458 Chrysomelidae 



Family CHRYSOMELIDAE ss 



SUBFAMILY DONACIINAE 



Compiled by Chas. Schaeffer 



DONACIA Fabricius 



15199 D. militaris Lac. (floridae Lg.). ^ Carmel, White Plains, Aug, Sq (Sf). 

 On flowers and leaves of white water lily, Castalia odorata. 



15202 D. piscatrix Lac. Saranac Inn, Lake Bluff, Big Moose (NYS) ; Horicon, 

 Brant L., Doll; L. George, Jl, Fisher; Ballston L., Je, Leon; Pine I., 

 Je, Ds; White Plains, May-Jl, Bno, Sq (Sf) ; SI, Je, L&D ; LI: 

 (Eng) ; Ronkonkoma, Je, Schott. On flowers and leaves of yellow 

 water lily, Nymphaea advena. 



15199 D. palmata Oliv. Keene Val., Jl, Not;^ Potsdam (NYS); Long L, Ds; 

 Adirondack Lodge, Je, Leon ; Horicon, Doll ; L. George, Jl, Fisher 

 (US Biol. Surv.) ; Athens, Jl, Schott; Carmel, Aug, Sq; Rockland L., 

 Jl, Schott; White Plains, May-Aug, Bno, Sq (Sf) ; SI, Ds. On flowers 

 and leaves of yellow water lily. 



D. texana Cr. var. minor Sf. Rockland L., Jl, Schott; White Plains, Jl, Sq, 



Aug, Bno; SI (Lg). On yellow water lily. 

 15201 D. rufescens Lac. L. George, Aug, Sherin; Peekskill, Sherni; SI: Silver L. 

 (L&D) ; LI: Wyandanch, Jl-Sep, Schott (Sf). Generally on flowers 

 and leaves of white water lily; occasionally on Brasenia. 



D. edentata Sf. Crum L., Je, Ds; LI: Montauk Beach, Jl, Schott. On 



flowers and leaves of white water lily. 



D. parvidens Sf. LI: Yaphank, May (Sf) ; Wyandanch, May, Schott, Dec, 



sifting. Not (Sf) ; Wading R., Je, Shoe. On flowers apd leaves of 

 white water lily. 

 15198a D. cincticornis Newm. Our most common species ; occurs almost every- 

 where in the State. Ausable L., Aug, Not ; Saranac L., Sep, Shoe ; 

 Long L., Ds; Horicon, Doll; Ballston L., Aug, Leon; Carmel, Aug, 

 Sq; SI: Je, L&D; Silver L. ; LI: Cold Sp. Harb., Brb; Bellport, Jl, 

 Nic ; Yaphank, Je-Jl, Eng ; Wading R., Je, Shoe, Schott ; Wyandanch, 

 Jl-Sep ; Greenport, May, Schott. On flowers and leaves of white water 

 lily, and on yellow water lily when the two occur together ; also on 

 Brasenia. 



D. cincticornis var. tenuis Sf. Tupper L., Aug, Dyar (Sf-US) ; Spencer 



L, Aug, Dt; Peekskill, Sherm; LI: Wyandanch, Wading R., Schott. 

 On white water lily and Brasenia. 



D. cincticornis var. rufipennis Lac. "NY" (Dietz Coll.) ; SI: New Pond, 



Britton's Upper Pond, L&D. Adults and larvae found on Potamogeton 

 by Boving and Craighead. 



15198 D. proxima Kby. Ausable L., Jl, Not; Horicon, Doll; Pike (NYS); 



Spencer L., Aug-Sep, Dt; Franklinton, Je, Leon; Ballston L., Aug, 

 Leon; Orange L., Sep; White Plains, Aug, Sq (Sf). On flowers and 

 leaves of the yellow water lily. 



15199 D. coerulea Oliv. White Plains, May-Aug, Sq, Bno; Van Cort. Pk., May, 



Nic ; LI : Baldwin, May, Eng. On leaves of the yellow water lily. 



'^^ Chas. Schaeffer of the Brooklyn Museum, well-known authority on the Chryiiomelidae, has gone 

 over the manuscript for this family, is responsible for some changes in synonymy, and has supplied 

 many records and passed on the validity of as many as was practicable. 



