1144 



FAIIIIA' LIII. CMEVSOMELID.E. 



Thorax rngdsi; jvei- entire snrftice ; smaller, 12-2.5 mm 



UUX. CLKTIPEK-MS. 



hb. flvpeus emargiiiate. 



d. Coppery; bead ami thorax regularly punctured, not rns-.s 



2110. 



ise. 



MARCASSITT'S. 



thorax irregularly punctured and with indis- 



NEBILOSUS. 



2117 (CTCTl. 



lid. Green or coppery 



tinet smooth spots. 

 aa. Thorax feeljly margined at l.ase; clypeus emarginate. variaxs. 



(Jkaphops pi hkscexs Mclsh.. I'roc. Phil. A.-ad. Xat. S,-i.. ITI. 

 IS IT. 1(!0. 



Olilong. suljcylindrical. fojipery-lironzod. sparsely 

 clothed with ash-.gi'ay puliescenee. Thorax slightly wider 

 than long, not margined at sides, finely and sparsely 

 jtunctured. densely and finely wrinkled on sides and often 

 en liMsal half. Klytra one-half wider than thorax, disk 

 with rows of fine pum-tures. becoming obscrlete behind, 

 and a sutural stria on apical half. Length 3..">-t mm. 

 (Fig. 40.3.) 



Throughout the State ; frequent. :\Iareh 27-Au- 

 gust >'^. Probalily hibernates. Taken in Jlay l>,v 

 sweeping and in summer on evening primrose, 



211S (67i;s). Gkaphops ci rtipexnts Melsh.. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 

 Ill, 1S47. 169. 

 Shorter and stouter than inihcsCciix. Coppery-brown, sparsely clothed 

 with very short gray hairs. Thorax as wide at middle as elytra ;- entire 

 surface rugulose and minutely punctate. Elytra finely punctate, with sub- 

 obsolete rows of larger punctures. Length 2-2. ."i mm. 



One in the Wdister coUeetion lahclled "Ind." Ranges from 

 New York to Texas and Florida. 



2110 (6709). Ghaphops iiai:cassitus Crotch. Proc. Phil. Acad. Xat. Sci., 

 187:j. .55. 

 Resembles iiubcxecns closely in color and general appearance. The 

 form is shorter and proportionally broader, the clypeus deei^ly emarginate; 

 thorax not rugose ; punctures of elyti-a larger, more distant one from an- 

 other, and obsolete on apical half. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



.>rarshall, Tippecanoe and li''loyd counties : scarce. June 1-- 

 July 5. 



G. Jicbulosu.'i Lee, lenglli 4 mm., is known from Oliio, Wisconsin 

 and Kansas ; (!. iHn-kniri Jjec., coppery-greini or blackish, length 4-4..3 

 mm., was described from Illinois. 



XXIX. ^[etachrom.v Lee. IS.'^S. (Gr., "after - color.'") 



Thorax without a lobe behind the eyes, the latttn- surrounded 

 in front and abo\'e by a deep groove; middle and hind tibia' 

 emarginale on outer edge near the tip; antenn;e with second and 



