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body is black, as are also the eyes, legs, and antennz. The dorsal sur- 
face is mostly red, with the middle portion of the thorax black. The 
elytra are ornamented with three stripes. a rather narrow sutural one, 
and a shorter black stripe on each side, about midway between the 
suture and the margins. (See fig. 11.) The punctation of the elytra 
is dense and rather fine. The form of the body is elongate oval. The 
length is about one-fourth inch or longer. The species belongs toa 
genus represented by several forms in Europe, but it is the sole rep- 
resentative of its genus in this country. Zoologically, Entomoscelis 
is placed near Chrysomela; hence this insect is a relative of the Colo- 
rado potato beetle (Chrysomela | Doryphora| decemlineata). It is char- 
acterized by having a long metasternum and closed front coxal cavities, 
having the tibiz gradually but not strongly dilated at the apices, the 
outer face deeply concave, the distal edge 
obtusely angulated, and the claws simple. 
The egg is ellipticalin form, twice or a little 
more than twice as long as wide at its greatest 
diameter, deep blood-red in color, and finely 
hexagonally granulated, the areas being just 
discernable with a one-fourth-inch hand lens. 
Length, 1.50 to 1.60""; width, 0.75 to 0.80™™. 
The larva has been fully described by Doctor 
Fletcher and others, who will be quoted. 
When first hatched it is orange, with black 
Fie. 11.—Entomoscelisadonidis—  snots, but turns black in twenty-four hours. 
ey ae gee oa are ien wedge-shaped, and measures about 
2™™ in length. It undergoes two molts. In the second stage it meas- 
ures 3.25" when not extended. The body is now slug-shaped, flat- 
tened below and rounded above; not narrowed at the thorax, as is the 
‘ase with the larva of the Colorado potato beetle. In the third stage 
the larva measures about 5™™, and does’ not differ materially from 
the second stage. When fully mature the larva reaches a length 
of about one-half an inch (12™"). 
The pupa is bright orange in color, the wing, antennal, and leg 
‘ases, honey-yellow, the first mentioned bearing each three longitudinal 
strive. 
DISTRIBUTION. 
This species is common to North America, Europe, and Asia, and 
evidently belongs to what is known as the circumpolar fauna; in other 
words, it is not of recent introduction, but is native to the boreal 
regions of both the old and new world. 
According to Doctor Hamilton (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., Vol. XXI, 1894, p. 397), it is 
to be found everywhere through the Rocky Mountains at 8,000 to 11,000 feet eleva- 
tion (Bowditch). A more exact list of localities includes Montana, Hesterburg’s 
Lane, Colorado (Cockerell); British Columbia; Fort Simpson and Mackenzie River, 
Alaska (Leconte); the Hudson Bay region, Minnedosa, Elkhorn, Brandon, and 
