THE LEAF BEETLES. 



1227 



between the second and third costse are merged into two at middle. Length 

 G mm. 



Dubois, Perry and Spencer counties; scarce. May 12-May 24. 

 Taken by sweeping roadside herbage. 



2271 (TOTS). Chalepus hoenii Smith. Entom. Americ, I, 1885, 94. 



Elongate, slightly wider behind. Bluish-black, shining; thorax and ely- 

 tra scarlet red, the latter with a blackish sntnral line reaching three-fourths 

 to apex. Vertex snlcate. Thorax one-half broader than long, sides dis- 

 tinctly subangulate near middle ; surface coarsely and densely punctate. 

 Elytra each with three eostse, the first and second indistinct behind the 

 middle ; the four rows of punctures between the second and third regular. 

 Length 5-6.5 mm. 



Lake and Marshall counties ; scarce. May 21-August 1. Occurs 

 on the hog-peanut, Falcata comosa L. 



22T2 (T0T9). Chalepus dorsalis Thunb., Gotting., 

 Gel. Anz., 1805, 282. 

 Wedge-shaped, rather broad. Color of liornii ex- 

 cept that the black sutural stripe of elytra becomes 

 gradually much broader and extends to apex. Vertex 

 coarsely punctate. Thorax wider at base, sides regu- 

 larly curved ; disk coarsely and densely punctate, fee- 

 bly depressed near base. Elytra costate and punctate 

 as in scapularis. the margins and apex serrulate. 

 Length 6-6.5 mm. (Fig. 546.) 



Throughout the State, frequent ; much more 

 so in the southern counties. March 20-Deeem- 

 ber 25. Occurs on the flowers of black locust 



/ t> 7 • • \ n i £ n • -, , i -i Kg. 546. (After Chitten- 



{Eomma), m the leaves of which the larva? den in Bull. 38, n. Ser., u. a. 

 mine; also on pokeweed and clover. Hibernates Dlv - Ent) 

 beneath locust bark. 



22T3 (T0S0). Chalepus rubra Weber, Obs. Ent, 1801, 

 60. 



Broadly wedge-shaped, depressed. Rose red or 

 reddish-yellow, the elytra with indistinct darker mark- 

 ings along the sides and on apical half ; under surface 

 pale red to piceous. legs yellow. Vertex punctured. 

 Thorax much broader behind, sides nearly straight; 

 disk coarsely and deeply punctured. Elytra much 

 broader at apex, the margins flattened and serrate; 

 disk with three entire eosta?, a shorter oblique one 

 from umbone to second and another from apex of third 

 for a short distance forward. Length 6-6.5 nun. (Fig. 

 54T.) 



Throughout the State: frequent. May 6- 

 Occurs on locust, oak, soft maple and 



linn. 



Fig. 547. X 6. (After 

 Chittenden in Bull. 38, N. J lUY 21 

 Ser., U. S. Div. Ent.) 



