1212 



FAMILY LIII. GHRYS0MEIjID2E. 



Fig. 534. X 14. (After 

 Chittenden in Bull. 33 N. Ser., 

 U. S. Div. Ent.) 



2241 (7053 ). Gh.-etocn.em a pulicakia Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



III, 1847, 167. 



Oval, slightly oblong, convex. Black, shining with 

 faint greenish or bluish-bronzed lustre ; antennae with 

 three or four basal joints reddish-yellow, the remainder 

 piceous ; femora piceous, tibiae and tarsi brownish-yel- 

 low. Head and thorax alutaceous, the latter one-half 

 wider at base than long, distinctly narrowed in front, 

 basal marginal line punctured to near middle ; surface 

 very finely, sparsely and shallowly punctured. Elytra 

 a little wider at base than thorax, umbone smooth, dis- 

 tinct, punctures rather coarse and closely placed; in- 

 tervals slightly convex, each with a row of minute 

 punctures. Length 1.5-1.8 mm. (Fig. 534.) 



Southern half of State, frequent; Starke 

 County only in the north. March 25-July 1. 

 Taken by sifting in early spring. Said to be sometimes injurious 

 to corn and millet. 



2242 (7055). Ch.etocnema confinis Crotch, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



1873, 74. 



Broadly oval, robust. Piceous, slightly 

 bronzed ; antennas and legs reddish-yellow ; hind 

 femora piceous. Head finely alutaceous, not 

 punctured. Thorax .twice as wide as long, dis- 

 tinctly narrowed in front; disk, alutaceous, 

 rather coarsely and regularly but not closely 

 punctured. Elytra scarcely wider at base than 

 thorax, the striae more deeply impressed on sides, 

 punctures rather coarse, close and deep ; inter- 

 vals slightly convex, minutely punctate. Length 

 1.5-1.8 mm. (Fig. 535.) 



Throughout the State; common. April 

 18-October 27. Probably hibernates. Oc- 

 curs in gardens and often damages young sweet potatoes by eating 

 channels along the veins of the leaves. The leaves (not the roots) 

 should be dipped in a strong solution of arsenate of lead before 

 being set out. 



Fig. 535. X 17i (After Forbes.) 



LXVI. Crepidodera Chev. 1834. (Gr., "a half boot + neck. ") 



Small oval or oblong-oval brownish, greenish or blackish-bronzed 

 species, having the front more or less triangular, inserted in thorax 

 to the eyes; antennae half as long as body, second joint half as long- 

 as first, 3 to 10 subequal, a little longer than second and gradually 

 slightly broader to eleventh, which is longer and acute at tip ; tho- 

 rax broader than long, the ante-basal impression limited at each end 



