131 ORDKR COI.EOPTF.RA. 



Ch&ysomkla tkimaculata. ( Plate xiv, fig. 16.) 



Head, thorax, body, antenna and legs steel-blue. Elytra orange, marked with a broad 

 black band extending nearly across the base, and two large triangular black spots 

 near the apices : scutel and sutural line Mack. The margins of the black spots are 

 undulating. The punctures of the elytra are arranged in linis. Length three-eighths 

 of an inch. 

 Found in great abundance in Western Massachusetts and New-York. 



CllK\ SOMXLA PI I.CHF.H. 



Head, thorax and legs purple : antenna, bodj and palpi brownish. Elytra luteous, marked 



by a wide black longitudinal stripe along the middle. Sutural line double and punc- 

 tured : margins marked by two narrow black punctate lines, which coalesce just 

 below the middle. 



Chbtsohsla . 



Head, thorax, body and legs reddish brown. Elytra yellow, marked by a broad double 

 longitudinal brown band; the inner separated from the outer by a curve, having 

 between them a line of yellow, acute at each end. Sutural line wide, and dilated at 

 the base. Scutel reddish brown : punctures arranged in lines parallel with the 

 markings. Length nearly one-fourth of an inch. 

 Inhabits and feeds upon the Solidago. It is not uncommon in Western Massachusetts, 



but I have not succeeded in finding a description of it. 



CHRYSOMELA C.ERILIPENNIS. 



Color of the head, elytra and body beneath, dark bine; thorax and legs dull orange; 

 antennae and feet blackish. The females are often seen walking with difficulty, on 

 account of the great distension of the abdomen. 



Chbtsomela . (Plate xiv, fig. 1.) 



Head, thorax, antennae and body steel-blue. Elytra luteous, minutely punctured : punc- 

 ture v ,,ii the margins linear. There is a very obscure line of spots or dots along the 

 suture, scarce]] \ isible without the aid of a glass : the tips of the elytra are also dark 

 brown. Autumn, an 1 feeds upon the Solidago. 



Chbysomela . ( Plate xiv, fig. 2.) 



II." I, b -'h and thorax reddish brown ; eyes black : elytra yellowish brown, and striped 

 witli r< ddish brown or ferruginous. The punctured lines are also reddish, of which 

 there are about ten t<. each elytrum, running parallel to the margins. Length one- 

 fourth of an inch. 

 I am unable t>. d< tannine whether it is a described species or not. 



