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Tegmina entirely hyaline, not punctate nor pubescent at base, veins indis- 

 tinct, apical border broad. Entire abdomen pale; undersurface of thorax of- 

 ten marked with black. Femora black or ferruginous; tibiae fuscous, tarsi fer- 

 ruginous. 



Length, 3-3.5 mm.; width, 1.5-1.7 mm. 



Internal male genitalia. Styles with anterior and posterior parts 

 of about equal length, anterior ends pointed, strongly swollen op- 

 posite connective, posterior part curving laterad, with a distinct 

 hook before the acute apex, and with about a dozen hairs along 

 the lateral margin; connective small, notched basally, widest at the 

 truncate apex; oedagus, viewed laterally, U-shaped, the base nearly 

 straight and with a large process to connective, functional orifice 

 along the side of the posterior arm which bears numerous sawlike 

 teeth on its cephalic aspect and a few scattered ones laterally. 



Distribution. This is a very widely distributed species occurring 

 throughout the Eastern and Southern states as shown by the fol- 

 lowing distribution given by Van Duzee: New Hampshire, Massa- 

 chusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, 

 Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, 

 Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Arkansas, Texas, 

 Colorado. It is also known to occur in the West Indies. 



Specimens have been taken in the following Kansas counties: 

 Reno, Douglas, Riley, Bourbon, Harper, Chautauqua, Cowley, 

 Cherokee, Allen, Harvey, Montgomery, Butler, Kingman, Sumner, 

 Miami and Ottawa. 



Hosts. Funkhouser gives black locust as a host. It is commonly 

 taken when sweeping weeds and grasses in Kansas. 



Genus Carynota Fitch. 



The members of this genus have the elytra partially covered by 

 the pronotum, which lacks a horn or crest. The dorsum is low and 

 rounded. 



A single species occurs in Kansas. 



Carynota mera (Say). 



Memhracis viera Say, Jl. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vi, p. 301, 1831 ; Compl. Writ., ii, p. 379. 



Carynota mera Fitch, Homop. N. Y. St. Cab., p. 48, 1851. 



Gargara niajus Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y. Ins., p. 156, pi. 13, fig. 6, 1854. 



Ophiderma mera Fitch, Trans. N. Y. St. Agr. Soc, xvi, p. 465, 1856. 



Craynota strombergi Goding, Bui. 111. St. Lab. Nat. Hist., iii, p. 443, 1894. 



Funkhouser gives the following technical description: 



Fine large species; gray marked with dark brown and chestnut; pronotum 

 convex and elevated; tegmina fuscous-hyaline tipped with dark brown. 



Head nearly twice as broad as long, uniform light gray, very distinctly 

 punctate, sparingly pubescent with short, white hairs; eyes very prominent 



