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Georgia and East Florida (Say); Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, 

 Connecticut (Scudder) ; Southern Ilhnois (Thomas) ; New York, Florida 

 (Walker). 



I give herewith the descriptions of the various synonyms : 



T. lateralis, Harr. 



Pale-brown ; sides of the body blackish ; thorax (pronotum) yellowish 

 clay-colored, shorter than the wings, but longer than the body ; elytra with a 

 small white spot at the tips ; male with the face and edges of the lateral 

 margins of the pronotum yellow. 



Length, 0.45 to 0.6 inch. 



Massachusetts (Harris). 



T. polymorplia, Burm. 



Var. A. Pronotum elongate, extending considerably beyond the abdomen. 

 a. Fuscous; the head and the sides of the pronotum of the male 

 testaceous. 



h. Fuscous; jironotum and the femora of the female testaceous. 



T. polymorptia, Scudd., Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., VH, 477. 



Syn., Tetrix poUjnwrjiha, Burm., Handb. Eut., II, G59. 



parvipennis, Harr., Eep. 3d ed., 187, Fig. 82. 



In this species the wings are almost abortive, and the pronotum extends 

 only to the tip of the abdomen, while in T. lateralis the wings extend beyond 

 the pronotum, which is itself much longer than the body. T. poli//norpha is 

 the more abundant species.. (Scudder). 



Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Missouri, Alabama 

 (Scudder) ; Southern Illinois (Thomas). 



I give also the descriptions of the synonyms of Bnrmcister and Harris: 



T. jjolymorpha, Burm. 



Fuscous, varied with testaceous; pronotum arenose, scabrous; with fur- 

 cate, sub-elevated lines on the disk ; median carina straight, it and the lateral 

 margins somewhat prominent. 



Length, 3 to 4 lines. 



Var. B. Pronotum short, reaching the apex of the abdomen. 



