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Vermont: Bennington (Leng Coll.). New York: Staten Island (Leng); 

 "N. Y." (Van Dyke Coll.). Pennsylvania: Enola, June 26; Allegheny (Snow 

 & Leng Coil's.). Maryland: Plummer's Island, May and June (H. S. Barber; 

 W. V. \\'arner); Baltimore, June 26 (Blaisdell). Virginia: Newport News 

 (Horn Coll.); Va. (Leng CoU.). West Virginia: White Sulphur Springs 

 (Fenyes). Norlh Carolina: Black Mts., June (Van Dyke). Ohio: Cincin- 

 nati (Dury). Indiana: Floyd Co., June 28 (Type of slicticus — Blatchley 

 Coll.). Illinois: Algonquin, Aug. 28 (Nason); Quincy, June 14; "111." 

 (Horn Coll.). Iowa: Eastport (Wickham Coll.). Missouri: "C. Mo.," 

 June, on locust (Riley — in Nat. Mus. Coll.). Nebraska: Crete (Schacffer Coll.). 

 Kansas: Wallace Co., (Snow); Medora (Leng Coll.); Salina (Knaus); Ks. 

 (Horn and Liebeck Colls.). Arkansas: Fayette, Aug. 5 (Knaus Coll.). 

 Texas: Fort Worth, May 25; Tex. (Horn Coll.). 



I have followed LeConte in his interpretation of sobrinus. 

 Suffrian makes this name a synonym of pedoralis Melsh.; a very 

 natural error, and one ahnost sure to be made by anyone over- 

 looking the ocular and tibial characters. 



I have seen the specimen which Bowditch mentions as pur- 

 porting to be the type of oculatus Suffr. and which he referred to 

 jyedoralis. My own observation satisfied me that the specimen 

 in question was identical with sobrinus rather than pectoralis, 

 and if the specimen sent to Bowditch by Prof. Taschenberg was 

 the true oculatus, the name must fall into synonymy. 



Mr. Blatchley has very kindly sent me his type of sticticus for 

 examination, and there can be no question of its identity with 

 sobrinus. 

 48. Pachybrachys contractifrons new species 



Small, pale whitish yellow, not shining, pale brown punctate 

 with brown markings, distinct on the prothorax, faint on the 

 elytra. Eyes narrowly separated, no ocular lines. Front claws 

 of male distinctly enlarged. Length 2.25 mm. Arizona. 



Head flat, unevenly punctate, a dark central line, wider below, and con- 

 nected above with a small vertex spot. Eyes (cf) separated b}^ three-fourths 

 the length of the basal antennal joint. Antennae (o^) two-thirds as long as 

 the body, outer joints dusky. 



Prothorax moderately transverse, widest at basal fourth, gradually feebly 

 arcuately naiTOwed in front, a little retracted behind but without distinct sinu- 

 ation before the hind angles; surface unevenl}' punctate, densely so in the dark 

 areas, sparsely elsewhere, the basal portions of the M well defined, tiie apical 

 parts disintegrated; side margins smoother. 



Elytra short, distinctly less than twice as long as the prothorax, striae in 

 great jmrt sinuous or broken, intervals moderately convex at the sides and rear; 



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