THE LEAF BEETLES. 



1217 



aa. Upper surface reddish-brown; legs always pale. 



e. Thorax rather closely punctate, the antebasal impression scarcely 

 visible - 2254. parvula. 



ee. Thorax sparsely punctate, the antebasal impression distinct. 



2255. HUMEEALIS. 



2251 (6989). Epitkix fuscula Crotch, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1ST3. 72. 



Ovate., rather robust, convex. Piceous, fee- 

 bly shining ; antenna} reddish-yellow, often dark- 

 er towards apex; femora all piceous, tibise and 

 tarsi dull reddish-yellow. Thorax twice as wide 

 as long, slightly narrowed in front: antebasal 

 impression narrow, sinuate, often almost obso- 

 lete ; surface coarsely, densely and deeply punc- 

 tured. Elytra scarcely wider at base than tho- 

 rax, umbone rather prominent, punctures on mid- 

 dle round, not crowded, those on sides deep, 

 more closely placed; intervals as wide as or 

 wider than striae, each with a single row of 

 minute seta? bearing punctures. Length 2 mm 

 (Fig. 537.) 



Throughout the State; common, March 20-Xovember 20. 

 Doubtless hibernates beneath dead leaves in fence corners along 

 cultivated fields, as large numbers were taken by sifting on the dates 

 above given. Noted especially on hazelnut, pokeweed and, in July, 

 by hundreds on egg-plant, to which it was doing much damage. 



E. lobata Crotch, length 1.5-2 mm., is a southern species which 

 has been recorded from Cincinnati. 



fig. 5o7. X 14. (After Chittenden^ 

 in Bull. 33. X. Per., U. S. Div. Ent.) * 



2252 (69S7). Epitrix cxjcumebis Harris, Mass. Journ. Agr., 1851, 103. 



Ovate, slightly oblong. Piceous. shining: an- 

 tennae and legs reddish-yellow, the hind femora only 

 piceous. Thorax nearly twice as wide as long, 

 slightly narrowed in front, antebasal impression 

 deep and slightly curved toward the base, the longi- 

 tudinal impressions at its ends well marked; sur- 

 J face much more finely and sparsely punctured than 

 in fuscula. Elytra slightly wider at base than tho- 

 rax, umbone rather prominent, strire feebly im- 

 pressed, the punctures large and closely placed. 

 Length 1.5-2 mm. (Fig. 538.) 



Throughout the State ; much less common 

 than fusciila. April 19-October 1. Occurs on 

 a variety of field and garden products. Said to injure potatoes by 

 eating small round holes in their leaves. Remedies: Bordeaux 

 mixture and Paris green. 



Fig. 538. X 13. (After Chitten- 

 den in Bull. 19, N. Ser., U. S. Div 

 Ent.) 



