134 OKDER COLEOPTERA. 



Ajhmomu . ( Plate xiv, fig. 4.) 



Color yellowish green : head and its appendages black. A depression and two eminences 



behind the anrennae. The three firsl antennae yellowish green; on the outer side, 



uM: the remainder dark brown or black : pectus black : abdomen yellowish 



green. Thorax greenish yi 11 iw predominating, Immaculate : two slight indentations 



■ •■I each side, with a slight lat< ral ridge or dilatation. Elj tra pale green, marked with 



'.en Mark rather quadrangular spots : mo t of them have their angles rounded, so 



as to approach an oral form; th basal pot is common to both elytra. Legs black : 



upper half of the thighs gri enish. I.< ngth one fourth of an inch. 



It will be evident from the above generic and specific descriptions, that this insect is 



neither a Gaieruca : I. ma or Haltica, and probably not an . Idimonia : il belongs, however, 



to the vast family Galertjcidje. It is rather common in September and October en the 



a-iers and solidagos. Either tb i descriptions within my reach are faulty, or else it has not 



been described. 



LiEMA TK1VITTATA. 



Rufous : thorax and head rufous ; the former punctured transversely at its base, and 

 marked with two black dots. Elytra marked with longitudinal black stripes, the 

 middle sutural : punctures arranged in lines. Antenna black ; first joint rufous : 

 lower tibia and tarsi black. One variety more rufous, and marked with wider stripes 

 and larger dots upon the thorax : imi times the dots are absent. 

 sembles the striped cucumber-bug. 



<i \l.l RUCA V1TTATA. 



Color yellow : head black. El) tra marked with three black longitudinal strijx s, including 

 the sutural one : abdomen black: forelegs mostly of that color : knees and feet o 

 the other legs black. 

 This insect is troublesome to various vines, and especially to young cucumber vines 

 when not of a vigorous growth. The best remedy i-- to secure a strong and rapid growth : 

 other remedies, which are more or less successful, are, washing the plant with offensive 

 liquors, or sprinkling them with strong-scented powders. Tobacco in its various forms. 

 whale-oil soap, etc are all more or less useful. 



•Jaleruca cai.maiuensis ( Lin.). ( Plate xii, fig. 12.) 



Ibis is a European insect, which has been introduced in o this country about Baltimore. 

 It is destructive to the foliage of the elm. It is about one-fourth of an inch long, and is 

 described by Mr. Stephens as follows : 'Oblong-ovate: above testaceous, duply punc- 

 tated : crown, furrow on the thorax, SCUtellum, a dash i n the el) Ira. 1 reast and fare of 

 .abdomen, black : apex of the I ! i ind base i f the antenna' testaceous. 



