CETRYSOMELID^, EROTYLIDJi]. 
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Eis]){des. 
Hispa pachycera^ Gerst., figured in V. d. Decken's Reisen, iii. pt. 2, 
pi. xiii. fig. 1. 
Languria brevicollis, Rand., = Stenispa metallica, F. ; Odontota bacchus, 
Newm., = hicolor, 01. ; 0. philemon and bauds, Newm., = rosea, Web. ; 
Microrhopala interrupta, Couper, = xerene, Newm., var. ; M. hecate, 
Newm., = cyanea, Say ; M. erebus and pluto, Newm., = excavata, 01. ; 
Crotch, I. c. p. 80 et seq. 
Odontota omogera, p. 80, Tampico, ivalsJii', p. 81, Illinois, id. I. c. 
spp. nn. 
Microrhop)ala melsheimeri, sp. n., id. L c. p. 83, Pennsylvania. 
Gassidides. 
Cassida. The species are exclusively attached to Composite plants ; C. 
jilaginis, Perr., = seladonia, G-yll. ; L. Bedel, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr, (5) iii. 
p. Ixxxviii. C. margaritacea lives on Gnaphallum stoechas : Bauduer, I. c. 
p. ccxv. Puton, I. c. p. ccxxvii., differs from Bedel's opinion, giving 
various food-plants of C. equestris, azurea (? = lucida), austriaca, tJwra- 
cica, nobilis, nebulosa, obsoleta, oblong a, filaginis, and hemisphcerica. 
Cassida b-p)unctata, Walsh, = Physonota heUanthi, Rand., = P. uni- 
2mnctata, Saj ; C. ellipsis, Lee, = nigripes, 01,, var.; Coptocycla aiiri- 
splendens, Boh., = aurichalcea, F. ; C. trabeata and lucidula, Boh., = guttata, 
01., varr. ; Crotch, I. c. pp. 77 & 78. 
Chelymorpha leivisi, New Mexico, phytopliagica, Arizona, id. I. c. p. 77, 
spp. nn. 
Cassida texana, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 78, Texas. 
Coptocycla arizonce, p. 78, lecontii, p. 79. id. I. c. Arizona, spp. nn. 
Erotylidj*:. 
G. R. Crotch, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. pp. 349-368, gives a " Synopsis of 
the Erotylidae of Boreal America." Dacne, Latr., 1796 {Engis, Payk., 
1798), and Languria are added to the group (as probably intended by 
Lacordaire), which is to be placed in the Clavicorn series immediately 
after the Cryptop)liagidte. Dacne, Lac, nec Latr., is re-named Megado- 
dacne {p. ^[>2). Langwia jmncticollis, = bicolor, F., var.; L. pul- 
chra, Lee, trifasciata, Say, — uhleri, Horn, varr., = angustata, Beauv. ; 
L. nigriceps and obscura, Mots., = L. latreillii, Lee, = bicolor, Latr., 7iec 
F., = gracilis, Newm., of which inornata, Rand., is a var. ; L. apicalis, 
Mots., = mozardi, Latr., var. minor ; L. rufiventris, Mots., = tcedata, 
Lec. ; Mycotretus dimidiatus. Lac, = palcher, Say, var. ; Cyrtotriplax 
brunnea. Lac, = angulata. Say, immat. ; C. livida, Lac, ? = afinis, Lac, 
immat.; C. ruficeps and vittata, Lec, aidica, Horn, = humeralis,F .,YB,Tr.; 
Triplax tJioracica, Say, ? = the European scutellaris (bicolor, Gyll.). 
The same author. Cist. Ent. (vi.) pp. 141-150, gives a list of 28 species 
from Nicaragua. Dacne multifida and brasiliensis, Lac, = Megcdodacne 
A-guttata, 01., varr. ; Pselaphacus signatipennis. Lac, = signatus, Guer., 
Oocyanus, Hope, = Epytus, Dej.; ^githus clathratus, Lac, = A-notatus, 
( 'hevr. ; yE. rufipennis, Chevr., = cardinalis, Chevr., var., of which a var. 
