[FromProc. P. S. Nal. Mus., xi, 1888, p.316.] 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF INSECT, FONTARIA PUL- 

 CHELLA, FROM STRAWBERRY PLAINS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, 

 TENNESSEE. 



BY CHARLES II. 15OLLMAN. 



Fontaria pulchella, sp. nov. 



Diagnosis. Related to F. oblonya* Koch, but the lateral carina} 

 smaller, and produced into a sharp point posteriorly; repugnatorial 

 pore subinferior; ventral spine large, cylindrical, tapering, curved out- 

 wards. 



Type.\J. S. Nat. Mus.; No. 404, Author's coll. 



Description. Brown, lateral carime and posterior border of segments 

 red; legs and under parts yellow. Body very robust, anterior segment 

 scarcely attenuated; smooth, with numerous short lines, as in canianea 

 and tenncssccnsis; papilla} less prominent. Vertex sulcus distinct; 

 foveolfb single. Lateral carina} small, margins swollen and produced 

 posteriorly into a sharp point. Ilepugnatorial pore large, subinl'erior, 

 subapical. Ventral plate armed ; cox* unarmed. Length, 20""" ; width, 

 4.3" 11 " ; height, 4.2 mm . 



Dr. Koch's figure of Fontaria obi on f /a represents a species which is 

 more depressed, lateral carrha 1 larger, and the repugnatorial pores not 

 subinferior, but on the upper side as in cas1n<'<t or tennesseensis. 



The white with which he says the lateral carime and posterior border 

 of segments are colored is probably red, faded by bad alcohol. 



This species is described from two females collected at Strawberry 

 Plains by Mr. Charles B. Brainier, of Mossy Creek, Tennessee. 



INDIANA UNIVERSITY, November 1, 1888. 



* Fontaria oblonga Koch, Syst. Myr., 142, 1847 (Pennsylvania). 

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