Pelidna (pelid na)

[NL. (Cuvier, 1817), section Tringeæ, the type of which is the red backed sandpiper of Europe, etc., Pelidna al pina; the dunlins. The American bird is a different variety, P. alpina american a, or pac i fica. pelite Canada to southern Brazil, and has about 50 species, of medium or large size and variable in coloration. The spotted pelidnota, P. punctata, feeds upon the leaves of cultivated and wild grapes in the United States during June, July, and August, and often does much damage. Its elytra are dull brick-red or brownish-yellow with black spots. The adults are day-fliers, and the larvæ live in rotten wood, as the stumps and roots of dead trees. 2. [l. c.] A member of this genus.