1210 



P'SMITA' I.TTT. — CIIRYSOMEI.ID/E. 



*2235 (7040). 



quent. Jamiai'.v 

 moist meadows, 

 corners. 



Ci-i^TocNEMA DENTicDLATA 111., Mag. fur Insect., VI. 1807, 

 163. 



Oblong-oval, robust. Piceous- 

 bronzea, slightly brassy; anteunsB 

 reddish-yellow at base, the outer five 

 or six joints piceous ; front and mid- 

 dle femora brown, hind ones piceous 

 bronzed ; tibiae and tarsi reddish-yel- 

 low. Head and thorax alutaceous; 

 the latter nearly twiee as wide at 

 base as long, sides regularly curved 

 to apex ; surface rather coarsely and 

 regularly but not densely punctured, 

 the basal marginal line feeble at the 

 sides. Elytra not wider at base than 

 thorax, the punctures coarse and 

 deep, not closely placed; intervals 

 nearly flat on disk, subconvex on 

 sides, each with a row of very fine 

 punctures. Length 2.3-2.5 mm. (Fig. 

 533.) 



Throughout the State; fre- 

 Occurs on sedges and grasses in 



Tig. r,:n. X 18. (After^Forbes.) 



-October 24. 



Hibernates beneath le;ives and rubbish in fence 



22::;(j (7043). Ch^tocnema oniBEiirEONS Lee, Bull. TI. S. Geol. Surv., 1S71J, 

 517. 

 Oval, but proportionately more elongate than (Jciiticiilata. Dark bronze, 

 moderately shining; antenna? brownish at base, outer joints piceous; legs 

 as in dentioulata. Thorax also as in that specips Imt with basal marginal 

 line distinct at the sides. Length 2.2-2.7 mm. 



Lake, Marshall, Putnam and Orange counties ; scarce. April 10- 

 September 9. Resembles dndiculala very closely, but less broad 

 and with the punctures of the clypeus very coarse, deep and well 

 separated. 



2237 ( ). dii^TocNEMA MiNUTA :\Ielsh., Troc. Phil. Acad. Nat Sci., Ill, 



1S47, 1G7. 



Oval, robust. Piceous, distinctly bronzed, shining; autennaj with four 

 basal joints brownish-yellow, the remainder piceous ; less piceous, tlie tibia? 

 and tarsi sometimes paler. Head distinclly alutaceous, indistinctly punc- 

 tate. Thorax twice as wide as long, widest at middle, disk faintly alu- 

 taceous, finely and sparsely punctured; basal row (if punctures distinct and 

 coarse. Elytra distinctly wider at base than Ihorax, punctures coarse, 

 rather closely placed, slightly broader than long; intervals feebly convex, 

 without iiuncturcs. Length 2 mm. 



