11>2S FAMILY LIII. CHBYSOBTEI, 10.15. 



2274 (7082). Chalepus nervosa Panz., Ed. Voet, IV, 1798, 92. 

 Elongate-oblong, nearly parallel. Color variable fi-om nearl.v uniform 



rose red to nearl.v piceous, with a few indistinct reddish or yellowish spots; 

 legs pale. Vertex with a median groove. Thorax one-third wider at base 

 than apex, sides nearly straight, front angles often prominent and denti- 

 form; disk coarsely and deeply punctured. Elytra each with three entire 

 acute costte, the first brcjader, and but eight rows of punctures; margins 

 and apex serrulate. Length 3.5-4 mm. 



Throughout the State ; common. Mai'ch 8-June 28. Occurs on 

 weeds and bushes of many kinds. ^Mating jMay 28. 



(liariaicna mgrifa Oliv., rather elongate, blade, with faint bluish 

 lustre, length 8.8 mm., is said to be widely distributed over the At- 

 lantic region. 



LXXVI. Stexispa Baly. l.SfjS. (Gr., "narrow or straight. ") 



Elongat<^ suhcylindrical, black or bluish-black species, having 

 the antenna' 11-jointed, the third .joint cylindrical, nearly as long 

 as the first two ; 4 to 10 subequal, ITth longer and subacute at tip ; 

 front concave with a carina between the antenna; ; thorax quadrate ; 

 tarsi dilated, densely pubescent beneath, first joint triangular, third 

 deeply bilobed; tarsal claws divaricate. One of the two species has 

 been taken in the State, v^'hile the other may occur. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF STENISPA. 



a. Black with a slight bronze tinge. 227.j. metallica. 



aa. Black with a bluish tinge ; thorax red. collabis. 



2275 (7093). Steni.spa metallica Fabr., Syst. Eleut., II, 1801, GO. 

 Elongate, subeylindrieal. Uniform black, shining, with a slight bronzed 



tinge. Thorax a little Icjnger than wide, sides nearly straight, feebly curved 

 near front angles ; surface very sparsely and finely punctate. Elytra slightly 

 wider than thorax, each with ten entire rows and a scutellar row of rather 

 fine punctures. Length 5-6 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent, .\pril 2i)-.Tuly 2S. Occurs 

 on grasses and sedges in moist meadows. 



«S'. rollaris Baly, length 6.5-7 mm., Avas described from Okla- 

 homa. 



Tribe XII. CASSIDINI. 

 Small or medium-sized, oval w circular, usually subdepresscd 

 beetles, having the margins of the thorax and elytra expanded and 

 flattened, beneaUi which the head and legs are retractile so as to be 

 alm.ist wholly concealed in repose. On account of their form thev 

 are often calbnl "tort,.ise-- ,.r " turtle-beetles, " and are lor flic most 

 part very prettily colored, sometimes being bright golden in hue 



