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FAMILY LIII. CHRYSOMEIJD.^. 



2241 (7053). Ch^etocnema pulicaria Melsb., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 Ill, 1847, 167. 



Oval, slightly oblong, convex. Black, shining with 

 faint greenish or bluish-bronzed lustre ; antenna; with 

 three or four basal joints reddish-yellow, the remainder 

 piceous ; femora piceous, tibiae and tarsi brownish-yel- 

 low. Head and thorax alutaceous, the latter one-half 

 wider at base than long, distinctly narrowed in front, 

 basal marginal line punctured to near middle; surface 

 very finely, sparsely and shallowly punctured. Elytra 

 a little wider at base than thorax, umbone smooth, dis- 

 tinct, punctures rather coarse and closely placed ; in- 

 tervals slightly convex, each with a row of minute 

 punctures. Length 1.5-1.8 mm. (Fig. 534.) 



Southern half of State, frequent; Starke 

 County only in the north. March 25-July 1. 



Taken by sifting in early spring. Said to be sometimes injurious 



to corn and millet. 



Fig. ,534. ■; 14. (After 

 Chittenden in Bull. 33 N.Ser., 

 U. S. Div. Ent.) 



2242 (7055). 



Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



Cn.ETocNEMA coNFiNis Crotch, Proc. 

 1873, 74. 



Broadly oval, robust. Piceous, slightly 

 bronzed ; antennre and legs reddish-yellow ; hind 

 femora piceous. Head finely alutaceous, not 

 punctured. Thorax twice as wide as long, dis- 

 tinctly narrowed in front; disk alutaceous, 

 rather coarsely and regularly but not closely 

 punctured. Elytra scarcely wider at base than 

 thorax, the striiie more deeply impressed on sides, 

 punctures rather coarse, close and deep ; inter- 

 vals slightly convex, minutely punctate. Length 

 1.5-1.8 mm. (Fig. 535.) 



Throughout the State; common. April 

 18-October 27. Probably hibernates. Oc- 

 curs in gardens and often damages young sweet potatoes by eating 

 channels along the veins of the leaves. The leaves (not the roots) 

 should be dipped in a strong solution of arsenate of lead before 

 being set out. 



Fig. 535. >; 17i (After Forbes.) 



LXVI. Crepidodera Chev. 1834. (Gr., "a half boot + neck.") 



Small oval or oblong-oval brownish, greenish or blackish-bronzed 

 species, having the front more or less triangular, inserted in thorax 

 to the eyes ; antenna? half as long as body, second joint half as long 

 as first, 3 to 10 subequal, a little longer than second and gradually 

 slightly broader to eleventh, which is longer and acute at tip ; tho- 

 rax broader than long, the ante-basal impression limited at each end 



