THE LEAF BEKTIJOS. 



1178 



lif; ."ii:;. 



(Aftir ( liittciulcii.) 



*2171 (tJSSal. 1 HAi'.Koru A viiiAiA F;ilir.. Syst. Kill.. ITT-"". Ili". 



()bl(injj:-tiv;il. I'nlf yclldw nluivc; head, stulclliini. 

 iiiu> ruiiiiiiou siitural and a disi-al stripo mi oac-h ely- 

 ti-dii. black; nudor surface, aiiti'iiiia'. exci'pt tlu> Hire;' 

 basal Jniiits. kiiccs, front tibia', tijis t)\' niiddlc and bind 

 tibia' and tarsi iilceous. 'Pluirax (UH'-fcurtb wider Mian 

 long, sides curved in front : disU sniootli but with two 

 dccii fov(>a\ l':iytra r.aliicr iiroadly strialc Ibc stri-i> 

 cacb wilb two rows of |miiicI nrcs, intcrv.ais convex. 

 siiix-ostate. Leiiiitli ISi i\ nun. ( Fii,'. oi:;. i 



"I'hi'dUiihoiit \ho St;ite: coiimioii. Known as 

 the "striped ciiciiiiilier lieelhs," and wvy in- 

 .)in'i<iiis to eiiciiiiiliei' and melon vines. lliher- 

 nates IxMieath niliMsh in tiie \'ieinity <»!' li'ardi'ns 

 and melon pati-lies. I-'ehniary T-Deeemlier 11. .Matiiii;- .\pril '_*(i in 

 nnmliers on the llowers of Cnih.-fiiis and wild plniii; also taken at 

 sa]). 'I'he beetle eats into the stems o\' the melon \-ines at the snr- 

 faee and the lar\a' mim s in them a little under lironnd. " IJemedial 

 measures vary and y'enerali\- result in an ett'ort to keep away the 

 beetles until the vines are well (established. This is sometimes ac- 

 eoniplished liy planting an excess of seed so as to allow the insects 

 to kill a number of the plajits and yet leave enough for the farmer; 

 sometimes ground tobacco at the base of the plant is used as a repel- 

 lant, and this is good if it be groiuid fine. The beetles may also be 

 driven away with air-slaked linn or plaster. Occasionally earbol- 

 i/.ed lime or plaster is used, and sometinu'S kerosene or turpentine 

 is mixed with plaster. All these are uood, and the best is that which 

 succeeds liest with the indi\idual farmer." * 



XLVII. Paratriarits Schf. 1!)07. fGr., "near h rWaW/^s.") 



This genus Avas established to embrace the long lost Galernca 

 (h)rs(ita Say which was rediscovered by Dury near Cincinnati in 

 li)();i It is a small-sized oblong-oval species having the antenna^ 

 longer than half the body, first joint stout, slightly larger than 

 fourth, second small, third and following subeciual, the fifth to 

 seventh broadly dilated on outer side in male; elytral i)unctures 

 confused ; legs slender, all the tibia' with minute sjinrs; first joint of 

 hind tarsi as long as the next three togethei-; claws deeply bifid, the 

 inner lobes convergent and touching. 



2172 ( 1. Parathiakus doksata Say. .Tonrn. I'liil. Acad. Naf. Sci.. Ill, 



1S24. 45G; ibid. II. 221. 

 Oblong-oval. Front of head, thorax, under surface. Iclts .and uai-row 

 border of elytra pale yellow ; vertex black: elytra iiluisli ^recn, sbiuini:; aii- 



*J. B. Smith, Cat. X. J. In^('(•t.s 1809, mi 



