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LXIII. Baliosus Weise. 
Similar to Chalepus but elytra dull red with scattered fuscous 
marks and a fourth costa at base and apex. 
*249 (16116). B. rubra (Web.).—Northern part of the State, south to 
Lakeland and Dunedin. At hand from five stations, Mch.-Apr.; beaten 
from wax-myrtle and oak. Gainesville on oak and linden, Jan.-June, mat- 
ing June 11 (Doz.). 
LXIV. Octotoma Suffrian. 
Small oblong-oval species (4.5-5 mm.), dull black with thorax 
in part red; antennae clavate, 8-jointed; elytra with short ob- 
lique plice. 
*250 (16124). O. plicatula (Fabr.).—Archer, by Keebele (Sz. Ms.). 
Gainesville on buckeye and ash, Mch. 6-25 (Doz.). 
LXV. Uroplata Baly. 
Small, elongate, parallel-sided, dull black, species (3 mm.) 
having the antennae 8-jointed; elytra costate and with ten rows 
of punctures. Formerly included with Microrhopala. 
*251 (16126). U. porcata (Melsh).—“Enterprise and Tampa, very 
rare’ (Sz.). Jacksonville (Sz. Ms.). Moore Haven (Kn.). Scarce about 
Dunedin Jan.-Apr., on oak and low huckleberry. 
LXVI. Microrhopala Baly. 
Small oblong-oval black or dark-blue species (4.5-5 mm.), 
similar to Uroplata but the elytra with only eight rows of punc- 
tures. 
*952 (16132). M. floridana Sz., 1878, 8369.—Types from Sumter County, 
Enterprise, New Smyrna and Tampa. Baldwin (Sz. Ms.). Orlando (Kn.). 
Sanford and Dunedin, Dec.-Apr., on the hoary lupine, Lupinus diffusus Nutt. 
*253 (16134). M. erebus (Newn.).—Northern part of the State, south 
to Ft. Myers and Marco (Davis Coll.). Numerous records. At hand from 
Ormond and Dunedin, Nov.-Apr., on oak, golden-rod and low herbage. 
Easily known by its very large elytral punctures. 
LXVII. Porphyraspis Hope. 
Small convex dark blue species (4-5 mm.}. This and all the 
following genera have the thorax and elytra of nearly equal 
width, with broad expanded margins, head usually wholly con- 
cealed beneath the thorax and body elliptical or sometimes nearly 
circular. They comprise the subfamily Cassidinae and are known 
as “tortoise-beetles.” The larvae are oval flattened prickly 
grubs and feed, for the most part, upon Solanaceze and Convol- 
vulacese. (See Bl., 1910, 1229). 
