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As the record for fulvidorsum given in a previous list was based 

 on a specimen from Vinton which proves to be collitus this name 

 should be entered. Specimens of fulvidorsum were taken at 

 Little Mt. by Mr. J. G. Sanders, Aug. 21, '04, so this species will 

 still be included in our state list. 



Phlepsius macula tus n. sp. Mottled with black and white 

 with ramose lines on pronotum and elytra forming fairly well 

 defined patches; female segment long, bisinuate, notched at 

 middle. Length to tip of elytra 7.25 mm. 



Head barely wider than pronotum Vertex broad, slightly 

 longer at middle than next the eve ; anterior edge scarcelv acute ; 

 ocelli close to the margin of the eye; front broad, sides nearly 

 parallel to below antennal pits then rapidly converging to base 

 of clypeus; clypeus widening slightly to tip; lorae large, broad, 

 extending from half way between antennal pits and clypeus 

 almost to margin of cheek; pronotum short, anterior margin 

 strongly curved ; hind margin distinctly concave ; elytra large 

 slightly contracted behind clavus, apex slightly flaring. 



Color, white or cream, denselv mottled or streaked with dark 

 fuscous black; vertex having two quite strong patches on the 

 posterior border, not quite touching the eyes with some faint 

 lines at middle and at anterior margin; the front minutely dotted, 

 with slight indication of regular arcs; clypeus, lorae and cheeks 

 more faintly inarked ; pronotum with dark confluent lines or spots 

 forming a wavy, irregular band across the middle and another 

 indefinite band on the posterior border; scutellum with two discal 

 points and broken border black; elytra with confluent dots or 

 lines in all of the areoles forming a distinct black spot at middle 

 of claval border and about four on costa; beneath gray, the fem- 

 ora annulated with black, tibia; with black spots and annulus at 

 apex; last joint of anterior and middle tarsi and apical portions 

 of hind tarsal joints black; bodv gray with last ventral seginent 

 polished black except basal and lateral portion. 



Genitalia — last ventral segment of female twice as long as 

 preceding, lateral margins stronglv reflected, hind border deeply 

 bisinuate; the central portion somewhat produced with rather 

 deep notch at middle. 



This is a large and handsome form only a single specimen of 

 which was taken at Cedar Point, July 30, 1904. It is so distinct 

 from any of the known species of the genus that it seems best to 

 describe it even though but a single specimen is in hand. 



