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THE CANADIA.N ENTOMOLOGIST. 



FOUR NEW SPECIES OF PHLEPSIUS. 



BY CARL F. BAKER, AUBURN, ALA. 



Phlepsms areolatiis, n. sp. 



%. — Length 6.5 mm. Form oi cinereus : Head narrower than 

 pronotum. Vertex distinctly angulate, a little longer than half width be- 

 tween eyes or half the length of pronotum ; nearly flat, slightly broadly 

 depressed on either side, the edge distinctly compressed. Front a half 

 longer than wide, nearly two and a half times the length of the clypeus, 

 sides rather strongly incurved at antennal sockets. Clypeus gradually 

 enlarged towards the truncate tip, its length once and a half the width at 

 tip. Width of pronotum nearly two and a half times the length, surface 

 neither punctured or wrinkled. 



Colour cinereous. Vertex with two large fulvous clouds, a triangular 

 black spot either side of tip, and two black dots at base. Ocelli large, 

 white. Clypeus with two black dots near tip, lorae and gense irregularly 

 dotted, and front with poorly-defined arcs. Pronotum anteriorly with 

 four indistinct fulvous blotches, posteriorly and scutel irrorate with ful- 

 vous. Elytra milky white, veins dark brown, the supernumerary veins 

 distinct and nunierous ; the other dark colouring bordering the cells, but 

 usually not touching the veins, producing a strongly areolate appearance ; 

 with darker costal dots. Legs with the following more conspicuous 

 markings : Fore femora with a black spot before near the apex, fore 

 tibije with three black spots before ; behind both are heavily irrorate with 

 black ; middle femora with a longitudinal black stripe behind, middle 

 tibiae trimaculate ; hind femora and tibiae with a longitudinal stripe be- 

 fore. Sternum with three dark spots on either side. Venter, except along 

 the middle and dorsum, irrorate with dark. 



Last ventral segment twice the length of preceding, hind margin 

 truncate, with a small median notch; lateral angles rather sharp. 



The type specimen of this interesting species was collected at Onaga, 

 Kansas, by Mr. F. F. Crevecoeur. It is very distinct from anything in 

 the spatulattis group. 



Phlepsius personatjis, n. sp. 



^. — Length 6 mm. Form very closely resembling that of spatu- 

 latus, but smaller. Head narrower than pronotum. Vertex very obtusely 

 angulate, length three-fifths of width between eyes, or somewhat over half 

 the length of the pronotum ; surface gently convex, evenly rounded on to 

 the frontj entirely without a compressed edge. Front nearly a half longer 



