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TypeC&t. No. 21566 U. S. N. M. 



This specimen was determined as A . opacus Hartig by Ashmead 

 and this record may have been published. 



Easily separated from bilineatus Kieff by the coarsely sculptured 

 scutellum, and the elongate depression at apex of mesoscutum. 

 From semirugosus by the wide parapsidal furrows which are deeply 

 impressed all their length, scutellum rugose all over, etc. 



Amblynotus semirugosus new species 



Female. Length 3 mm. Black, head, mesoscutum and base of scutellum 

 finely shagreened; antennae, except scape and pedicel, reddish; third joint 

 of antennae longer than scape and pedicel combined, about five times as 

 long as thick; following joints successively decreasing in length; last joint 

 twice as long as 12th, about as long as third; parapsidal furrows poste- 

 riorly deeply impressed, narrow, on the anterior third represented only by 

 a depression of the tegument; parapsidal areas each with a longitudinal 

 line; middle lobe with two lines anteriorly, and a slight depression at apex 

 medially; foveae at base of scutellum separated by a carinate ridge; apical 

 half of scutellum coarsely rugose; carinae on propodeum curved strongly 

 outward ; wing slightly yellowish ; legs light reddish ; coxae black ; abdomen 

 somewhat compressed, smooth, shiny, with minute sparse punctures except 

 on basal segment. 



Described from one specimen labelled "Adiron. Mts., Axton, 

 N. Y., June 12-22, 1901, A. D. MacG[illivray] and C. 0. 

 [Houghton]." 



Type. No. 21567 U. S. N. M. 



Differs from the description' of bilineatus Kieff. in the much 

 longer third antennal joint, the scutellum rugose apically, the 

 carinae on propodeum not parallel, etc. 



THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTH MEETING, JUNE 7, 1917. 



The 305th meeting of the Society was entertained by the mem- 

 bers of the Society from the Branch of Deciduous Fruit Insect 

 Investigations, at the Saengerbund Hall, June 7, 1917. There 

 were present Messrs. Barber, Boving, Craighead, Dietz, Ely, 

 Fisher, Gahan, Greene, Heinrich, Kotinsky, Mclndoo, Middleton, 

 Paine, Rohwer, Sanford, Schwarz, Speare, Walton, and Wood, 

 members, and Robt. Fouts, Geo. M. Greene, and E. R. Selkregg j 

 visitors. 



