THE LEAF BEETLES. 1199 



Tippecanoe, Vigo, Orange and Crawford counties ; scarce. June 

 1-June 25. Taken by sweeping roadside herbage. 



2218 (7029). Phylloteeta .eneicollis Crotch., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. ScL, 

 1873, 67. 

 Elongate-oval, rather slender. Piceous ; head and thorax with a cupre- 

 ous lustre ; elytra with a greenish tinge ; legs piceous, tibiie and tarsi paler. 

 AntenniE half as long as btxly. joints 2-5 reddish-yellow. Thorax one-half 

 wider than long, narrowed in front : disk alutaceous, rather finely and 

 closely punctate. Elytra wiik-r at Imse than thorax, punctate as mentioned 

 in key. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



]\Iarion County ; rare. July 14. Swept from herbage along the 

 margin of a woodland pond. Knuwn from Kansas and Texas. 



P lindalili Dury, last ventral of male ^^'ith a deep, rounded de- 

 pression which extends forward in triangular shape through the 

 next to last ventral, length 2. .5 mm., was described from Cincinnati. 



2210 (7028). Phyllotkeia lewisit Crotch., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sr-i.. 

 1873, 0(5. 

 Elongate-oval, moderately convex. Piceous; elytra with a bluish tinge; 

 antennoe liiceous, the basal joints pale; tibi;e and tarsi brown. Tliurax two- 

 thirds wider than loiij;^. narrowed in front, side s broadly curved, surface 

 rather finely and sparsely punctate. Elytral punctures coarser than those 

 of thorax. Ivast venti'al nt male with a broad, triangular impression. Length 

 2-2.5 mm. 



Two specimens in Welister collection labelled "Ind. " Known 

 heretofore from Illinois ^vestwaiil. 



LVII. Haltica Geoff. 1764. (Gr., "leaping.") 



Oblong or oval, medium-sized, blue, green or bronzed, rarely 

 reddish-brown, Sf)ecies, having the head short, usually deeply in- 

 serted; antenna half as long as body, .joints 2, 3 and 4 gradually 

 longer except in rufa; thorax usually one-half wider than long, 

 broadest at base, which is curved and with a more or less distinct 

 transverse line just in front; side margins slightly thickened near 

 front angles ; elytral punctures confused ; front coxal cavities open 

 behind, the prosternum rather narrow l)etween the eoxse; hind 

 tibife not or feebly sulcate, terminated by a short spur; tarsal claws 

 broadly dilated at base. 



The genus is a difficult one, and the species can never be deter- 

 mined \yiX\i any degree of certainty without a fair number of speci- 

 mens, some of which must be males. I^n fortunately, this sex is 

 much less abtmdant than the females. The following species have 

 been found or probably nr-cnr in the State: 



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