1202 ' FAMILY LIU. CIIKYSOMELID.E. 



Throughout the State; comiuon. May 11-October 6. Occurs 

 by thousands on the foliage of the water purslane, Ludwigia palus- 

 frix Ell. ; also on foliage of many other plants. Said to attack 

 strawberry and rose-bushes. 



E. carinata Germ., length 3.5-4.5 mm., and H. vicaria Horn, 

 length 1.5-6 mm., last ventral of males in both with a deep elongate 

 impressed line, are s:iid to occur from New England westward to 

 Arizona. The former has been recorded from Cincinnati. 



2224 ( ). Haltica cuprasceks sp. nov. 



Oval, strongly convex. Coppery red, strongly shining; antennte, legs 

 and under surface piceous-bronzed. Thorax about one-third wider than 

 loni;. scarcely narrowed in front, sides feebly curved, margin narrow, thick- 

 ened at the front angles; disk finely alutaceous, sparsely and minutely punc- 

 tate, the ante-basal imiiression very shallow, evident only at middle. Ely- 

 tra one-third wider at base than thorax, sides broadly curved; surface finely 

 and sparsely punctate, very indistinctly so on apical third. Length 3.5- 

 4 mm. 



Three specimens from lieneath rubbish on beach of Lake ]\lichi- 

 gan, near Pine, Lake County. May 5-I\Iay 21. Probably occurs on 

 Cottonwood. 



2225 (0072). Haltica .l•;^'EscE^•s sp. nov. 



Elongate-oblong, convex. T'uiform ljrass.i,-greenish above and beneath ; 

 antenna' piceous-lironzed, third and fourth joints subequal. Thorax one- 

 third wider than long; sides feebly curved, slightly sinuate near hind an- 

 gles ; disk minutely and sparsely punctate, the ante-basal impression very 

 faint, extending almost from side to side. Elytra together one-third wider 

 than thorax, their sides parallel to apical fourth, then rounded to tips; sur- 

 face finely and sjiarsely punctate. Last ventral of male with an elongate 

 iihpression extending from apex half way to base. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Starke County; rare. June 18. 



2221; ( ). Hai.tica fusco.exea Melsh., Pn.e. I'hil. Acad. Nat Sci. Ill 



1S47, 165. 

 (.)blong-oval, convex. Olivaceous green or bronzed, stronglv shinmg; 

 under surface and hind femora piceous with bronzed lustre; antennce and 

 legs reddish-yellow, the former with apical half darker. Thorax subquad- 

 rate, very little wider than long, not narrower at apex than base; sides 

 very feebly curved; disk convex, very finely alutaceous, spai-selv and mi- 

 nutely punctate. Elytra slightly wider at base than thorax, "less than 

 hvice as wide as long, umbonc not distinct; surface distinctlv and sparselv 

 punctate near base, smoother near apex, the punctm-es sometimes in more 

 or less evident rows. Length 2..">-3 mm. 



Lake, Kosciusko, Patnam and Jeffer.son counties ; scarce April 

 22-September 25. (),-curs on the evening primrose, CEnothcra M- 

 ennis L, 



