THE \,K.\\'' HI'UOTIil'lS. 



1217 



((((. Upper surface reddisli-brown; legs always pale. 



r. Thorax rather closely punctate, the autebasal impression scarcely 

 visible. 22.54. pabvula. 



c'c. Thorax sparsely punctate, the antebasal impression distinct. 



2255. HUMEKALIS. 



2251 (0080). Epitrix fuscula Crotch, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1873. 72, 



Ovate, rather robust, convex. Piceous, fee- 

 bly shining; antenna; reddish-yellow, often dark- 

 er towards apex ; femora all piceous, tibiie and 

 tarsi dull reddish-yellow. Thorax twice as wide 

 as long, sliy:htly narrowed in front ; autebasal 

 impressidu narrow, sinuate, often almost obso- 

 lete: surface coarsely, densely and deeply punc- 

 tured. Elytra scarcely wider at base than tho- 

 rax, umbone rather prominent, punctures on mid- 

 dle round, nut crowded, those on sides deep, 

 more closely placed; intervals as wide as or 

 wider than stria;, each with a single row of 

 minute set* bearing punctures. Length 2 mm. 

 (Fig. 5.37.) 



Throughout the State; eomnion. ;\[areh 20-November 2(J. 

 Doubtless hibernates beneath dead leaves in fence corners along 

 cultivated fields, as large numbers were taken by sifting on the dates 

 above given. Noted especially on hazelnut, pokeweed and, in July, 

 liy hundreds on egg-plant, to which it was doing much damage. 



E. lobnla Crotch, length 1.5-2 mm., is a southern species which 

 has been recorded from Cincinnati. 



Fig. 5.j7. r. 11 (After Chittenden 

 in Bull. 33. X. £er., D. S. Div. Ent.) 



2252 (6987). Epitkix cucumekis Harris, JIass. Journ. Agr., 1851, 103. 



Ovate, slightly oblong. Piceous, shining; an- 

 tenurn and legs reddish-yellow, the hind femura (»nly 

 Iticeous. Thorax nearly twice as wide as long, 

 slightly narrowed in front, antebasal inii)ressiou 

 deep and slightly curved to«'ard the base, the longi- 

 tudinal impressions at its ends well marked; sur- 

 face much more finely and sparsely jDunctured than 

 in fiiscula. Elytra slightly wider at base than tho- 

 rax, umbone rather prominent, striie feebly im- 

 pressed, the punctures large and closely placed. 

 Length 1.5-2 mm. (Fig. 538.) 



Throughout the State ; much less common 

 than fuscuia. April 19-October 1. Occurs on 



a variety of field and g;irden products. Said to injure potatoes by 



eating small round holes in their leaves. Remedies: Bordeaux 



mixturv' and Paris green. 



Fig. 538. X 13. (After Oiitten- 

 den in Bull. 19, N. Ser., U. S. Div. 

 Ent.) 



