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red beneath, and on the inner side, except toward the tips. Hind tibiae 

 toward the tips and liind tarsi dark-brown. Elytra cinereous, a httle shorter 

 than the body, with many indistinct, minute, pale-brownish marks. Wings 

 pale-cinereous, brown toward the tips ; veins black, mostly whitish on the 

 basal half. 



Dimensions. — Length, 0.75 to 0.77 inch ; expansion of the elytra, 1.4 to 

 1.5 inches. 



Florida (Walker). 



Section 2. — Lateral carinsB of the pronotum curving or bending inward 

 at or near the middle. 



St. i^peciosus, Scudd., Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., 1862, vol. VII, 458. 



Vertex of the head quite broad, not expanding at the sides ; apex not 

 rounded; the sides of the angle straight; edges upturned considerably; a 

 slight median groove; no lateral foveolse. Sides of the pronotum approximate, 

 constricted in the middle ; lateral carinse not so prominent and sharp as the 

 median. Wings as long as the elytra, extending beyond the tip of the 

 abdomen. v 



Color. — Brown above, pale-yellow beneath. Face yellowish-brown ; 

 parts of the mouth pale-yellow. Antennae reddish-brown. A narrow, curved 

 streak on the top of the head from the inner edge of the eye to the lateral 

 carinse ; a narrow, straight, white streak from the eye to the lateral carinse ; 

 the upper Waif _(]f' the sides of the pronotum brownish, darkest above. Legs 

 yellowish-brown ; spines of the tibias tipped with black. Elytra brownish 

 at base; apical half pellucid, with rosaceous nerves, immaculate; wings 

 pellucid, with rosaceous nervures; costa with a dark streak beyond the 

 middle. 



Dimensions. — j Length, 0.55 inch; antennae, 0.23 inch; hind femora, 

 0..34 inch ; expanse of the elytra, 1 inch. 



Minnesota (Scudder). 



St. iuactiliiK'iiai!«, Scudd., Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., 1862, vol. VII, 458. 



Vertex with the margins raised, the sides very slightly expanded in 

 front of the eyes ; apex blunt ; lateral foveolaj, when present, very shallow 

 and broader toward the eyes than at the apex, but these are often obliterated 

 by the absence of their lower margin. Face oblique, nearly straight; frontal 



