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Phyllophaga prunina Le Conte. 



1856. Lachnosterna prunina Le Conte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 (2), iii, p. 251. 



Specimens examined : 1 S , from Ashland. 



Phylophaga crassissima Blanchard. 



1850. Ancylonycha crassissima Blanchard, Cat. de la coll. ent. 

 Coleop. Mus. d'hist. nat. de Paris, p. 133. 



Specimens examined: 3,532 6 , 1,000 $ , from Hooper, 

 Fremont, Lincoln, Beatrice, Norfolk, Central City, Exeter, 

 Hastings, Neligh, Holt Co., Grand Island, North Platte, Red 

 Cloud and Wood River, collected from May 9 to August 1. 

 By far the majority of these specimens were taken at lights, 

 but the following food plant records are at hand : grasses 

 and weeds, 134, Amorpha canescens 29, elm 24, blackberry 

 12, gooseberry, 6, dogwood 5, and boxelder 2. The pref- 

 erence of crassissima for grasses and weeds is significant. 

 See notes under rugosa. 



Phyllophaga inversa Horn. 



1887. Lachnosterna inversa Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, xiv, p. 

 241. 



Specimens examined : 36 d: , 8 $ , from Maskell, West 

 Point, Lincoln, Bradshaw, Osceola and Wood River, col- 

 lected from May 19, to July 17. The only food plant re- 

 cord at hand is of a single female taken on the common 

 weed Amaranthus sp. 



Phyllophaga bipartita Horn. 



1887. Lachyiosterna bipartita Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, xiv, p. 

 242. 



Specimens examined : 134 S , 4 $ , from Lincoln, Be- 

 atrice, Exeter and Red Cloud, collected from May to July 6, 

 at lights. 



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