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Prouotal margins very oblique, with finely incised edges anteri- 

 orly, with a broad ivory-yellow baud, which diminishes at the 

 humeral angles, which are very obtuse and rounded. The black 

 puncturing on the anterior part of the prouotum is very dense ; 

 that on the posterior part less dense, arranged in irregular trans- 

 verse lines. Scutellum but slightly sinuate, most densely punc- 

 tured at base, and with a small callous spot in each basal angle. 

 A fine callous line extends longitudinally through the pronotum 

 and scutellum. Corium densely punctate ; membrane bronzed, 

 without apical spot. Couuexivurn ivory yellow, with faint black 

 markings interiorly at segrnental sutures. These markings do not 

 reach the lateral edge of abdomen. Under-surface pale yellowish 

 brown, punctate with darker brown. Abdominal spine very short, 

 nearly obsolete. Legs of same color as uuder-surface, darkening 

 on tibiae to brown. Tarsi dark brown, hairy. 



The stout rostrum indicates that this species has preda- 

 ceous habits. 



PODISUS MODESTUS (Dallas). (Plate 1, fig. 9.) 



1851, Anna modesta Dallas, List, part I., pp. 101, 102. 

 1856, Anna modesta Fitch, 3d Rep. Ins. N. Y., p. 390. 



1869, Arma modesta Walsh, Can. Ent., vol. II., p. 33. 



1870, Podisus modestus Stal, Enum. Heniipt, part I., p. 51. 



1872, Arma modesta Lintner, Ent. Contrib., I., p. 150. 



1873, Arma modesta Riley, 5th Rep. Ins. Mo., p. 133. 



1875, Podisus modestus Uhler, Bull. 5, vol. I., U. S. Geol. Surv. 



Terr., p. 283. 



1876, Podisus modestus Glover, Manuscript Notes Heniipt. Het, 



p. 60. 



1880, Podisus modestus Distant, Biol. Cent. Am. Rhync., vol. I., 

 pp. 38, 39, pi. IV., fig. 4. 



1884, Podisus modestus Fletcher, Can. Ent., vol. XVI., p. 215. 



1885, Podisus modestus Fletcher, Rep. Ent. Soc. Ont., pp. 22, 77. 

 1889, Podisus modestus Lintner, 5th Rep. Ins. N. Y., p. 170. 



1889, Arma modesta Saunders, Ins. Inj. to Fruits, p. 290. 



1890, Podisus modestus Lintner, 6th Rep. Ins. N. Y., p. 189. 



1890, Anna modesta Packard, 5th Rep. U. S. Ent. Com., p. 164. 



1891, Podisus modestus Lintner, 7th Rep. Ins. N. Y., p. 353. 



1892, Podisus modestus Riley-Howard, Insect Life, vol. IV., 



p. 123. 

 1895, Podisus modestus Gillette-Baker, Bull. 31, Col. Agrl. Expt. 



Station, Heniip. Col., p. 13. 

 1897, Podisus modestus Kirkland, Can. Ent., vol. XXIX., p. 115. 



Length : male, 9.5 mm. ; female, 10.5 mm. One of the smallest 

 of our native species. Upper-surface densely and evenly punctate 



