserted; front •>-roo\'ed between the antenme, 

 which arc I'ather stout, not lonu'ei- than half the body, joint three 

 neai'ly twice as lont^' as the se^'ond, three to ten gradually decreas- 

 ing' in h'ngth, eleventh longer; scutellnm nearly semicircular; e])i- 

 l)leur;e entire; tibia' carinate on oute/ edge, the middle pair with 

 one terminal spur; first joint of hind tarsi nearly as long as the 

 next two, the claws cleft slightly liehind the middle, the inner lobe 

 much the smaller. Two s[)ecies are known from the Tnited States. 

 One of them, introduced from Europe, has been taken in Indiana. 



-17A'. ( ). (,'Ai.KHr( .\ p,v\;()\.io Si-dp., lOiit. Cinii'il.. 17(!;'. s.". 



Broadl.v ovate, suhcdiivex. I>ark picedus brdwii abnve. lilack beneath, 

 feebly shiiiiii,ii; elytra narrowly margined with dnll yellow. Thora.x more 

 than twice as wide as long, very coarsely and densely iiinictnred ; disk wilh 

 a broad but shallow median gi'ouve and wilh an irregular depression eacli 

 side. Klyti'a each witli three iv I'onr sniootli raised lines, the lirnad iiilcr- 

 vals with dense, c(.arse, continent pnnctnres. Length s.."(-ll nun. 



Lai)orte and Koseinsko counties; I'are. -Inly 1 -August 26. Tlie 

 larvrt' feed on the foliage of PJiJo.r divaric'tla and Ihntayia laciitiala. 

 The s|)eci(s was first taken in this country by Dury near Cincinnati 

 in 1S78 and ])r(i]>ably occurs sparingly thri.ughout the State.* 



MiiHDCisIa cnrijJi Say. dull yellow, elytra metallic blue, length 

 10-16 mm., occurs on hazehnit and is known from Virginia, Illinois 

 i:\u\ Kansas. 



XLIV. Tririiabda I ec. IcSOo. (dr.. "three + rod.") 



IMedimn-si/ed elouuate-oblong, feeltly convex specie-! with usu- 

 ally o|)a<pie, finely j)unctured and pubescent surface; antenna^ slen- 

 (l(>r, two-thirds the length of body, thorax mucli broadm- than lonu'. 

 widest at middl(\ the angles distinct and more or less })rominent ; 



*A full account iif its luiliits ami iil'c liislury, liy .1. .1 D.ivis, is f^ivcu iu Entomological News, .luly, 1907. 



