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FAMILY LITI. — CHRYSOMELIDiE. 



2253 (69S6). Epiteix bbevis Schwarz, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 1878, 367. 



Broadly ovate. Piceous, 

 shining; antennae and legs pale 

 reddish-brown ; hind femora pic- 

 eous. Thorax twice as wide as 

 long, slightly narrowed in front, 

 sides distinctly curved; punc- 

 tures moderate in size, close but 

 not crowded; antebasal impres- 

 sion scarcely evident, the longi- 

 tudinal ones not visible. Elytra 

 a little wider at base than tho- 

 rax ; striae feebly impressed on 

 disk, deeper on sides, the punc- 

 tures of former rounded and 

 distinct, those at sides more 

 quadrate and closer. Length 

 1.5 mm. (Fig. 539.) 



Throughout the State ; 



' — J scarce. April 22-September 



Fig. 539. x28. (After Forbes.) 25. Shorter and more con- 



vex than cucumeris, from 

 which it is easily, separated by the lack of antebasal impression. 



2254 (6991). Epiteix tarvula Fabr., Syst. Eleut., I, 1801, 468. 

 Oblong-oval, subconvex. Dull reddish-yellow ; elytra often with a fus- 

 cous transverse cloud at middle; abdomen brown; antennae and legs pale 

 reddish-yellow, the four outer joints of former and hind femora of latter 

 often darker. Thorax convex, shining, nearly twice as wide as long, not 

 narrowed in front ; antebasal impression evident but not deep ; surface dis- 

 tinctly but rather finely and sparsely punctate. Elytra very little wider 

 than thorax, uinbone feeble, punctures rather coarse and not crowded on 

 disk ; finer and more close-set on sides, where the intervals are subconvex. 

 Length 1.5-2 mm. 



Southern half of State; frequent. April 18-November 22. 

 Taken by sifting and sweeping. 



2255 ( ). Epiteix humeealis Dury, Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist, XX, 



1906, 253. 



Ovate, rather robust. Head, thorax and legs reddish-brown; elytra 

 darker brown, the umbones paler. Thorax fully twice as wide as long, sides 

 broadly rounded, surface finely and sparsely punctate ; antebasal impression 

 well marked. Elytral striae feebly impressed, the punctures large, round, 

 deep and closely placed. Length 2.5 mm. 



Wayne, Marion, Putnam, Dubois, Posey and Perry counties; 

 scarce. April 22-September 5. Taken by sweeping herbage. De- 

 scribed from Cincinnati, Indiana and Kansas. 



