THE LEAF BEETLES. 



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Tippecanoe, Vigo, Orange and Crawford counties ; scarce. June 

 1-June 25. Taken by sweeping- roadside herbage. 



2218 (7029). Phylloteeta ^neicolms Crotch., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



1873, 67. 



Elongate-oval, rather slender. Piceous ; head and thorax with a cupre- 

 ous lustre; elytra with a greenish tinge; legs piceous, tilme and tarsi paler. 

 Antennae half as long as body, joints 2-5 reddish-yellow. Thorax one-half 

 wider than long, narrowed in front; disk alutaceous, rather finely and 

 closely punctate. Elytra wider at base than thorax, punctate as mentioned 

 in key. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



Marion County ; rare. July 14. Swept from herbage along the 

 margin of a woodland pond. Known from Kansas and Texas. 



P. Undahli Dury, last ventral of male with a deep, rounded de- 

 pression which extends forward in triangular shape through the 

 next to last ventral, length 2.5 mm., was described from Cincinnati. 



2219 (7028). Phylloteeta lewisii Crotch.. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



1873, 66. 



Elongate-oval, moderately convex. Piceous ; elytra with a bluish tinge ; 

 antenna? piceous, the basal joints pale ; tibia? and tarsi brown. Thorax two- 

 thirds wider than long, narrowed in front, sides broadly curved, surface 

 rather finely and sparsely punctate. Elytra] punctures coarser than those 

 of thorax. Last ventral of male with a broad, triangular impression. Length 

 2-2.5 mm. 



Two specimens in Webster collection labelled "Ind." Known 

 heretofore from Illinois westward. 



LVIL Haltica Geoff. 176-1. (Gr., "leaping.") 



Oblong or oval, medium-sized, blue, green or bronzed, rarely 

 reddish-brown, species, having the head short, usually deeply in- 

 serted; antennae half as long as body, joints 2, 3 and 4 gradually 

 longer except in rufa; thorax usually one-half wider than long, 

 broadest at base, which is curved and with a more or less distinct 

 transverse line just in front; side margins slightly thickened near 

 front angles; elytral punctures confused; front coxal cavities open 

 behind, the prosternum rather narrow between the coxa?; hind 

 tibiae not or feebly suleate, terminated by a short spur; tarsal claws 

 broadly dilated at base. 



The genus is a difficult one, and the species can never be deter- 

 mined with any degree of certainty without a fair number of speci- 

 mens, some of which must be males. Unfortunately, this sex is 

 much less abundant than the females. The following species have 

 been found or probably occur in the State : 



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