1158 FAMILY LIII. — CHRYSOMELJDiE. 



described by Knab Hre undoubtedly distinct from scalaris, it is very 

 probable that a large series will show them to be varieties of one 

 species, rhoda. 



2145 (6809). Calligrapha philadeuhica Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, 



372. 



Eesembles rhoda closely in form and general color. 

 The pale area of elytra is much greater, the suture be- 

 ing pale with a narrow subsutural black line each side 

 on basal half and with two or three elongate dark spots 

 which represent the spurs or branches of scalaris. The 

 humeral lunule is much more narrow and less curved 

 than in rhoda and encloses both a shorter lunule and a 

 ?'?; ^i ?^,^v small spot, while the other discal spots are smaller and 



(After Knobel ) ^ „-^ 



more numerous. Length 8-9 mm. (Fig. 502.) 

 Lake, Marshall, Starke, Kosciusko and Rtonben counties ; scarce. 

 May 25-July IL Occurs with the preceding. 



2146 (6810). Calugkapha MfLTiPiiNCTATA Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. 



Sci., Ill, 1824, 450; ibid. II, 216. 

 Resembles phUadelphica very closely. Thorax yellow with several 

 small reddish-brown spots arranged in an irregular curved line near the 

 middle and often a darker, narrow, transverse basal spot. Elytra with nar- 

 row, dark sutural and subsutural stripe separated by a yellow line and 

 with numerous blackish or greenish spots. Thorax more sparsely and finely 

 punctate than in scalaris and without the depression each side. Length 6.5- 

 8.5 mm. 



Vigo, Martin and Posey counties; frerpiont. April 25-October 1. 

 Beaten from foliage of thorn and red haw (Cratcegus) . 



2146a (6810a). Calligr.vpha icuLTiPUNCTATA bigsbyana Kirby, Faun. Bor. 

 Amer., TV, 1837, 212. 

 Oval, convex. Reddish-brown or greenish, feebly bronzed ; thorax with 

 a large brown or greenish spot on basal half, the apical and side margins 

 pale; elytra pale with narrow sutural and subsutural dark stripes some- 

 times confluent, and numerous small spots greenish or reddish-brown. Length 

 6.5-8.5 mm. 



Northern half of State; frequent. M-ay 21-Oetober 1. Beaten 

 from vegetation of A'arious kinds. Feeds on willow and poplar. 



(' uitiUignftafn Stal, is a we^itcrn form which has been recorded 

 from Cincinnati. 



XXXVIU. CiiKvsoMioLA l.inii. l?;!.'), ((4r., "golden i fruit.") 



'I'hi.s gcmis, as now limited, contains oviil couve.x species of me- 

 dium size having the elytra of one color and, in our species, the 

 margin of the thorax distinctly and abruptly thickened. 



