1218 FAMILY IjIII. — CHRYSOMELID,^. 



2253 (6980). Bpiteix beevis Schwarz, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 1S78, 367. 



1 Broadly ovate. Piceous, 



shining; antennae and legs pale 

 i-eddlsh-brown ; hind femora iiie- 

 eous. Thorax twice as wide as 

 long, slightly narrowed in front, 

 sides distinctly curved; punc- 

 tures moderate in size, close but 

 not crowded; antebasal impres- 

 sion scarcely evident, the longi- 

 tudinal ones not visible. Elytra 

 a little wider at base than tho- 

 rax; strise feebly impressed on 

 disli, deeper on sides, the punc- 

 tures of former rounded and 

 distinct, those at sides more 

 quadrate and closer. Length 

 1.5 mm. (Fig. 539.) 



Throughout the State ; 

 scarce. April 22-September 

 Fig. 539. X28. (After Forbes.) 25. Shorter and more con- 



vex than cucumeris, from 

 which it is easily separated' by the lack of antebasal impression. 



22r.4 (6991). Epitbix tarvula Fabr., Syst. Eleut, I, 1801, 468. 



Obloiig-oval, subconvex. Dull reddish-yellow ; elytra often with a fus- 

 ciius ti'ansverse cloud at middle; abdomen brown; antennte and legs pale 

 reddish-yellow, the four outer joints of former and hind femora of latter 

 often darker. TIkhux convex, shining, nearly twice as wide as long, not 

 narrowed in front; antebasal impression evident but not deep; surface dis- 

 tinctly but rather finely and sparsely punctate. Klytra ver.\' little wider 

 than thorax, unibone feeble, punctures rather (bourse and nut crowded on 

 (lisle; finer and ii](pre close-set on sides, wliere the iiilcrvals are subconvex. 

 Length 1.5-2 mm. 



Southern hall' of State; frequent. April IS-Xovember '22. 

 Taken by sifting and sweeping. 



22."i.5 ( ). ErrrKix iumkralis Iinry, .Toiivn. Cin. Sec. Nat. Hist., XX, 



19(l(;, 25.".. 



(_»vate, rather robust. Head, thorax and legs reddish-brown: el.vtva 

 darker br(jwn, the uuilniiies paler, 'i'lierax fully twice as wide as long, sides 

 liroadly rounded, siu-face liiiely and sparsely ]iinietale; anUHiasal impression 

 well marked. Elytral strite feebly impressed, the punctures large, round, 

 di.'ep and closely plac(>d. Length 2.5 mm. 



AVaviie, ;\[ai-i(in, Putnam, Duhdis, I'osey and Perry counties; 

 s(.'areo. April 1^1:! Septemliei' 5. Taken liy sweeping herbage. De- 

 scribed from Cincinnati, Indiana and Kansas. 



