96 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 
INSECTS OF THE NORTHERN PARTS OF BRITISH AMERICA. 
COMPILED BY THE EDITOR. 
From Kirby s Fauna Boreali-Americana: Insecta. 
(Continued from Vol. 4, Page 235.) 
FAMILY GALERUCIDÆ. 
292. GALERUCA OLIVIERI ÆXérby.— Length of body 314 lines. 
Taken in Canada by Dr. Bigsby. 
Very near related to Galeruca quadrimaculata YF. Body long, glossy, 
reddish-yellow : posterior part of the head black, a cross impressed 
between the eyes; antennae dusky with the four first joints rufescent : 
prothorax impunctured, transversely subimpressed behind, sides mar- 
gined: elytra very minutely and lightly punctured with punctures just 
visible under a good lens ; at the base of each elytrum nearest the suture 
is a roundish black spot, and another large oblong one extends from above 
the middle towards the apex ; posterior thighs a little incrassated ; tarsi 
dusky, especially at the apex ; medipectus and postpectus black. 
[Synonymous with P#yWobrotica decorata Say. Taken in “Canada, 
Lake Superior, Illinois ; rare. Inthe ¢ the 5th ventral segment is very 
large, canaliculate, deeply excavated behind, with a small testaceous. 
triangular appendage projecting over the 6th segment. The disc of the 
thorax is not impressed.” Le Conte. ] 
[219.] 293. GALERUCA CANADENSIS Ktrdy.—Length of body 4 
lines. ‘Taken in Canada by Dr. Bigsby. 
Body elongate, hairy with short decumbent cinereous hairs or down, 
dirty-rufous, underneath black. Head with a black vertical spot ; six last 
joints of the antennae black, the others, except the scape, rufous black at 
the tip; scape rufous, black above; prothorax transversely impressed, 
sides posteriorly oblique with a slight sinus; three equidistant irregular 
black spots or dots placed transversely on the disk; the two elytra taken 
together have three black stripes, the intermediate or sutural one being 
common to both, and converging with the lateral ones at the tip ; anus. 
obscurely rufous. 
