1920] Fall— On Certain Species of Haltica, Old and New 109 



and the smaller fuscooenea. My suggestion would be that these 

 five species together with heuchercjc sp. nov., the description of 

 which follows, should be associated in the following order: oblit- 

 erata, californica, cuprascens, purpurea, heuchrcp, fuscooenea. 

 Purpurea is probably nearest cuprascens, the latter differing in its 

 cupreous coloration, rather larger size and more elongate form, 

 feebler pronotal groove, usually finer elytral punctuation and 

 longer fourth antennal joint, which is three times as long as wide 

 and decidedly longer than the third joint. There are numerous 

 specimens of this species in the Blanchard Collection, now in the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass. The type 

 is a male labeled "near Lowell, Mass." 



Haltica heucherse sp. nov. 



Moderately elongate, head and thorax cupreoseneous, with feeble 

 violaceous lustre, elytra distinctly purpureo-violaceous. Anten- 

 nae scarcely more than half the length of the body, piceous, joints 

 2-4 testaceous, several of the following joints more or less rufous 

 basally; joints 3 and 4 subequal, the latter at most only slightly 

 longer, 4th joint twice as long as wide, 10th scarcely more than | 

 longer than wide. Head smooth, polished; eye^ smaller than usual, 

 feebly prominent, their width as viewed from the front much less 

 than half the interocular distance. Prothorax quadrate, less than 

 I wider than long, sides parallel, rather strongly margined, feebly 

 arcuate medially, surface finely alutaceous, and finely rather 

 sparsely punctate; ante-basal groove moderately deep and prac- 

 tically entire. Elytra suboval, humeri narrow and broadly 

 rounded, sides feebly arcuate or (cf type) straight and parallel for 

 a short distance at middle; surface distinctly alutaceous and rather 

 coarsely punctate, intermixed finer punctures scarcely evident. 

 Body beneath and legs, except tarsi, piceous with purplish surface 

 lustre. Male with the last ventral segment lobed and impressed as 

 usual. Length, 3.5 to 3.8 mm.; width, 1.7 to 1.85 mm. 



Described from four examples (type cf ) collected by Mr. Norman 

 Criddle at Aweme, Manitoba "25-IX-1916," on Heuchera 

 kispida. The specimens were sent me by Mr. J. B. Wallis, in 

 whose collection are paratypes. The quadrate thorax and oval 

 elytra suggest association with fuscoo'nea, before which this species 

 may be placed as indicated in the remarks following the preceding 



