Till'; LKAi'- i!i;K'riiKS. 



1227 



lK't\V(HMi llii- second ;iii(l tliii'd cosl.i- arc iiici'.t;c(l iiilo two iit iniddlc. Lciii^th 

 (! nun. 



I)iil»()is, IN-fry jiiid Spciiccr c((iiiiti--s; sc;ii-cc. .M;iy !'_* .M;iy 24. 

 'I'iikcii hy swccpiiii;' rojulsidc licrluinc. 



L'l'TI (TOTS). CiiAiiris iiMKMi Siiiilh. lOulimi. Anicric.. I. 1.SS."i. !»|. 



Mldii.^^nlc, sliuhlly wider Itcliiiid. IMuisli-lilMck, shiniii;,' ; tlinr.ix .-iiid ely- 

 Ira .si'iiriel red, tlic lalter with a ])lackisli sutnral line reaeldiii,' lliree-fdurtlis 

 to apox. \'erte\ snlcale. 'I'linrax (ine-hair ln'oader tlian hiwj:. sides dis- 

 tinctl\' siiliaii,;:nlale near middle; siirrace enarsely aiid densel\' pinielale. 

 I'^lytra eaeli wilii lliree cdsta'. Hie lirsl and sc-nnd indisliiiet heiiiud Hie 

 middle: (lie feiir rews el' piiiictiires lielweeii the seeinid and lliird I'e.milar. 

 Length .') A\.'> mm. 



lj;ik'(> ;iii(l Miifsliall (■(Mint ies ; scarce. May 21-Aiigiisl 1. Occurs 

 en the llOLi-peailul. Fillfdhi coninsr', ]j. 



L!l'72 (TOT'.I). Chalepis dorsalis Tliimh.. (JTitlini,'.. 

 (!el. .Vnz.. ISO.^). 2S1'. 



Wodgo-sliaped, rather hiMad. Cdhir of lioniii e.\- 

 ivpt that tiie hlack sutnral stripe of elytra becomes 

 irraduaily much broader and extends to apex. Vertex 

 coarsely punctate. Thorax wider at base, sides re.gu- 

 larly curved ; disk coarsely and densely punctate, fee- 

 lil\- depressed near base. Elytra eostate and pum-l.-ite 

 as in sriipiiliiris. the mart,Mns and apex serriUate. 

 l.eiiuth (■>(;..") mm. {Fvj;. rAG.) 



'i'hi'oiiehout tlic State, I'l-eciucnt; iinich nioro 

 so in the southern counties. ^Tarch 2()-I)ec(>ui- 

 hor 25. Occurs on the flowers of l)lack' locust 



/ , , 7 • • N • , 1 , ,. 1 • 1 . 1 1 •'!«• Sl'^- (After (hitteii- 



{liouDiia), m tlie loaves or which the lar\a' den in Bull. 38, N. Scr., u. a 

 mine; also on pokeweed and clover. Hibernates ^'^•^"'■^ 

 beneath locust ])ark. 



I'l'T."! (TOSO). Chalepis kluua Weber, Obs. Ent, 1SU1, 

 CO. 

 I', roadly wiMV^e-shaped. depressed. Rose red or 

 reddish-yellow, the elytra with indistinct darker mark- 

 ings along the sides and on a[)ical half; under surface 

 p;ile red to iiiceous, legs yellow. Vertex punctured. 

 Tliora.x nuicii liroader behind, sides nearly straight; 

 disk coarsely and deeply imnctured. Elytra much 

 broader at a]iex. tlie niai-gins liattened and serrate; 

 disk with three entire costa'. a shorter oblique one 

 fnim uinl)one to second and anotlu'r from apex of third 

 Ifllfip^] % fnr a short distance forwai-(l. LengtiHVC)..') inni. (Fig. 

 :.tT. I 



Throughout the State; freiiuent. .May 6- 



Fig. 547. X «. (After t i ->-. .^ 



Chittenden in Bull. 38, .\. 'Julv 21, Occurs Oil locust, oak, soft maple aud 



Ser..U.S.Div.Ent.) j.^^_ 





