133 ORDER COLEOPTCRA. 



CURVSOMELA TRIMACULATA. ( Plate xlv, fig. 16.) 



Head, thorax, body, antennte and legs steel-blue. Elytra orange, marked with a broad 

 black band extending nearly across the base, and two large tiiangular black sjwts 

 near the apices : scutel and sutnral line black. The margins of the black spots are 

 undulating. The punctures of the elytra are arranged in lines. Length three-eighths 

 of an inch. 

 Found in great abundance in Western Massachusetts and New-York. 



Chrysomela pulcher. 

 Head, thorax and legs purple : antennse, body and palpi brownish. Elytra luteous,maiked 

 by a wide black longitudinal stripe along the middle. Sutnral line double and punc; 

 tured : margins marked by two narrow black punctate lines, which coalesce just 

 below the middle. 



Chrysomela . 



Head, thorax, body and legs reddish brown. Elytra yellow, marked by a broad double 

 longitudinal brown J)and ; the inner separated from the outer by a curve, leaving 

 between them a line of yellow, acute at each end. Sutural line wide, and dilated at 

 the base. Scutel reddish brown : punctures arranged in lines parallel with the 

 markings. Length nearly one-fourth of an inch. 

 Inhabits and feeds upon the Solidago. It is not uncommon in Western Massachusetts, 



but I have not succeeded in finding a description of it. 



Chrysomela caaiuLiPENNis. 

 Color of the head, elytra and body beneath, dark blue ; thorax and legs dull orange ; 

 antennae and feet blackish. The females are often seen walking with difficulty, on 

 account of the great distension of the abdomen. 



Chrysomela . (Plate xiv, fig. 1.) 



Head, thorax, antennae and body steel-blue. Elytra luteous, minutely punctured : punc- 

 tures on the margins linear. There is a very obscure line of spots or dots along the 

 suture, scarcely visible without the aid of a glass : the tips of the elytra are also dark 

 brown. Autumn, and feeds upon the Solidtigo. 



Chrysomela . ( Plate xiv, fig. 2.) 



Head, boily and thorax reddish brown ; eyes black : elytra yellowish brown, and striped 

 with reddish brown or ferruginous. The punctured lines are also reddish, of which 

 there are about ten to each elytrum, running parallel to the margins. Length one- 

 fourth of an inch. 

 I am unable to determine whether it is a described species or not. 



