1190 



FAillLY LIII. CHRYSOMELID^. 



twice as wide as long, narrowed in front, margins narrow ; disk convex, 

 smootli, sliining. lOlytra slightly wider than thorax, hnmeri almost ob- 

 literated ; surface distinctly, finely and rather closely punctate. Length 

 5.0-7 mm. 



Dubois, Crawford and SJpeiK'cr counties; scarce, ilay 10-June 

 22. Swept from low herlis along roadsides and from flowers of wild 

 hydrangea. Horn gives its range as North Carolina to Texas. A 

 member of the Austroriparian fauna. 



219S (6957). Di.soxYcii.v telaxgulabis Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 IV, 1824. ,S4 ; ibid. II. 22R. 

 Cival. rather depressed. Black; thorax above and beneath yellow, with 

 the front pair of spcits round, the hind one linear; elytra with a faint 

 bluish tinge; antennre picccjus. the three basal joints iiale beneath. Tho- 

 rax more than twice as wide as I(.ns. sides feebly curved, margins very 

 narrow, surface alutaceous, rather finely, not closely punctate. Elytra a 

 little wider at liat^e than thorax, surface rather closely but distinctly punc- 

 tate. Length 5-O.G mm. fFig. 521.) 



Throughout tlic State. fre'|uent ; uvn-i- so in the northern coun- 

 ties. April 17-Octoli.T 2:]. Occurs l)en('ath l.io-s in spring. Adults 

 said to be injurious to l^^cts and spinach. Occurs especially on 

 ('111 iiiipiiiliiriii and other liei-bs in moist places. 



"■2i'ju (i.;;i5sj. 



Diso-\Ycn.\ XANTHOMKL.KNA Palm., Analccta Knt.. Is2:i. 711. 



iresemlilcs the preceding but 

 usually smaller and more olilcjug. 

 Thorax entirely yellow; elytra 

 black with faint greenish tinge; 

 abdomen wholly yellow, meso- 

 and metasterna black: femora 

 usually yellow on basal half, 

 sometimes wholly black; tibiie 

 and tarsi piceous. Thorax not 

 twice as wide as long, surface al- 

 most smooth. Elytra "ifler at 

 base than thorax, surface finely 

 alutaceous, obsoletely and very 

 fliicly punctate. Length 4..V 

 5.5 mm. d-'ig. 523.) 



Throughout the State; fre- 

 f|uent. February U-Xovem- 

 lier S. Hibernates beneath 

 mullein leaves and rubbish. 

 Known as the "spinach flea- 

 lieetle" on account of its in- 



_.ii"iry to that plant. Feeds 

 also on CJicnopofl i u m and 



lis Fabr. 



, M i .Fig. 523. X.IO. (.After Forbes.) ' X- . JS 



cliickweed, SicUaria: Listed as rolla 



