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obtuse as to appear truncated ; beneath sanguineous ; feet 

 pale yellowish. 



Length more than one-fifth of an inch. 



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



This is our most common species, and we found a spe- 

 cimen in the North-west Territory. 



GALLERUCA, Geoff. Latr. 



G. decora. Dusky ; elytra dull testaceous, sericeous with 

 golden-brassy hair. 



Inhabits North-west Territoiy. 



Body dusky ; head with a transverse impressed line be- 

 tween the eyes and another descending between the an- 

 tennae ; antennae, two basal incisures whitish ; face be- 

 tween the antennae and a little above them pale yellowish ; 

 labrum and palpi blackish ; thorax tinged with golden- 

 brassy hair ; a longitudinal impressed line, and a lateral 

 sublunate impressed space ; anterior margin, particularly 

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

 elevated tubercle surmounted by a single hair, and sepa- 

 rated by an impressed line ; elytra dull testaceous, serice- 

 ous with brilliant, dense, prostrate, golden-brassy hair ; 

 punctures rather large, profound, scattered irregularly; 

 beneath blackish, with very short prostrate hair; punctures 

 small 'j/ee^ whitish. 



Length less than one-fifth of an inch. 



ALTICA, Geoff. Latr. 



A. tseniata. Black ; antennas, feet, and vitta on the ely- 

 tra, white. 



Inhabits North-west Territory. 



