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AN ANNOTATED LIST OF MISSISSIPPICHRYSOMELID^.H. L. DOZIERState Plant Board of MississippiWhile engaged in general scouting and inspection work inMississippi during the past year the writer took advantage ofthe spare moments to collect and study the chrysomelids.The resultant annotated list is given as an incentive to a morecomplete one. Thanks are due to Dr. E. A. Schwarz andCharles Dury for confirmation and identification of the speci-mens. Those not otherwise credited were collected by thewriter.Lema brunnicollis Lac. Agr. College, Miss., April 7, 1920,A. V. Smith coll.; Okolona, July 9, 1921, M. R. Smith; Pascag-oula, August 5, 1921.Lema trilineata Oliv. Rosebloom, Miss., Summer of 1915,R. Buchanan; Agr. College, Miss., April 10, 1920, D. V.Stapleton.Lema sexpunciata Oliv. Ocean Springs, C. Forkert; Agr. Col-lege, May-June, 1920; Vicksburg, July 15, 1921.Lema sayi Crotch. Agr. College, March-April.Antipus (Anomaea) laticlavia Forst. Blue Mountain, July 2,1914, H. H. Carter; Vimville, August 1, 1914, E. R. Rainey;Agr. College, May-Sept.Babia quadriguttata Oliv. Agr. College, April-May.Saxinis omogera La. Longview, June 27, 1920; Agr. College,July 20, 1920, A. Mclntosh; several specimens.Chlamys plicata Fab. Pascagoula, July 10, 1920, swept inabundance from floor of low pine flatwoods; Helena, July 13,1920; Aberdeen, April 5, 1921, sweeping in pine woods.Exema gibber Oliv. Pascagoula, July 10, 1920, sweeping floorof low pine flatwoods.Pachybrachys lodingi Fall. Pascagoula, sweeping floor of lowpine flatwoods, July 10, 1920.Pachybrachys alomarius Melsh. Agr. College, S. F. Potts.Pachybrachys roboris Fall. Agr. College, July 11, 1913, J. G.Hester, on pecan.117118 H. L. DOZIER Vol. XXII, NO. 4Pachybrachys atomarius var, Pascagoula, swept in abundancefrom floor of low pine flatwoods, July 12, 1920.Pachybrachys bivittatus Say. Agr. College; Woodville, July26, 1921, abundant on willow.Pachybrachys autolycus Fall. Cat Island, several sweptfrom Juncus vegetation, September 7, 1920.Pachybrachys viduatus Fabr. Ocean Springs, July 29, 1920;Longview, a number taken sweeping in deciduous woods,June 27, 1920; Hattiesburg, August 10, 1921.Pachybrachys viduatus var.? Big Point, July 15, 1920;Pascagoula, June 6, 1920, flatwoods.Pachybrachys intricatus Suffr. Dennis, June 6, 1921.Pachybrachys luridus Fabr. Longview, several sweepingin low deciduous woods, June 27, 1920.Pachybrachys subfasciatus Blatch. Agr. College, June 4,1915, C. C. Greer.Pachybrachys hepaticus Melsh. Cat. Island; a single speci-men taken sweeping in a stand of Juncus, Sept. 7, 1920.Monachulus (Monachus) auritus Hald. Pascagoula, July10, 1920; Rara-avis, July 5, 1921, M. R. Smith.Cryptocephalus quadruplex Newn. Agr. College.Cryptocephalus bivius Newn, Agr. College, September 29,1915, W. Gernon.Cryptocephalus venustus Fabr. Longview, June 27, 1920;Agr. College, May-June.Cryptocephalus obsoletus Germ. Pascagoula, sweeping floorof low pine flatwoods, July 12, 1920, abundant; Helena, July13, 1920; Maxie, August 19, 1920; Lumberton, August 26, 1920.Cryptocephalus gibbicollis Hald. Agr. College, January 1,1915, R. H. Batty; Bradley, July 14, 1921; Poplarville, July 28,1921; Hattiesburg, August 10, 1921.Cryptocephalus incertus Oliv. Fruitland Park, sweeping lowgrass and foliage at edge of gum swamp, August 17, 1920;Hattiesburg, abundant sweeping grassy floor of pine and black-jack oakwoods, August 10, 1921; Pascagoula, August, 1921;Biloxi, August 1, 1921.Cryptocephalus sp. Maxie, a single specimen of a verysmall brown species so far unidentified and perhaps new,August 19, 1920; Ocean Springs, August 3, 1921.Diachus auratus Fabr. Ocean Springs, July 24, 1920; Agr.College, H. E. Weed; Verona, July 9, 1921,Feb., 1922 MISSISSIPPI CHRYSOMELID^E 119Bassareus brunnipes Oliv. Agr. College, abundant sweepingweeds; June 21, 1920; Big Point, July 15, 1920; Poplarville,July 27, 1921; Gulfport, August 1, 1921.Chrysodina globosa Say. Rara-avis, July 5, 1921, M. R.Smith.Nodononta tristis Oliv. Bovina, July 2, 1904, T. D. Kilne;Utica, July 1, 1905, J. B. Dudley; Bassfield, T. N. Gillan.Colaspis brunnea Fab. Agr. College, common; Millville,June 24, 1904, J. L. Norman; Roxie, June 20, 1910, S. F.Blumenfeld; Utica, June 17, 1920, Blumenfeld; Gloster, June20, 1920, Blumenfeld.Colaspis favosa Say. Pascagoula, numbers taken sweepingfloor of low pine flatwoods, July 12, 1920; Agr. College, H. E.Weed.Rhabdopterus picipes Oliv. Longview, sweeping in deciduouswoods, June 27, 1920; Fruitland Park, August 17, 1920; Agr.College, June 29, 1915, J, L. E. LauderdalefGraphops marcassitus Cr. Pascagoula, a number takensweeping floor of low pine flatwoods, July 12, 1920; Ellisville,sweeping floor of high pine land, August 24, 1920.Fidia longipes Melsh. Agr. College, May '93, H. E. Weed;Como, June 12, 1911, M. W. Weston; Natchez, June 8, 1895,H. E. Weed.Metachroma laevicollis? Cr. Pascagoula, July 12, 1920.Metachroma quercatum Fab. Big Point, L. Brown, numberson pecan, April 29, 1915; Big Point, D. Cunningham, abundanton pecan, May 5, 1915.Tymnes tricolor Fabr. Agr. College, April 16, 1919, J. W.Patterson.Myochrous denticollis Say. Fayette, April 27, 1910, R. H.Truly; Crystal Springs, May 9, 1910, R. E. Gates; Phillip,May 14, 1910, R. W. Harned; Pascagoula, numbers sweptfrom floor of low pine flatwoods, July 6, 1920; Ocean Springs,July 29, 1920.Glyptoscelis pubescens Fab. Agr. College, May 6, 1917,C. H. Reems.Paria canella var. quadrinottatus Say. Longview, sweepingin low deciduous woods, April 9, 1921.Paria canella var. quadriguttatus Lac. A number beatenfrom willow at Nettleton, March 27, 1921.120 H. L. DOZIER Vol. XXII , No. 4Paria canella var. atterimus Oliv. Pascagoula, July 12,1920, flatwoods.Chrysochus auratus Fabr. Agr. College, April 18, 1914,V. E. Critz; Agr. College, October 14, 1914, R. E. Jackson;Oxford, June 16, 1919, F. M. Hull; on Asclepias:Labidomera clivicollis Kby. Macon, September 16, 1919,J. T. Douglas; Agr. College, April 24, 1917, E. B. Johnson;June 10, 1919, G. B. Ray; October 26, 1920, J. B. Boswell.Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say. Abundant over most of theState. April-October.Leptinotarsa juncta Germ. Several taken in State.Zygogramma suturalis Fabr. Agr. College, March, 1916,R. C. Pittman.Calligrapha praecelsis Rogers. Agr. College, 1916, G. C.Horton.Calligrapha philadelphica Lee. Agr. College, April andMay; Brookhaven, August, 1919, K. W. Holloway; Maxie,August 19, 1920; Nettleton, March 27, 1921, on willow.Lina interrupta Fab. Agr. College, April, 1920, B. R.Gunn; Poplarville, May 3, 1921, M. H. Mabry.Lina scripta Fab. Vimville, August 1, 1914, E. R. Raney;Agr. College, April 2, 1919, M. E. Kelly; Scott, July, 1919,C. H. Brannon; Leflore Co., July, 1919, R. R. Spann; Agr.College, July 20, 1920, A. Mclntosh.Monocesta coryli Say. Agr. College, October, 1895, oneadult and two larvae, H. E. Weed.Galerucella americana Fab. Pascagoula, July 12, 1920,abundant in sweeping floor of low pine flatwoods; Lyman,July 28, 1921.Galerucella notulata Fab. Pascagoula, July 12, 1920, severaltaken in flatwoods.Galerucella notata Fab. Baxterville, July 27, 1921, sweepingfloor of open pine flatwoods.Diabrotica 12-punctata Fab. Generally distributed overthe entire State, attacking corn, beans, alfalfa, etc.Diabrotica balteata Lee. Agr. College, October 26, 1915, oncorn, E. B. Huston; Fayette, October 2, 1916, Mrs. J. C.McNair; Ocean Springs, July 24, 1920; Biloxi, August 12, 1920.Diabrotica atripennis Say. Okolona, several taken June26,1921.Feh.<, 1922 MISSISSIPPI CHRYSOMELID^; 121Diabrotica vittata Fab. Laurel, August 2, 1916, M. G.Dyers; Houlka, J. R. Hamilton; Buena Vista, H. L. King;Shubuta C. E. Brashier; Ratliff, A. Mclntosh; Agr. College,F. H. Jones; Aberdeen, April 5, 1921.Diabrotica tricincta Say. Agr. College, summer 1919, B. H.Virdon. This record is questioned and the specimen is probablyfrom Texas.Phyllobrotica limbata Fab. Hattiesburg, 1916, H. Cook.Luperodes varicornis Lee. Kirby, July 10, 1915, on corn innumbers, R. L. Saxon; Johns, July 1, 1915, numerous on corn,D. G. Williams.Ceratoma trifurcata Forst. Abundant throughout the Stateon beans.Blepharida rhois Forst. Longview, May 16, 1914, E. H.Byrd; Agr. College, April-October, on sumach; Amory, March26, 1921.Oedionychis gibbitarsa Say. Agr. College, April 16, 1915,A. Berret; May. 16, 1915, W. H. Calcata; March 30, 1919, R. L.Price; Pascagoula, July 5, 1920, abundant, sweeping roadsidevegetation near river; Agr. College, April 18, 1920, J. N.Crisler.Oedionychis tlioracica Fab. Agr. College, March 20, 1918,R. J. Coker.Oedionychis vians 111. Agr. College, October 26, 1918,A. Hammet; Helena, June 13, 1920.Oedionychis petaurista Fab. Longview, June 27, 1920,several5 taken sweeping in deciduous woods; Paseagoula,numbers taken sweeping floor of low pine flatwoods, July 10,1920.Oedionychis miniata Fab. Pascagoula, July 12, 1920, ftat-woods; Agr. College, H. E. Weed; Baxterville, July 27 1921.Oedionychis indigoptera Lec. Hattiesburg, August 10, 1921,a single specimen.Oedionychis thyamoides Cr. Agr. College, abundant April-May; Longview, June 27, 1920; Amory, March 27, 1921;Aberdeen, April 5, 1921; Gibson, June 27, 1921.Oedionychis suturalis Fab. Shubuta, C. E. Brashier; BigPoint, July 15, 1920; Ocean Springs, Ju ly 24, .1920.Oedionychis quercata var. obsidiana Fab. Big Point, July 15,1920; Pascagoula, July 6, 1920, flatwoods.122 H. L. DOZIER Vol. XXII , NO. 4Oedionychis quercata var. Amory, March 27, 1921; Tibbee,April 5, 1921, abundant on ash.Oedionychis quercata var. Tibbee, April 5, 1921, abundanton ash.Oedionychis scalaris Melsh. var. Pascagoula, July 10, 1920.Oedionychis sexmaculata 111. Agr. College, April 3, 1921.Disonycha pennsylvanica 111. Agr. College, H. E. Weed.Disonycha caroliniana Fab. var. Baxterville, July 27, 1921,in pine flatwoods.Disonycha quinquevittata Say. Agr. College, May 5, 1914,K. V. Jones.Disonycha glabrata Fab. Agr. College, June 23, 1920;Tylertown; Port Gibson, July 21, 1921.Disonycha abbreviata Melsh. Agr. College, May, 1920, B.Boswell; Woodville, July 25, 1921; Meridian, August 14, 1921.Disonycha collata Fab. Agr. College, March 29, 1919, A. V.Knight.Haltica polita Oliv. Baxterville, July 27, 1921, flatwoods;Belmont, June 7, 1921.Haltica rufa 111. Longview, June 27, 1920, one specimentaken in deciduous woods.Lactica ocreata Say. Oxford, summer 1920, F. M. Hull.Abundant on passion flower.Chalcoides helxines L. Extremely abundant on willowthroughout the State.Crepidodera erythropus Melsh. Agr. College, October 20,1917, D. Q. Segrest.Epitrix parvula Fab. Meadville, C. F. Cain.Epitrix cucumeris Harris. Agr. College, H. E. Weed;Sardis, 1895, T. A. Mitchell.Chaetocnema pulicaria Melsh. Agr. College, H. E. Weed.Chaetocnema denticulata 111. Ocean Springs, July 29, 1920.Chaetocnema alutacea Cr. Helena, July 13, 1920, sweepingin low pine flatwoods; Big Point, July 13, 1920.Systena hudsonias Forst. Longview, June 27, 1920.Systena frontalis Fab. Helena, July 13, 1920.Systena pallipes Sz. Biloxi, July 30, 1921. A singlespecimen.Feb., 1922 MISSISSIPPI CHRYSOMELID^E 123Systena elongata Fab. Fayette, June 18, 1910, S. F. Blumen-feld;*Utica, June 17, 1910; Agr. College, June 22, 1920.Systena taeniata Say. Abundant throughout the State.Systena marginalis 111. Long view, June 27, 1920.Longitarsus testaceous Melsh. Agr. College, October, 1895,H. E. Weed.Longitarsus melanurus Melsh. Agr. College, H. E. Weed.Phyllotreta vittata Fab. Agr. College, May 6, 1915, J. W.Bailey, feeding on cabbage; Tupelo, March 22, 1921, in garden.Phyllotreta picta 111. Artesia, May 1, 1921, swept fromroadside vegetation.Phyllotreta oregonensis Cr. Natchez, June 8, 1895, H. E.Weed. A doubtful record.Dibolia borealis Chev. Agr. College, H. E. Weed.Psylliodes convexior Lee. Agr. College, October and Novem-ber, 1895, H. E. Weed.Chalepus nervosa Panz. Agr. College, April 3, 1921.Chalepus bicolor Oliv. Pascagoula, July 10, 1920; Ellisville,sweeping floor of high pine land, August 24, 1920; Ocean Springs,July 29, 1920; Fruitland Park, August 17, 1920; Golden,June 5, 1921; Baxterville, July 27, 1921; Hattiesburg, August10, 1921.Chalepus scapularis Oliv. Agr. College, March 20, 1910,J. L. E. Lauderdale; Longview, sweeping in deciduous wToods,June 27, 1920.Chalepus notatus Oliv. Big Point, July 15, 1920.Chalepus rubra Weber. Agr. College, July 1911, L. N.Felton; Longview, April 9, 1921, sweeping in low deciduouswoods.Chalepus hornii Smith. Golden, July 5, 1921; Belmont,July 7, 1921, a number of specimens swept probably from asmall legume on forest floor.Octotoma plicatula Fab. Agr. College, April 29, 1921, F. M.Hull; Woodville, July 26, 1921.Uroplata porcata Melsh. Pascagoula, July 6, 1920, sweepingfloor of low pine flatwoods; August 5, 1921.Microrhopala excavata Oliv. Golden, July 5, 1921, a singlespecimen taken sweeping floor of open high mixed pine anddeciduous woods on hillside; Gulf port, August 1, 1921.124 H. L. DoziER Vol. XXII, No. 4Desmanota variolosa Weber. Columbia, July, Q. E. Morris;Agr. College, several collected on sweet potatoes by J. W.Bailey. As this is a tropical species and not known heretoforefrom the U. S., I consider both of these records rather doubtful.Gratiana (Cassida) pallidula Boh. Agr. College, May 3,1921, C. J. Havens.Coptocycla clavata. Agr. College, May 15, 1921, F. M. Hull.

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