SUBFAMILY VII. - KIIAPHIDOPHORINJE. 629 



The Pli<tl<in</(>i>sis scdlH'ijH's of Haldeman (1853, 364 ) is evi- 

 dently closely related to both C. ulileri and ('. x/tiiioxus and may 

 le the same as one of them. The type appears to be lost. His 

 brief description is as follows : 



"Flavous mottled with black, especially upon the posterior margins 

 of all the segments; knee joints of all the feet and base of the antennae, 

 brown. Upper extremity of the femora strongly curved inwards toward 

 the base; externally and above regularly reticulate with blackish and 

 scabrous with raised points which are mostly confined to the dark por- 

 tions; under margin with a row of small spines enlarging posteriorly. 

 Length, $, 11 lines, antennae, 48, posterior femora, 11, tibiae 12i/>, tarsi \y 2 . 

 One specimen Selma, Alabama. Resembles Ph. lapidicola Burm. and gra- 

 cilipes Hald. in size but differs from the former by the smaller femoral 

 spines and from the latter by the scabrous femora." 



The "scabrous hind femora" furnishes the only character giv- 

 ing any clue to the proper placement of this species. That and 

 the great length of body, hind femora and tibia? show its close 

 relationship to C. spinosus, but the color, as described, is widely 

 different. I can, therefore, only publish the description and leave 

 to others so inclined the privilege of attaching the name to some 

 definite form. 

 299. CEUTHOPHrLus SECLUSUS Scudder, 1894, 45. 



Size medium, form robust. Above blackish-fuscous, shining, thickly 

 mottled with rounded, often more or less confluent, dull yellow spots; pro- 

 notal and basal segments often with a narrow median reddish-yellow dor- 

 sal stripe; face, front and middle legs and under surface dull yellow; hind 

 femora with narrow oblique fuscous bars; knees fuscous. Fore and mid- 

 dle femora subequal. Hind femora slender, gradually tapering, nearly as 

 long as body, both lower carinae in both sexes armed with 20 or more very 

 small, unequally spaced teeth. Hind tibiae with inner median spur as long 

 as basal joint of tarsus. Ninth dorsal of male with median portion pro- 

 duced, strongly upcurved, its hind margin broadly rounded (PI. VII, g} ; 

 supra-anal plate as in key and PI. VI, m: subgenital plate broad, the mem- 

 branous median portion shallowly cleft, not emarginate, the corneous forks 

 or lobes forming the sides of plate swollen at middle. Ovipositor as in key 

 and PI. VII, p; terminal hook short, nearly straight. Length of body, $, 

 1217, 9, 1618; of pronotum, $. 3.56, 9. 5.26; of fore femora, $, 

 58, 9, 68.2; of hind femora, $, 1116, 9, 1516; of hind tibia?. $, 

 1118, 9, 1617; of ovipositor, 9.510.5 mm. 



Vigo Co., Ind., Sept. 21 (W.8.B-). Described from Dallas 

 and Crawford Cos., Iowa and West Point, Neb. My Vigo Co. 

 male (brevipcs in part 1903, 407) agrees in all respects except in 

 its larger size with the types at Cambridge. The upturned ninth 

 dorsal appears broadly and shallowly concave, due to its curved 1 

 form. The peculiar form of the spined supra-anal at once dis- 

 tinguishes the male from all others. 



