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tures ; anterior and lateral edge dull sanguineous ; elytra serrate 

 on all the outer edge; sutural edge, external edge, and four lines 

 elevated, and with abbreviated sanguineous lines ; first line bi- 

 furcate at base ; third line widely interrupted in the middle and 

 confluent with the fourth line near the tip and on the humeral 

 tubercle; fourth line serrated ; humeral tubercle prominent; in- 

 terstitial spaces with a double series of profound, dilated punc- 

 tures, separated by elevated lines ; tip of the elytra so [294] ob- 

 tuse as to appear truncated ; beneath sanguineous ; feet pale yel- 

 lowish. 



Length more than one-fifth of an inch. 



Var. o. Disk of the pectus and postpectus, black. 



This is our most common species, and we found a specimen in 

 the North-west Territory. 



[This is Hispa guadrata Fabr. — Lec] 



GALLERUCA Geoff. Latr. 



Gr. decora. — Dusky ; elytra dull testaceous, sericeous with 

 golden-brassy hair. 



Inhabits North-west Territory. 



Body dusky ; head with a transverse impressed line between 

 the eyes and another descending between the antennae ; antennas 

 two basal incisures, whitish ; face between the antennae and a 

 little above them pale yellowish ; labrum and palpi blackish ; tho- 

 rax tinged with golden-brassy hair; a longitudinal impressed line, 

 and a lateral sublunate impressed space ; anterior margin, par- 

 ticularly on each side, dull whitish; anterior angles with a slightly 

 elevated tubercle surmounted by a single hair, and separated by 

 an impressed line ; elytra dull testaceous, sericeous with brilliant, 

 dense, prostrate, golden-brassy hair; punctures rather large, pro- 

 found, scattered irregularly; beneath blackish, with very short 

 prostrate hair ; punctures small; feet whitish. 



Length less than one-fifth of an inch. 



ALTICA Geoff. Latr. 

 A. t^eniata. — Black; antennae, feet, and vitta on the elytra, 

 white. 



Inhabits North-west Territory. [295] 



Body deep black, polished ; head with rather distant, pro- 

 found punctures; region of the antennae a little elevated and 



