107 



1874. Le Baron, Wm.— Idem. 5th Rep. St. Ent. 111., ptD. 1-21, 123, 

 129. General characters of larva and imago. 



1877. EiLEY, C. v.— Idem. 9th Rep. St. Ent. Mo., p. 43. Abun- 

 dance compared to that of T. obscurus. 



Family Meloid.e. 

 59. The Striped Blister Beeti,e. 



{Epicauta vittata, Fab.) 



1789. Olivier, A. G.—Cantharis vittata. Ins. 46, tab. i., fig. 3. 

 {Teste Fabricius.) 



1798. Fabricius, J. C. — Lytta vittata. Ent. Syst. Tome I., Pars 

 II., 86. Original description. 



1869. Riley, C. V.— Idem. Ist Rep. St. Ent. Mo., p. 96, fig. 39. 

 Treated as a potato insect. Distribution. 



1876. Thomas, Cyrus. — Epicauta vittata. 6th Rep. St. Ent. 111., p. 

 125, fig. 14. Description ; distribution. Feeds on potato. 



1878. Riley, C. V.— Idem. Rep. U. S. Ent. Com., I., 297. [From 

 Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Vol. III., 549.] (On the larval 

 characters and habits of the blister beetles belonging to, the 

 genera Macrobasis, Lee, and Epicauta, Fab. with remarks 

 on other species of the family Meloidie.) Larvae subsist on 

 grasshoppers' eggs, 



1880. Riley, C. V.— Idem. Amer. Ent. III., 196. Rep. U. S. Ent. 

 Com. II., 260. Retarded development of this insect. 



1883. Forbes, S. A.— Idem. 12th Rep. St. Ent. 111., p. 104. Seen 

 by Mr. F. M. Webster eating silk from young ears of iNmAN 

 CORN, in August, 1882. 



60. The Black Blister Beetle. 



( Epicauta pennsylvanica, De Geer.) 



1775. De Geer, Carl. — Meloe pennsylvanica. Ins. V., 16, L, tab. 

 13, fig. I. {Teste Fabricius.) Original description. 



1792. Fabricius, J. C— Lytta atrata. Ent. Syst. Tome I., Pars. 



II., 86. Description of imago. 

 1869. Riley, C. V.— Idem. 1st Rep. St. Ent. Mo., p. 98. Treated 



as a potato insect. 

 1878. Riley, C. Y.— Epicauta pennsylvanica. Rep. U. S. Ent. Com. 



I, 298. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Vol. III., 549. (See 



under previous species, 1878.) 

 1883. Forbes, S. A.— Idem. r2th Rep. St. Ent. 111., p. 104. (See 



under preceding species, 1883.) 



