THE LEAF BEETLES. 1143 



KEY TO IXDlA^s'A SPECKS 01- FIDLi. 



(/. I'iiecus ur nearly black; iiuuetures of elytral striie coarse and deeij; 

 intervals flat, punctures not densu. 2115. loxgipes. 



0(7. Reddish to pale brown ; punctures of elytral striae not very coarse ; In- 

 tervals flat, densely punctured. 2116. viticida. 



2115 (i">724i. FiDiA LOXGIPES Melsh., l'i;<r. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 1S4T. 



169. 



Elongate, subcylindrical. Fuscous or smoky to pieeous. rather densely 

 clothed with ash gray prostrate hairs ; tibiae, base of antennae and femora 

 paler. Thorax hnger than vride, much narrower than elytra; coarsely. 

 densely and deeply punctured. Length 5.''-(i.5 mm. 



Western and southern portions of the State; frequent. Not 

 taken north of ^"ermillion County. ^May 24— Augtist 11. Occurs on 

 the foliage of wild grape. 



2116 (6725). FiDiA viticida Walsh, Pract. Entom., II. ISiHT, s7. 

 Elongate, subcylindrical. Dull reddish- 

 brown, rather thickly clothed with short gray- 

 ish-yellow pubescence: antenna" and leg^ 

 paler. Thorax wider than long in female, 

 often longer than wide in male, widest at or 

 just behind the middle, finelj- and density 

 punctate. Length 6-7 mm. (Fig. 192. t 



Southern two-thirds of the State. 

 common; probably throughout. 'Maj 

 27-July 21. Occurs on the ^vild grape 

 and occasionally does much damage to 

 the cultivated varieties. The adult bee- 

 tles may be killed by the use of an arsen- 

 ical sprav with lime, at a streneth of Rg- W2. (.yterMarUttinFar.Buu.ro. 



US. Dep. Agr.) 



one pound to 150 gallons of water. The 



larvae about the roots may be destroyed by bisulphide of carbon or 

 by wetting the soil before the end of June with a kerosene emulsion 

 diluted nine times with water, a gallon or two being poured about 

 the base of the vine. 



XXVIII. CtRAPhops Lee. ls'-4. »ti-.. "to write or carve -i- eye.") 



Here belong small subcylindrical pu'ie^eent, metallic species. 

 having a deep groove partly surniunding the eyes. Three species 

 have been taken in the State and two othei-s probably occur. 



K£V lU 1-MIIA.NA ^1 ECILS OF UKAPHOPS. 



a. Thora.v sirongl.v margined at base. 

 6. Clyiieus truncate. 



c. Thorax punctured on disk, rugose on sides; longer, 4 mm. 



2117. PIBESCEXS. 



