8 DISTRIBUTION AND DISPERSION OF I.EPTINOTARSA. 



Leptinotarsa flavitarsis Guer. 



Closely allied to the preceding and probably only a local modification of it in southern 

 Mexico, Guatemala, and southward. Baly records it from Mexico and Hoge from 

 Tapachula, in Chiapas. It is recorded in Guatemala from Guatemala City (Salle), Zapote, 

 and Cerro Zumil (Champion) ; from Nicaragua, in the province of Chontales (Jameson 

 and Belt), and from Costa Rica (Salle), but no localities are given. 



Leptinotarsa nitidicollis Stal. 



Differs only in slight details irora flavitarsis and calceata^ and as it is known from only 

 one locality, it is probably only a local variety of one or the other of these species. It is 

 recorded from Tuxtla (Salle), in the State of Chiapas. 



Leptinotarsa novemlineata Stal. 



A close ally of the preceding, recorded from Oaxaca* and Jaquila, in the State of 

 Oaxaca. 



Leptinotarsa dilecta Stal. 



Closely allied to the preceding, but known only from the southern end of the plateau 

 and along the escarpment on the south and west sides. It is recorded from Puebla,* 

 Yoltepec,* and Yolos,* in the State of Puebla; Jaquila, in the State of Oaxaca; Cuernavaca, * 

 in the State of Morelos, and La Parada (?) (Salle). 



Leptinotarsa obliterata Chevr, 



This species differs in no respect from nitidicollis except in the reduction of the stripes 

 to spots. It is a form characteristic of the lowlands, recorded from Toxpam (Salle), 

 Almolonga * (Hoge), and Cordoba* (Salle), in the State of Vera Cruz. 



Leptinotarsa pudica Stal. 



Smaller than the preceding, but separated from it by constant characters. It is recorded 

 from Cordoba * in Vera Cruz and Jaquila in the State of Oaxaca. 



Leptinotarsa lineolata Stal. 



A small species allied \.o flavitarsis and nitidicollis. It is limited to the northern part 

 of the Mexican Basin and to the southern portion of Texas,* New Mexico,* and Arizona.* 

 It is recorded from Chihuahua City * (Hoge) and Pinos Altos (Buchan-Hepburn) in the 

 State of Chihuahua ; northern Sonora, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. 



Leptinotarsa distinguenda Jacoby. 



Known only from Teleman and Chacoj (Champion) in Guatemala and the Province 

 of Chontales in Nicaragua (Janson). 



Leptinotarsa typographica Jacoby. 



Closely allied \.o lineolata, but of more restricted distribution. It is recorded only from 

 Pinos Altos in the State of Chihuahua and Ventanas* in the State of Durango (Hoge). 



Leptinotarsa cacica Stal. 



A common and variable species from the savannas and foothills of Vera Cruz, Ta- 

 basco, and Chiapas. It is recorded from Cordoba,* Orizaba * (Salle), Misantla* (Hoge), 

 Cerro de Plumas, Tesonapa,* Mellan,* Guadalupe,* and Amatlan,* in the State of Vera 

 Cruz, and from Tuxpam, in the State of Chiapas. 



ZETTERSTEDTI GROUP. 



Leptinotarsa zetterstedti Stal. 



Mexico (Stal), La Barranca,*^ Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. 



^ See foot-note 2, p. 6. 



