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1863, from haws infested by its larva in the autumn of 1862. {Prai- 

 rie Fanner, July 18, 1863, p. 37.) 



" CoxOTRACHELUS CRATiEGi, n. sp., has the size, shape and sculp- 

 ture of anaglypticus Say, but differs in the elytra being of a uniform color, 

 mottled with ochre-yelloAv and white, and in the upper surface of the 

 thorax being whitish, except a large and conspicuous triangular spot at 

 its base and the anterior margin, which, as well as the inferior surface, 

 are brown. The second tooth on the femora is obsolete. Abundant 

 near Rock Island, 111., on the hawthorn. I found it very plentiful, also, 

 near Chicago, on the same tree." (Hid.) 



Epicurus imbricatus Say, infests apple and cherry trees and 

 gooseberry bushes, in Iowa. (Prairie Farmer, July 18, 1863, p. 37, 

 with a figure.) 



'' There are four described N. A. species of Epiccerus, — imhricatus, 

 vadosus, formidoloxus, and fallax. Dr. LeConte informs me that he 

 believes all four to be mere varieties of one and the same species, in 

 which I entirely agree with him, so far as my knowledge of the genus 

 extends. 



" Of the six specimens received from Iowa, two agree pretty closely 

 with Say's description ; two are of a nearly-uniform whitish color, with 

 scarcely any appearance of darker bands on the elytra, and two have 

 indistinct dark bands. My three Rock Island specimens have the dark 

 bands very distinct, — much more so than in the Iowa specimens, — 

 and were referred to fallax by Le Conte, with the remark above 

 quoted. 



" From the nine specimens, it Would be easy to construct a regular 

 series, from the almost immaculate variety to the distinctly trifasciate. 

 The slightly-impressed, punctured, dorsal line on the thorax, mentioned 

 by Say, is obsolete in one of the pale Iowa specimens, and in all my 

 Illinois dark ones." (Ibid.) 



SiTOPHiLUS REMOTEPUNCTATUS Gyllenh., in Patent Office wheat. 

 (Journ. III. State Agr. Soc, Jan., 1862, with a figure.) 



DoRYPHORA DECEM-LiNEATA Say, infests potato and tomato vines, 

 egg-plants, &c., in Kansas and Iowa. (Valley Farmer, July, 1862, pp. 

 209-10, and Prairie Farmer, June 6, 1863, p. 356, with figures.) 



Lytta atrata, infests flowers of cultivated Asters, and L. atrata, 

 vittata Fabr., (= lerimiscata Fabr.,) and cinerea attack potato vines. 

 (Prairie Farmer, Aug. 29, 1863, with a figure.) 



Chilocorus bivulnerus Muls., attacks unknown enemies of the 

 apple-tree. (Prairie Farmer, Aug. 22, 1863, with figures.) 



