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that the two forms are too close to separate with safety. Mr. 

 Brues has very generously placed in my collection one of the 

 three specimens from which his description was drawn. This 

 specimen is evidently of narrower form than any of the In- 

 diana ones but, if my memory serves me, it is also more slend- 

 er than either of his two remaining types ; the difference 

 therefore is likely to be sexual or possibly merely individual. 

 Aside from it, there is scarcely anything to distinguish the 

 Indiana specimens from the Texan ones. 

 Hyperaspis wolcotti \unenmacher, Ent. News, 1911, p. 73. 



This is a Hypcraspidins. A series sent me by Mr. Wolcott 

 shows great variation in color. The species seems to be dis- 

 tinct from any previously described Plyperaspidius, but of 

 this I am not entirely sure. 



Lytta (Cantharis) nunenmacheri Wellman, Ent. News, 1912, p. S6. 

 Typical specimens kindly sent me by Mr. Nunenmacher 

 show that this is precisely Cantharis incommoda Horn. No 

 reference is made by the author to the important sexual char- 

 acters, a knowledge of which is necessary in order to place 

 the species in our present tables. The comparison with 

 blaisdelli is apropos for no other reason than that the two 

 species occur in the same region, since they belong to two 

 different sections of the genus. 



Lytta arborea Wellm. ibid. p. 34. 



A specimen of this from Mr. Nunenmacher, who collected 

 the type series, indicates a species closely allied to stygica. It 

 is smaller and more slender than any specimen of stygica in 

 my collection, but otherwise possesses scarcely anything in 

 the way of definite characters. I cannot believe that the oc- 

 currence of the specimens on trees has any special signifi- 

 cance. Any species of Cantharis is likely to, and many cer- 

 tainly do, climb to considerable heights on plants and bushes 

 Lytta hopping! Wellm. ibid p. 35. 



This species should be placed near lugcns in our tables. It 

 is structurally quite similar, but is very distinct and at once 

 recognizable by the color, and the very narrow, shining, 

 sparsely punctured thorax. T owe a good series to the kind- 

 ness of Mr. Hopping. 



