46 The Ohio Naturalist. [Vol. IV, No. 2, 



Phyi^lodinus fuscous n. sp. 



B)-achypteroHs , fevia/c . Somewhat larger, lighter colored than 

 Koebelei but similarly marked. Length, 3 mm. 



Head narrower than prothorax ; vertex quadrate, carinae well 

 marked ; front with sides parallel, median carina small with very faint cari- 

 nae about one-third of the distance from the median to the lateral. Clypeus 

 triangular ; median and lateral carina strong ; pronotum as long as vertex ; 

 posterior margin faintly sinuous ; scutellum scarcely longer than pronotum ; 

 median carina becoming obsolete before the apex ; elytra reaching the mid- 

 dle of the first segment. \'eins moderately elevated, becoming obsolete 

 towards apex. 



Color brownish and fuscous ; markings very similar to those of Koebelei, 

 but those of pronotum white with median anterior portion black. A some- 

 what interrupted band on either side close to the anterior margin and the 

 anterior angles directly beneath the eyes, black. Scutellum white, with an 

 irregular transverse broken band of fuscous-black. Elytra brown, somewhat 

 fuscous ; on costal margin a broad apical band of soiled white. Abdomen 

 mediallv polished brown, laterally fuscous with white markings, quite similar 

 to those of Koebelei. Tibiae moderately dilated. 



Described from one specimen collected at Columbs in Septem- 

 ber by Mr. Albert Koebele. 



This may possibly be an extreme variety of Koebelei or the 

 brachypterons female of nervatus, but without sufficient material 

 to connect them definitely it would better stand by itself. It is a 

 large and handsome specimen, but the color markings are much 

 less intense than in Koebelei. 



Myndus fulvus n.sp. 



Light orange or yellow-orange, immaculate. Length, to tip of 

 elytra, female, 4.5 mm.; male, 4 mm. 



Vertex quadrate, carinae indistinct ; front broad, widened to near apex, 

 then narrowing abruptly to clypeus ; lateral carinae of clypeus sharj). Pro- 

 notum .shorter than vertex, hind bordor sinuate ; carinae of scutellum weak. 



Color uniformly tawn}- or light yellow-orange. The elytra hyaline but 

 tinged with tawny. Tips of spines and tarsal claws black. 



Male styles long, expanded on apical half, bent at about the middle. 



Described from four females and two males collected at San- 

 dusky and Castalia, Ohio, in late June and July. 



Easily recognized by the ])right tawny color and the ab.sence of 

 spots. 



