TIIK LKAK BKKTI,i:S. 



IKi!) 

 riiil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 



L'KU (<;".M12). (;.\i,i:i;r("i:i.i A cwicoii is I-cc. I' 

 isc.n, ■2\*\. 

 Oval, iian-dwci' in li'diil. sulidcpn'S-^cd. hull red. iimdcralfly sliiiiin;:, 

 vvvy siiaix'ly and liiicly inilu'scchl : aiilcniia' lilai-l^ ; Ir^s dull \{-t\ In iiiccmis. 

 Tlmrax nearly l\\ i«c as wide as IniiiT. narniwcr in li-ont. sides cairvcd <ir uh- 

 tuscly suliaiiL'ulalc. hind angles dislind: <lisk will) a liroad median depi-es- 

 sicn and annllier earli side, siirlaee cnai'sely punelui-ed. I^lylral niaruin 

 llallened; disk willi cnaise. deep, n^t eiMwded punelures. l.eiiLMli l..".- 

 ;"■).."» niHi. 



Tjikcii ill iiiinihcrs Ity Wolcdll ncir l*iiie. L.-ikc ('(Hiiity. .Alay '_*1. 

 Oecilis rnmi (\i!i;i(la ami tlie New iMiiiland Slates w (>s1 wai'd to 

 Wisconsin. l'r()lial)ly to he found tlirougliont the norllici'n third 

 of the State. 



(1. rufii^diKjuinat Sa.w leii^lli 4.5-5.5 nnii.. is known from I'eiin- 

 sylvnnia sontliwMi'd. 



•Jicr* ((VJUC). (Jalerccei-La nymph. k.e Lian.. Syst. Xal.. lTr>S. .•'.TC. 



OMiniL^-oval. narrowoi" in iTdut. sutxU'pressed. 

 rieeiuis h;-(t\\n. linely puhcseenr: 1liui-a\ dull yellnw, 

 usually \\itl! tliree piceous spots; side luar.iiin. ai>e.\ 

 and epipleura of elytra yell!i\\isli : under surt'aeo 

 and autenu.-r pieenus. the basal Jniuts of the latter 

 parll.x- dull yellaw; le.u's pale. Th.rax twice as wide 

 as loiiii. sides rather strongly aiigulate; front angles 

 small. preHiinent, hind angles nearly obsolete; disk 

 with median uarrnw depression and a larger one 

 euh side which is densely punctured and picenus; 

 surface otherwise smooth or with a few coarse 

 jnuictures. Elytra slightly broader behind, nnir- 

 g:!is distinctly ilattened. surface coarsely and rather 

 closely jiuuctate. Length 4.5-0 mm. (Fig. 500.) 



Xoith(-in lialf of Stale. fre:nient; Kimx /'^f ?,/!': '-M^'/ '''"'''■ 



' df!'. Ill Biill. No. .34, l.S, Bur. Lilt.) 



;iid 1 awrc^nce counties only in the south. 



March 2()-Sei)teml)or 2!). Probably hibernates. Occttrs on the pads 



and flowers of the wliite and ycHow water-lilies. 



mcci (i;!il)4). (iALEKUCELLA TLiiEKCf i„\TA Say. Joum. I'liil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 III. 1S24, Am; ibid. II. 12120. 

 ( il)l(ing-o\ al, subdejiressed, oiiaijue, finely put)escent. Color variable, 

 dull I'eddish-bnw n to picenus; antennrt^ black; legs i>ale or partly piceous. 

 Thorax nearly twice as wide as long, sides rounded or cihtusely subangulate, 

 hind angles distinct. Itase sinuate each side; surface cuai'sely and closely 

 liunctnred. smootliei' neai- the front angles and alung th(> ajiex. lOlyti'a some- 

 what wider behind the nuddle; disk coarsely and deeply punctured, more 

 sjiarsely and linely at sides and ape.x. Length ."> r. nun. 



Wayne and Mari(Mi connties; rare. .Ma\' 2(i-.Jiine IS. The usual 

 black spots of thorax are often wantino-. 



