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15th. This species differs from the preceding by its smaller size, the dis- 

 coloured abdomen and the very distinct form of the male genitalia. 

 Athysa?ii/s comma, n. sp. 



Form of A. obsoletus, Kirsch. Pale yellowish lineate with black and 

 fulvous, anterior edge of the head with four black spots. Length 

 5 mm. 



Female : Vertex flat, very slightly impressed within the obtuse an- 

 terior edge ; apex less acute than mobsoletus ox plutofiius. A spot below 

 each antenna, four on the anterior edge of the head, and a smaller one 

 on the hind edge either side of the median line, black. Pronotum short, 

 obscurely wrinkled behind the anterior submargin, posterior edge straight, 

 anterior feebly arcuated ; disc with four equidistant longitudinal strong 

 brown vittse, which become black where they touch the margins, the two 

 central continued across the scutellum. All the femora and the posterior 

 tibiie lineate with brown above. Limb of the connexivum, and a slender 

 line at its base, a spot on the apex of the last ventral segment, the sides 

 of the oviduct, a large comma-shaped spot each side on the dorsal aspect 

 of the pygofers, and an abreviated line on the apex of the tergum each 

 side of the middle, black. Elytra pale ; within the costal margin is a 

 broad fulvous band which is continued around the apex and connects 

 with a similar band within the sutural margin ; claval suture marked by a 

 slender black line, and exterior to this on the apical half of the corium is 

 a similar and nearly parallel line. 



Genital characters : Last ventral segment long, toward the sides thin 

 and compressed around the base of the pygofers, hind edge with a broad, 

 shallow concavity. Pygofers short and stout, their obtuse apex equalling 

 the oviduct. 



Iowa. One example received from Mr. C. P. Gillette. 



Athysanus bicolor, n. sp. 



Form of A. Curtisii but larger. Green, banded and lineated with 

 black. Length, 3^^ mm. 



Head as in Curtisii, well produced before and tumid ; front swollen ; 

 clypeus quadrangular, its broad apex exceeding the tips of the cheeks 

 and a little concave ; outer angle of the cheeks rounded. Face black ; a 

 broad transverse band below the eyes and sometimes the apex of the 

 clypeus, greenish yellow ; vertex pale greenish, two large contiguous spots 

 anterior to the middle or the entire apex, black. Pronotum yellowish 

 green, black anteriorly between the eyes. Scutellum pale, with a broad 



