1202 FAMILY Lin. — chrysoimelid.t:. 



Tlirouii'liout the State; coiimioiL IMay ll-October 6. Occurs 

 by thousands on the foliage of the water pursbine, Lndwigia paliis- 

 tris Ell.; also on foliao:e of nuuiy other i)lants. Said to attack 

 strawberry and rose-i)Uslies. 



//. vayiuaia Genu., leni-'th )^.7^-\J^ mm., and //. vicavia Horn, 

 length 4.5-() muL, last ventral of males in ])oth with a deep ehmgate 

 im]u-essed line, ai'(> said to occur from New England westward to 

 Ai-izona. The former has been recorded from Cincinnati. 



2224 ( ). IIaltica (TPkascens sp. lutv. 



Oval, sti-on.i^'ly eoiivex. ('(►ppcry red, strongly shining; aiitennsw, legs 

 ;nnl nndei- surface pieeoiis-liron/AMl. Thora.x alxnit one-third wider than 

 long, scarcely narrowed in fi-ont. sides leehly curved, margin narrow, thick- 

 ened at tlic front angles: disk linely alntaceons. sparsely and minutely punc- 

 tate, the anle-l)asal impression very sliallim'. evident only at middle. Ely- 

 tra one-thir<l wider at base tlian thorax, sides broadly curved; surface finely 

 and sparsely punctate, very indistinctly so on apical third. Length 3.5- 

 4 mm. 



Three specimens from beneath rubbish on beach of Lake Michi- 

 gan, near Pine, Lake County. May 5-May 21. Probably occurs on 

 Cottonwood. 



2225 (G972). IIaltica ."enescens sp. nov. 



Elongate-oblong, convex. I'^niform brassy-greenish above and beneath ; 

 antemisB piceous-bronzed, third and fourth joints subeqnal. Thorax one- 

 third wider than long; sides feebly curved, slightly sinuate near hind an- 

 gles; disk minutely and sparsely punctate, the ante-basal impression very 

 faint, extending almost from side to side. Elytra together one-third wider 

 than thorax, their sides parallel to apical fourth, then rcninded to tips; sur- 

 face finely and si»arsely punctate. Last ventral of male with an elongate 

 impression extending from apex half way to base. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Starke County; rare. June 18. 



2221; ( ). IIaltica fuscoenea Melsli.. Troc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 



1847, 105. 

 01>long-oval, convex. Olivaceous green or lironzed, strongly shining; 

 under surface and liind femora piceous with bronzed lustre; antenmie and 

 legs reddish-yellow, tlie former with apical half darker. Thorax sulxpiad- 

 rate. very little wider than long, not narrower at apex than base; sides 

 very feebly curved; disk convex, very finely alntaceons, sparsely and mi- 

 nutely punctate. Elytra slightly wider at l)ase than thorax, less than 

 twice as wide as long, umlmne not distinct; surface distinctly and sparsely 

 punctate near base, smootlier near apex, the punctures sometimes in more 

 or less evident rows. Length 2..V3 nnn. 



Lake, Kosciusko, Putnam and Jeifei-son counties; scarce. Aju-il 

 22-September 25. Occurs on the evening prinu'ose, (EuotJiem hi- 

 cnnis L. 



