1124 FAMILY LIII. — CriRYSOMKTJD^K. 



finely, sparsely find shallowly punctured. Elytral punctures rather fine 

 and distant, the sixth and seventh rows more or less confused. Prosternuiu 

 emargiuate and acutely toothed behind. Length 4-0 mm. 



TlirouL^hout the State; frequent. Jlay lU-Aug'ust 21. Occurs 

 on foliage of birch and hazel, on flowers of spiraea, Jersey tea, etc. 

 The male has the spots of thorax and etytra black. 



2072 (6642). Ckyptocephalus badids Suffr., Llnnea. Entom., VI, 1852, .^,15. 

 Smaller, robust, subcylindrical. Reddish-brown, shining ; thorax some- 

 times with apical and side margins and hind angles yellow ; elytra darker 

 brown marked with yellow as follows: a basal band of confluent spots 

 reaching to sixth stria, a submarginal spot at middle, an interrupted sub- 

 apical band and an apical spot. Thorax very finely and sparsely punctate. 

 Elytra with rows of rather coarse impressed punctures, the sixth to eighth 

 interrupted and obliquely connected. Prosternum deeply emargiuate and 

 acutely lobed behind. Length 3-4.2 mm. 



Posey (iounty; scarce, July t3-JuIy 9. Known from Pennsyl- 

 vania and Kentucky. 



2073 (G(;44). Cryptocephalus tinctus Lee, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, VIII, 



1880, 203. 

 Small, subcylindrical. Dull brownish or reddish-yellow ; elytra with 

 three broad, reildish oross-liands, narrowly and vaguely separated by paler 

 yellow. Thorax very coarsely aud densely punctured. Stria? of elytra 

 deep, ciKU-sely punctured, tlie seventh and eighth slightly irregular near 

 middle. Length 8-4 mm. 



A single specimen in AVolcott collection taken near Hessville, 

 Liike County. September 2.5. Ranges from Ifassaehusetts to Texas 

 and Florida. 



('. striiihiJiis Lee, elytral stri:e regular, was described from 

 northern Illinois. 



XV. ClKiBT-rars Ilald. 1849. 

 Rathe7- robust spocies resembling the preceding in form and gen- 

 eral appearance, but having the thorax distinctly uuirgined behind 

 the prostei^nuu: llat in fr,.nt and dej.ressed behind, and the front 

 thighs distinctly stont,>r than the hind ones. One species has been 

 taken m the Stale and another probably occurs. 

 2071 (664!)). (iRiHumrs sccteli.arts Fab., Syst. Elout., II, ISOI .54 



nn ''';'"^f' ^'""■■^■"""••i<^^"- BI"'-'!^. ruining; side margins 'and small spot 

 on disk o. 1 borax sculelhun, median transverse and rounded apical spots 



V nti^l o'T T: '"■ "'>"^""^'"' ^•"" "» -'1- "I- fivst, fourth and fifth 



im.d, and wKli an oblique impression each si.le near base. Elvtri with 

 nms ol hue, rather distant and nn^bly impivssed punctures. Lengih .-,..-, mm. 



