1218 FAMILY LITI. — CHRYSOMELID.E. 



225.3 (G986). Epitrix r.Riovis Sclnvarz, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, ISTS, 367. 



Broadly ovate. Piceous, 

 H^ ^ / shilling; unteiuuB and leys pale 



i-eddisli-brown ; bind femora pic- 

 eous. Thorax twice as wide as 

 long, slightly narrowed in front, 

 sides distinctly curved; punc- 

 tures moderate in size, close but 

 not crowded; autebasal impres- 

 sion scarcely evident, the longi- 

 tudinal ones not visible. Elytra 

 a little wider at base than tho- 

 rax ; strijie feebly impressed on 

 disk, deeper ou sides, the punc- 

 tures of former rounded and 

 i distinct, those at sides more 

 I quadrate and closer. Length 

 1.5 mm. (Fig. 539.) 



Tliroughout the State; 

 -* scarce. April 22-September 

 Fig. 539. X 28. (After Forbes.) 25. Shorter and more con- 



vex than cucnmeris, from 

 which it is easily sepai'iUed 1)y the hiclx" of antcbasal impression. 



22.'4 (C)'.!!)!). Epitrix parvil.v Fal)r.. Syst. Eleut., T, ISOl, 4GS. 



Olildiig-dval. snbcdiivcx. Dull reddish-yellow; elytra often with a fus- 

 cous tr.-nisversc cldud at middle; .-ibdoiiK'n brown; antennie and legs pale 

 reddish-yellow, the four outer joints of former and hind femora of latter 

 often darker. Tlnu'ax convex, shining, nearly twice as wide as long, not 

 narr(nved in front; autebasal impression evident but not deep; surface dis- 

 tinctly but rather tinely and sparsely punctate. Elytra very little wider 

 than thorax, niiibone feeble, imiictures rather coarse :iiid not crowded on 

 disk ; liner and more close-set on sides, where the intervals are subconvex. 

 Leiigt Ii 1.."i-2 mm. 



Soutlurn lialf of State; fiYMinent. A]n-il IS-Novemher 22. 

 Tal<en by sifting' and sweeping*. 



22."')5 ( ). Epitrix ihmkrai.is l>ury, .Toiirn. ('in. Soc. Nat. Hist., XX. 



1 !)()(;. 25: t. 

 Ovate, rather robust. Head, thorax and legs reddish-brown; elytra 

 darl<ei' brown, the iimbnnes jialer. 'Thorax fully twice as wide as long, sides 

 broadly rounded, surface liuely and sparsely ])unct;ite; autebasal imiiressioii 

 well marked. Elytral stri.-e feebly impressed, the punctur(>s large, round, 

 deep and closely pla<-e(l. Length 2.5 mm. 



Wa\ne, Marion, J*ntnain, l)nl)()is, Posey and Perry counties; 

 scarce. April 22-Septemb('i' f). Taken by sweeping herbage. De- 

 scT'il)ed from Cincinnati, Indiana and Kansas. 



