]216 FAiriLY LIII. — CHRYSOMELIDJ';. 



11th one-half longer than 10th and acuminate at apex ; in female joints i 

 to 10 are equal, shorter than third and slender. Thorax one-half wider 

 than long, base scarcely broader than apex, margins finely serrate; surface 

 rather sparsely but deeply and coarsely punctate. Elytra distinctly wider 

 than thorax, unibone prominent; disk with nine rows of coarse, closely 

 placed punctures, those of the inner rows confused at base ; intervals slightly 

 convex. Length '2-'.', mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent on suraae and Hercules' club. 

 M»y 20-July 7. 



22.50 (10,4.31). Oethaltic.v melina Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, XVI, 

 ISSO, 240. 

 Elongate, parallel. I'ale reddish-yellow, shining. Thorax one-half vyider 

 than loiii;. widest in front of middle, siiles curved, slightly ohlique in front of 

 base, margins entire; disk convex, rather coarsely, sparsely aud irregularly 

 imnctate. Elj'tra wider at base than thorax, umbone distinct; disk with 

 I'eclily impressed rows of rather distant moderate punctures; intervals flat, 

 smooth. Length l..':i-2 mm. 



Floyd County; scarce. June '^S. Known heretofore only from 

 Kansas and Texas. 



LXVIII. Eputrtx Foud. IS.ll). (Gv.. "upon + hair.") 



Very small c(m\'ex species, differing from Crcpiilodcra in the 

 ii])per surface hearing short, semicrc^ct hairs, sparsely placed over 

 the thorax and arranged in a single row on (>ach interval of the 

 elytra, Tlie head luis an ohli(|ue ridge each sule, extending from 

 the end of the frontid carin-i to the eye and limited above by an im- 

 pressed line, the two forming together a broad V The front angles 

 of the thorax are obliquely truncate witli a small tooth behind the 

 truncation. Five species are known from the State, while another 

 may occui-. 



KEY TO IN'llIA.XA SPECIES OF EPIIKIX. 



". Tpper surface i)iciiius. 



h. Thorax ver.N- densely and roarsely punctate; antebasal impressiuii 



^■'^'■■^- teeWe. 22ol. Fiscri-A. 



hb. Th(ij-ax not densely punctate, the immturcs well separated. 



'■■ -Vntebasal impression well niarkcil. 



''. lOlytral siria' rather deep, Ihe punctures coarse, .-lose and qnad- 



ralc; punctures ,if thor.-ix ,-losc. though separated. lobat\. 



<1<I. Elytral slria'. esperially lli„s,> ncaresi the suture, very feeble, the 



puni-liires round, not crowded. ■j-_>,-,o ,.irr.\iFRis. 



cc. .\nirl,asal imi.ressi.m vei-y leelde; spe, ies smaller, not over l.o nnii' 



225:!. BHEVis. 



