1210 



PAMII.V Mil. — CIIRVSOMEIJD.T^.. 



*223r> (7040). 



Ch.etocnema denticui>ata II 

 163. 



:\Iai;. fur Insect.. VI. 1807. 



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Oblong-oval, robust. I'iceous- 

 brou/ed, slightly brassy; ante unto 

 reddisli-ycllow at base, the outer five 

 or six joints pieeons ; front and mid- 

 dle femora brown, hind ones pieeons 

 bronzed; tibiffi and tarsi reddish-yel- 

 low. Head and thorax alutaceous; 

 the latter nearly twice as wide at 

 base as long, sides regularly curved 

 to apex ; surface rather coarsely and 

 ' regularly but not densely punctured, 

 the basal marginal line feeble at the 

 si<les. Elytra not wider at base than 

 thorax, the punctures coarse and 

 deep, not closely placed; intervals 

 nearly flat on disk, subconvex on 

 sides, each with a row of very fine 

 punctures. Length 2.3-2.5 mm. (Fig. 

 533.) 

 . Throughout the State; fre- 

 quent. January 5-Octol)er 24. Occurs on sedges and grasses in 

 moist meadows. IIil)ernates lieueath leaves and ru1)bish in fence 

 corners. 



223G (7043). Ch.etocnema cuiurifrons Lee, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., 1871), 

 517. 

 Oval, but proportionately more elongate than (Icnticiilata. Dark bronze, 

 moderately shining; antenna' brownish at base, outer joints piceous; legs 

 as in doiticulatu. Thorax also as in that species but with basal nmrginal 

 line distinct at the sides. Length 2.2-2.7 nun. 



Lake, Marshall, Putnam and Orange counties; scarce. April 10- 

 Septemher 9. Resembles (Iciiiiculala very closely, but less broad 

 and with the i)iuictui*(\s of the clN'pcus very coarse, deep and well 

 separated. 



Fig. 533. X 18. (After .Forbes.) 



2237 ( ). Cn.ETOCNEMA minx'ta Melsh.. I'roc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 



1847, ir.7. 

 Oval. rol)ust. Piceous, distinctly bronzed, shining; antennjie with four 

 liasal joints brownish-yellow, the remainder piceous; legs piceous, the tibi;e 

 and tai'si sometimes paler. Head distinctly alutaceous, indistinctly i)unc- 

 tate. Thorax twice as wide as long, widest at middle, disk faintly alu- 

 taceous, finely and sp.nrscly |iunctured; basal I'ow of ])unctures distinct and 

 coarse. El.vtra distinctly widei- :it base than thorax, ])unctures coarse, 

 rather closely placed, slightly liro.-ider than long; intervals feebly convex, 

 witlKHit punctui'es. Length 2 mm. 



