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Genus spangbergiella 

 Spangbergiella vulnerata Uhler 



Glossocratus vulneratus Uhler. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Sur. Bui. 



3. P- 464 

 Spangbergiella vulneratus Sign. Am. Soc. Ent. Fr. ser. 5 , 

 9: 274 



Two specimens of this rare form have been noted in the National 

 Museum labelled "N.Y." It is a southern species and while we 

 might expect it to be found on Staten Island or Long Island it 

 seems hardly probable that it will be found to occur further north . 



Genus paramesus Fieb. 

 Paramesus vitellinus Fitch 



Acocephalus vitellinus Fitch. Homop. N. Y. State Cab. 



1851. p. 57. reprinted in Lintner. 9th Rep't. 1893. p. 397; Van 

 Duzee. Can. Ent. 1889. 91:9 

 Selenocephalus vitellinus Ashm. Smith, Ins. N. J. 1890. 



p. 445; Van Duzee. Psyche. 1890. 5:390 

 Parabolocratus vitellinus Southwick. Science. 1892. 



19:318 

 Paramesus vitellinus Van Duzee. Am. Ent. Soc. Trans. 



21 :29o 



To the original description we may add that the species is to be 

 distinguished from its allies by the bright fulvous color with yel- 

 lowish transparent round spots and the short rather thick and 

 scarcely notched median process of the last ventral segment in 

 the female. It is a handsome species but usually rare. It was 

 probably secured by Dr Fitch in the vicinity of Salem and Van 

 Duzee has recorded it for Buffalo and reports it for Lake Placid. 



Genus platymetopius Burm. 

 Platymetopius acutus Say. 



Jassus acutus Say. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil a. Jour. 1831. 6:306; re- 

 printed in Compl. Wr. 1869. 2: 382; Fitch, Homop. N. Y. State Cab. 

 1851. p. 62 (mention); reprinted in Lintner. 9th Rep't. 1893. p. 

 402 



Platymetopius acutus Uhler. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Sur. Bui. 

 1877. 3:473; Van Duzee, in Lintner. 9th Rep't. 1893. p. 410 



Say's description of this species is quite accurate and fortunately 

 no synonyms have been created. 



It is an abundant species from Maine to the Rocky mountains 

 and in New York has been recorded for Buffalo and collected the 

 past summer at Kamer [Felt], Salem, Eagle Bridge, Cold Spring 

 Harbor and Jamaica by myself, Lake Placid, Phoenicia and Kings- 

 ton by Van Duzee. 



