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FAMILY LIII 



. C3 1 RYSOMELICLE. 



trefoil, beans and other leguminous plants. Listed as C. cqminea 

 Fab. In one specimen at hand the dorsal spots of elytra are merged 

 to form a stripe each side of suture. If destructive to bean leaves, 

 hand picking early in the season and spraying with arsenicals later 

 will serve as remedies. 



Agelasa halensis Linn., oval, convex, dull yellow, elytra blue or 

 greenish, length 5-7 mm., is known from Connecticut and Wiscon- 

 sin, and may yet be found in Indiana. 



XLIII. Galeruca Geoff. 1764. (L., " a helmet + caterpillar. ") 



Broadly oval, subconvex species having the head moderately 

 large, not deeply inserted; front grooved between the antennas, 

 which are rather stout, not longer than half the body, joint three 

 nearly twice as long as the second, three to ten gradually decreas- 

 ing in length, eleventh longer; scut ell urn nearly semicircular; epi- 

 pleurse entire; tibia? carinate on outer edge, the middle pair with 

 one terminal spur; first joint of hind tarsi nearly as long as the 

 next two, the claws cleft slightly behind the middle, the inner lobe 

 much the smaller. Two species are known from the United States. 

 One of them, introduced from Europe, has been taken in Indiana. 



2156 ( ). Galerlca pomon^ Scop., Ent. CarnioL, 17G3, S3. 



Broadly ovate, subconvex. Dark piceous brown above, black beneath, 

 feebly shining; elytra narrowly margined with dull yellow. Thorax more 

 than twice as wide as long, very coarsely and densely punctured ; disk with 

 a broad but shallow medran groove and with an irregular depression each 

 side. Elytra each with three or four smooth raised lines, the broad inter- 

 vals with dense, coarse, confluent punctures. Length S.5-11 mm. 



Laporte and Kosciusko counties ; rare. July 1-August 26. The 

 larva? feed on the foliage of Phlox divaricata and Dent aria laciniata. 

 The species was first taken in this country by Dury near Cincinnati 

 in 1S78 and probably occurs sparingly throughout the State.* 



Monccesta coryii Say, dull yellow, elytra metallic blue, length 

 10-16 mm., occurs on hazelnut and is known from Virginia, Illinois 

 and Kansas. 



XLIV. Trirhabda Lec. 1865. (Gr., l ' three + rod.") 



Medium-sized elongate-oblong, feebly convex species with usu- 

 ally opaque, finely punctured and pubescent surface; antennae slen- 

 der, two-thirds the length of body ; thorax much broader than long, 

 widest at middle, the angles distinct and more or less prominent; 



*A full account of its habits and life history, by J. J. Davis, is given in Entomological News, July, 1907. 



