■I'll I', i.i;.\i'' i;i';h:TM':s. 



1217 



(Ki. Upper surface recldish-bruwn ; loi;s alwuys pale. 



r. Thorax rather ilosely punctate, tlie anfeliasal iiiijii-essidii scareely 

 visible. ---"I. i'arvtu-a. 



(■)■. 'rimrax sjiarsclv puiiclati', Ihr .iiilclias.i 1 inipn'ssidii disliiict. 



ULTi.-i. IirMKl!.\MS. 



I'LT)! (0989). Ki'iTUix 1-r.scur.A Crotch. I'mc. I'iiil. .Kcad. .\al. S<-i.. 187:5. 72 



()vate. ratlier robust, convex. Ticeous, fee- 

 lil.\ shiiiiu.^; autenu;o reddish-yeHow, often dark- 

 er towards apex; femora all piceous. ti])ia' and 

 lai-si (lull r(>ddish-yell()\v. Tluu-ax twice as wide 

 as Iciuir. <li,uiilly narrowed in front: .-intclinsal 

 impression narrow, sinuate, often almost obso- 

 lete : surface coarsely, densely and deeply punc- 

 tured. Elytra scarcely wider at base than tho- 

 rax, umbone rather prominent, punctures on mid- 

 dle round, not crowded, those on sides deep, 

 more closely placed; intervals as wide as or 

 wider than strijT?, each with a single row of 

 minute sette bearing punctures. Length 12 mm. 

 I Fig. 537.) 



Tlirotmliout the State; ccHninon. .March 2i»-November 20. 

 Doubtless hibernates beneath dead leaves in fence corners along 

 cultivated fieids, as large numbers were taken ])y sifting on tbe dates 

 above given. Noted especially on bazelnut, pokcweed and, in July, 

 by hundreds on egg-plant, to which it was doing much damage. 



E. lohaia Crotch, length 1.5-'2 mm., is a southern species which 

 has been recorded from Cincinnati. 



lig. ")b7. ,-. 14. (.\fter ( hittpmifii 

 Bull. :W. N. t^Vr.. U. S. Div. Ent.) 



2252 (0987). Kpitrix crt imeuis Harris, Mass. .Tonrn. Agr.. 1S51, 10.",. 



Ovate, slightly oblong. IMcenus, shining; an- 

 lenme and legs reddish-yellow, the hind femoi'a only 

 piceous. Thorax nearly twice as wide as long. 

 slightly narrcrwed in finn.t. antebasal impression 

 deep and slightly curved toward the base, the longi 

 tudinal impressions at its ends well marked; sur- 

 face nuich more finely and spaisely punctured than 

 in fiiscida. Elytra slightly wider at base than tho- 

 rax, umbone rather prominent, striie feebly im- 

 pressed, the punctures large and closely placed. 

 Length 1.5 2 mm. (Fig. 538.) 



Throughout th(> State; much less common 

 Wum fuse Ilia. April li)-October 1. Occurs on 



a variety of field and garden products. Said to injure potatoes by 



eating small round holes in tlieir IcaNcs. Remedies: Bordeaux 



mi.xture and Paris green. 



Fig. 538. X 13. (After Chitten 

 den in Bull. 19. N. J^er.. U. S. Di\ 

 Ent.) 



