-|-|()-) FAMITjY Lin. — CIIRYSOMELIDyE. 



m Brownish or piceous, witli a faint bronzed lustre; punctures of elytra 

 ■ in vague rows. 2203. tuebatus. 



ua. Antennae with .ioints 2, :■, and 4 of equal length, or with the fourth not 

 longer than second. 

 c. Surface entirely shining, not alutaceous ; elytr.-il punctures rather 

 coiUKt': form robust; humeri well marked. 

 ,1 Color rcddisli-bniwii ; fonu dblong-oval ; legs pale. 



2204. .M.TKRiN ATI'S. 



lid. Color piceous, shining; form shorter, oval; legs piceous. 



220.J. ERKO. 



rc. Surface more or less distinctly alutaceous; form rather elongate; 



humeri not prominent. 



r Color pale reddish-yellow; elytra not shining, the punctures very 



indistinct. ■ 2200. testacei s. 



v<: ( 'olor dark reddish-yellow to piceous ; elytra shining, the punctures 



coarse and well marked. --""■ melancrus. 



22112 (7011). LoNciTAHsus siBRrrus Lef., Col. Kan., 1859, 20. 



Oblong-oval, convex. Keddish-yellow, shining; antenme and legs pale 

 i-eddisli-yelldw, the outer live .joints of former and hind femora slightly 

 darker. Thorax one-third wider than long, not narrowed in front; disk 

 convex, shining, very siiarsely and finely punctate. Elytra wider at base 

 llian thorax, umbone rather prominent; disk convex, punctures rather fine, 

 not closely placed. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Vigo County; common locally- on the stems and leaves of the 

 false oronnvell, Onosiiioilin,)} raroUiiiaiium DC. Jvine 15. De- 

 scribed and known lierotofnre only from Kansas. ()ur largest spe- 

 cies of the genus. 



2203 (10,434). Loimgitarsus tuebatus Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, XVI, 



1889, 279. 

 Oblong-oval, subconvex. Piceous or chestnut-brown, feebly bronzed; an- 

 tennae piceous, the four basal .ioints pale ; front and middle legs and hind 

 tibiae yellowish ; hind femora brown. Thorax nearly one-half wider than 

 long, slightly narrowed in front, sides feebly curved, surface smooth or 

 nearly so ; basal marginal line wanting. Elytra wider at base than thorax, 

 umbone distinct, punctures rather coarse and close. Length 2.5 mm. 



Lake, Jlarion and Dubois enuntics ; scarce, ^lay 12— lune 11. 

 Resembles mdanui u.';. hut differs in the length of basal antennal 

 joints, in the surface not beinti- at all alutaeeuus, and in the much 

 more prominent .shoulders. 



2204 (7015). LoiNon-ARSUs alternatis Zieg., I'roc. Phil. Aead. Nat. Sei., 



II, 1846, 271. 

 Oblong-oval, moderately convex. Dark brick-red, shining. Antennre 

 three-fourths the length of liody, piceous. the four basal joints paler. Tho- 

 rax one-third wider than long, siiles curved ; disk convex, nearlv smooth 



