FAMILY nAI.F.Rn-ID.«. 13:? 



CHiivsnMV.LA THF.Mi i.A. ( I'lutf xiv, figs. fi, (J &. 7 : lafva and I'Upa.) 



lli>;nl, tliorax, Ixxly, anlerina> anrl legs Itlue : elytra }>ro\vn, linely jiiintturtd. 

 Foreign : its I;irv;i' fi'«'(l iiiiou llw k-avrs oC tlic pfiplar. 



ClIIlYSOMF.LA DANKSII. 



Immaculate, obtusely ovate : head very small ; antenna' lutcouss ; iliorax with the lateral 

 edges thickened. Color dark brown, glossy, impunctate. Kl}tia ol' the same color as 

 the thorax, punctated : beneath, the same color as above ; soles of the tarsi cream- 

 colored. Length nearl}' one-fourth of an inch. 



C'hK VSOMK.I.A AM F.RIC.\^ A . 



Form ovate. Color brown, glossy : eyes black ; tliorax and hea<l impunctate. Kl}tra j.unc- 

 tate in four double rows, besides the sutural one : between the rows the surface is 

 flat, impunetured, and of a brassy bronze reflection ; the punctured lines are purplish. 

 Length one-eighth of an inch. 



Galcriicidae. 



This family is exemplified by those ^■ery common striped beetles which infest and destroy 

 the cucumber plant. They are oblong, and are furnished with a small head and a narrow- 

 thorax. Their anlennai are about half as long as their bodies, of a uniform thickness, and 

 inserted near together and near the mouth. Their legsareof an equal size, though in some 

 the thighs are formed for leaping. They arc small inseds and veget;d'le feeders, and often 

 do considerable damage in gardens. 



The liimily is divided by Wf.st\vood into two subfamilies : 1. Oai.kkicides; 2. Hal- 



TICIDES. 



Gnlrrucides. 



Gems ADLMOXIA ( Schka.nk). 

 Antennre eleven-jointed, filiform throughout, and nearly equaling the bodv in hnsih : 

 joints mostly cylindric ; the last acute, and pointed outwards ; the second the shortest, 

 obcouic ; the third next in length, the two equaling the first or fourth ; the remainder 

 equaling tlie first or fourth : labrum entire : palpi indeterminate. Head small, exsert : 

 eyes prominent : body ovate, elongate : legs rather long, equal or subequal ; i oste- 

 rior thighs only moderately incras«a1e. 



