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were from Kansas. It is a very abundant species here, but no 
females have yet been taken. 
CRIOCERIS ASPARAGI L772. 
The first specimen I have seen from Cincinnati of this intro- 
duced species was taken July 7, 1905, on Walnut Hills, by 
Miss Anette Braun. 
NEOBROTICA (GALERUCA) DORSATA Say. 
In a note by me in Ent. News for February, 1904, p. 53, 
I mention the occurrence of this beautiful Chrysomelid. 
Further search shows the thing to be abundant, and that its 
plant is perhapsthe ‘‘Spiderwort”’ 7vadescantia Virginica. I 
failed to find the larvee, but the stems of the plant were, many 
of them, eaten out by some large larvee. I could not find any 
evidence that they had eaten the roots, as does Diabrotica on 
other plants. Wherever I found the ‘‘Spiderwort,” there I 
found the beetles. Ina large patch of the plant, as late as 
July 22, 1905, I found them common, though very wild. I 
netted forty-three; all were females, the males being entirely 
gone at this date. The curiously modified male antenne sug- 
gest that the species is a Neobrotica. 
EPITRIX HUMERALIS N. Sp. 
About the size and-proportions of Apfitrix fuscula Crotch, 
but with coarser punctures on elytra. Ante-basal impression 
well marked. Color rufous with a feebly defined piceous 
cloud on disk of elytra. ‘The humeral umbones with a pale 
spot, not sharply defined. Legs rufotestaceous. Length 2.5 
mm. ‘Three specimens from Cincinnati, O., one from Indiana 
and one from Kansas (Mr. Knaus). 
CREPIDODERA ASCULI Nn. Sp. 
Allied to Crepidodera rufipes, but averages more slender, 
color of adult (including thorax) always dark piceous green, 
shining. Legs pale as invufipes. Immature specimens paler, 
but always showing the green reflections. Thorax more dis- 
tinctly punctured than rufipes. Length3.5mm. Occurs 
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