1228 FAMILY I.ITI. CHRYSOMELID.i;. 



2274 (70S2). Chalepus nervosa Pauz., Ed. Voet., IV, 1798, 92. 

 Elougate-obloug, nearly parallel. Color variable from nearly uuilorui 



rose red to nearly piceous. with a few indistinct reddish or yellowish spots ; 

 legs pale. Vertex with a median groove. Thorax one-third wider at base 

 than apex, sides nearly straight, front angles often prominent and denti- 

 form ; disk coarsely and deeply punctured. Elytra each with three entire 

 acute cost.-Tp, the first broader, and but eight rows of punctures ; margins 

 and apex serrulate. Length 3.5-4 mm. 



Throug'hoitt the State; common. ^Mareh 8-J\ine 28. Occurs on 

 \veods and buslies of many l\inds. INIating jNIay 28. 



Charistcva vigrita Oliv., rather elongate, hlaek, with faint bluish 

 histre, length 'A.S mm., is said to l)e widely distributed over the At- 

 lantic region. 



LXXVr. Stkxisi'A IJaly. 1858. (dr., ''narrow or straight.") 



Elongate, sul)cylindrical, bbu-k or l)linsli-l)lack species, having 

 the antenna' ll-jointed. the third .joint cylindrical, nearly as long 

 as the first two; 4 to 10 subcqual, 11th longer and subacute at tip; 

 front conca\(> with a carina between the antennte; thorax quadrate; 

 tai'si dilated, (h^nsely i)uhescent bene.nth, first joint triangular, third 

 deeply bilobed ; tarsal claws divaricate. (Jne of the two species has 

 been taken in the State, Avhile the other may occur. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF STENISPA. 



(I. Black with a slight bronze tinge. 2275. metaelica. 



(/(/. Black with a bluish tinge ; thorax red. collakis. 



2275 (7093). Stenispa metallica Fabr., Syst. Eleut., II, 1801, GO. 

 Elongate, subcylindrical. Uniform black, shining, with a slight bronzed 



tinge. Thorax a little longer than wide, sides nearly straight, feebly curved 

 near front angles ; surface very sparsely and finely punctate. Elytra slightly 

 wider than thorax, each with ten entire rows and a scutellar row of rather 

 fine punctures. Length 5-6 mm. 



Throughout the State; fre(p\ent. A]u-il 2!)--July 28. Occurs 

 on grasses and sedges in moist meadows. 



S. cnllaris Baly, length 6.5-7 nun., was described from Okla- 

 homa. 



Tribe XTI. CASSIDINI. 



Small or niediimi-sized, oval or circular, usually subdepressed 

 beetles, having the margins of the thorax and elytra expanded and 

 flattened, lieneath which the head and legs are reti'actib^ so as to l)e 

 rdmost wholly concealed in repose. On account of their form they 

 are often called "tortcnse" oi- "' tni-th^-beetles," and are for the most 

 part wry prettily colored, so!!);'tiiiies lieinu bright g()ld(Mi in line 



