'I'lIK l-KAK HKK'I'I.KS. 



12:3:^ 



2285 (• ). COPTOCV( I.A ri.K ATA Boll.. Mdiioji. Cnssid.. HI. IS.'iT. }'.».■'•. 



Form of hicolor. Alxivi' Itlack. shiniiii,'. tlu' Lii;ir,L;iiis ol' llmnix .iiid cly 

 tra. except humeral angles of lalter. pale yellow. I'mlci' surface pale llic 

 center of abdomen darker. Klytra each willi .1 rouiid, deep ((wca on mid- 

 dle: i)unctures coarse and shallow. Tarsal claws ipcdiii.ilc al base. IiCii.^:tli 

 Ct 7 mm. 



Tliroiiohout the State; seni-ce. Ma\' 12 .lime 10. Swept f'l-otn 

 I'oadsido lierbauo. 



lA'XX. CliE!.Y.M(>KMML\ riiev. 18:^4. rr^r.. "tortoise ^sliapc") 



'I'liis o't'iius coiilaiiis lar^'c .-oincx species, with IIk^ maro'iiis of 

 thorax ami elytra coni])ai-ati\'ely narrow. Ilie roniier hisinuato. at 

 base and (Miiaroinate in IVoiil so as to leaxc the head ])artly visil)lo. 

 The prostermiiii is ^Tooved and pi'olon^cd hehind the front coxa\ 

 tlie a]iex fittiiiir into a notcli in the iiiesostei-nuiii. One of the two 

 recoojii/ed species occurs in the State. 



22SG (7109). Chei.ymoupha argus Herbst, Col., VIII, isoi. 27S. 



Oblony-oval. convex. Briirht brick red: thm-ax with 

 four black dots arranged in a transverse row. ;ind often 

 two others behind them; elytra each with six black dots 

 and a conmion sutnral one near tlie scntelhnn ; under sur- 

 face, legs and outer antenna! joints black. Thorax and 

 elytra alntaceous, the former finely and sparsely, the lat- 

 ter more coarsely and rather densely punctate, the i)nnc 

 tnres not in rows. Length 9.5-11.5 mm. (Fig. 554.) 



Thioiiiiiiout the State; frequent. i\])ril 7-Aii- 

 ii'nst 11. Occurs on iuilkw(^(HT and on wild potato 

 (fponKid pdiiihhiihi ^J^ . It is well fittin^i' that this 

 large and difticidt family should close with this prettily marked 

 sjieeies, which is amono- the laru'est and most strikiip.;- of otu' native 

 rhr\'somelids. 



Fig. 554. \ 2. 

 (.\fter I'orlx's.) 



Family T.TV. BRUClIIU.r:. 



The Pea .vxd Beax Weevies. 



A small family of short, thick-bodied beetles, all but one being 

 less than one-fcnirth of an inch in length. 'I'hey are closely allied to 

 the Chrysomelid:e, but dilfer from most species of that family in 

 liaving short serrate antenna^ and the tip of Ihe ab(h)men exposed, 

 and from all in hax'ing the meiitnm .lislindix pedunculate. They 

 also resemble v( i-y descry the .\ulhi'il)id e. a family of the Khyncho- 

 phora or snout beetles, but the labruu) and pali)i are of the ordinary 

 foi-m and the head is but lillle prolonged in front. 



