THE LEAP BEETLES. 



1169 



-li;4 (i;:iO:j|. Galeiuckli.a cavicollis Lee. Pi-oc I'lail. Al-:k1. Nat. Sei.. 

 1SU5. I'll-,. 

 < >\ :il. narrower in front, subtlepieisseil. Dull red, moderately shining, 

 very sjiarhely and finely pubesrent; anteun,-e black; legs dull red to iJiceou.s. 

 Thorax nearly twice as wide as Ion;,', narrower in front, sides curved or ob- 

 tusely subangulate. hind angles distinct ; disk with a broad median depres- 

 sion and another each side, surface cn.irsely imnctured. Elytral margin 

 flattened; disk with coarse, deep, not crowded punctures. Length 4.5- 

 0.5 mm. 



Taken in numbers by AVolcott near Pine, Lake County. ]\Iay 21. 

 Occurs from Canada and the New Euiiland States westward to 

 Wisconsin. Probably to be found throughout the northern third 

 of the State. 



G. ntfusmujuinca Sa.v. lenuth -i'l-'?.') ram., is known from Penn- 

 s\'h'ania south^vard. 



•210.J (iioor, I. Galeri-ceixa .xympii.e.e Linn., Syst. Nat., 1 



Oljlong-oval, narrower in frcmt. subdeprcssed. 

 Piceuus brown, finely pubesi.-eut; thorax dull yellow, 

 usually with three piceuus spdts ; side margin, apex 

 and epipleura of elj-fra yellowish; under surface 

 and anteume piccius. the basii joints of the latter 

 partly dull yellow; legs pale. Thorax twice as wide 

 as long, sides ratlier strongly angulate; front angles 

 snuill. prominent, hind angles nearly obsolete; disk 

 with median narrow depression and a larger one 

 each side which is densely punctured and picciius; 

 surface otherwise snuioth or with a few coarse 

 liunctures. El.vtra slightl.v broader behind, mar- 

 guis distinctly flattened, surface coarsely and rather 

 cldsely punctate. Length 4..^i-r, mm. (Fig. 500.) 



Xiirthein half of Slate. fre[iient; Kno.\ 

 ;nd Lawrence eotiuties only in the south. 

 .March 2H-Se]>temlier 2!). Probably hibernates 

 and flowers (jf the white and yellow water-lilies. 



Hg. 509. X 6. (After Chitten- 

 doTi in Bull. No. 54, U. S. Bur. Ent.) 



Occurs on the pads 



liini; ((;i)04). Galervh;i.la tli!E1«i i_\ta Say. Jouru. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 Ill, 1.S1J4. 4."ii;; ibid. IL :.'l'o. 

 Oblon.g-cival, subdeprcssed, opaque, finely pubescent. Color variable, 

 dull reddish-brown to piceuus: antenna; black; legs pale or i>artly piceous. 

 Thorax nearly twice as wide as long, sides rounded or obtusely subangulate, 

 hind angles distinct, base sinuate each side: surface coarsely and closely 

 punctured, smoother near the front angles and along the apex. Elytra some- 

 whit wider behind the middle: disk c arsely and deeply punctured, more 

 sparsely and finely at sides and apex. Length .j-O mm. 



AVayne and .Marion counties: rare. ;\lay 2ti-.hiue IS. The usual 

 black spots of thorax are often wanting. 



