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third and fourth dusky, subfusiform, stout, the latter a little shorter 

 than the third. Pronotum like the basal half of a funnel, very narrow 

 anteriorly, sparingly sericeous pubescent, finely, obsoletely punctate, and 

 shagreened, the sides anteriorly compressed, the callosities obsolete, the 

 transverse impressed line abbreviated at each end, punctate; the pos- 

 terior margin concave, with the posterior angles produced, oblique; 

 the lateral submargin a little flattened, coarsely shagreened, the edge 

 reflexed, turned down anteriorly, and thinning out. Pectoral pieces rugu- 

 lose in part, deep black. Legs yellow, the coxae black or piceous, with 

 the ends more or less yellow; anterior femora with a few brown dots, 

 tip of tibiae and last tarsal joint piceous. Scutellum coarsely, irregu- 

 larly rugose, excepting the apex, which is nearly smooth. Hemelytra of 

 almost equal thickness throughout, very convexly inflated, and decurv- 

 ing on the sides and posteriorly, slightly pubescent, polished, obsoletely, 

 remotely punctate, the punctures of the deep sutures coarse and distinct; 

 the membrane hardly distinct from the corium, the basal thick nervure 

 obsolete. Venter polished, closely golden pubescent. 



"Length to tip of venter, 4-6 mm.; to tip of hemelytra, 5i/^-7 mm. 

 Width of base of pronotum, l%-2 mm. 



"Inhabits York county, Pennsylvania. Collected by the late Dr. F. 

 E. Melsheimer, and by myself in the neighborhood of his farm." — Uhler. 



Van Duzee adds New Hampshire. 



Genus SALDULA Van Duzee, 1914. 



"Body oblong, oval, or sometimes obovate in brachypterous forms. 

 Head subvertical. Ocelli usually very much approximate. Rostrum 

 reaching to middle of intermediate coxag or posterior coxae. Antennae 

 quite slender. Base of pronotum broadly emarginate, other structures 

 very variable. Lateral margins straight or rounded. Callus by no 

 means reaching lateral margin, extending further behind middle of disc. 

 Scutellum longer than broad, impression far removed from base. Heme- 

 lytra often variegated with silky black patches — Membrane furnished 

 with four areas, more or less explicate or abbreviated, in this case attain- 

 ing apex of abdomen. Third segment of posterior tarsus a little longer 

 than second — Apex of last ventral segment of female produced and 

 I'ounded. Type, Acanthia saltatoria L." 



Saldula major (Provancher) 1872. 



Provancher Nat. Can., p. 107, 1872. 



"Oval, robust, dull black, the upper surface remotely appressed, golden 

 pubescent, and with a few erect, remote brown hairs. Head from above 

 short and blunt, minutely, densely scarbrous, the base forming a neck, a 

 little convexly elevated, the eyes moderately prominent, brown; front 

 almost vertical, a little oblique, closely golden pubescent, triangularly de- 

 pressed before the ocelli, the face a little flattened; tylus much shorter 

 than the labrum, they and the ends of the cheeks and bucculse some- 

 times yellowish. Rostrum generally reaching upon the base of venter, 

 but sometimes a little shorter, piceous-black, becoming yellow at tip. 

 Antennae very slender, black, pubescent and setaceous; the basal joint 

 above and the second joint excepting the tip sometimes dull yellow, the 

 former very short, not as long as the eye; second joint about twice as 

 long, slender, much shorter than the last two united; third and fourth 

 subequal, very slightly thicker than the second, a little subfusiform. 

 Pronotum semilunate, short, depressed, dull black, minutely shagreened, 

 but with the broad, thin, depressed lateral submargins more coarsely so, 

 the margin a little turned up, but not abruptly reflexed; anterior lobe 

 defined by a lunate, impressed, punctate line, hardly elevated, longer than 

 the posterior lobe, and with a deeply indented point in the center; 

 humeral angles broad, moderately prolonged, with a long tubercle next 



