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9 . General color shining black, with a brownish tinge very- 

 weakly indicated. Ocellar spots pale buff. Clypeus and limits 

 kaiser brown. 



Very rarely specimens are slightly paler in general coloration, 

 but occasional individuals show the tegmina alone slightly paler 

 than normal (i cf , Westville, N. J.; i d^,s 9 , Raleigh, X. C. ; i cf, 

 Asheville, N. C; i cT, Keokuk, Iowa; i cf , Mountain Grove, Mo.), 

 while the majority of specimens from southern Georgia and 

 Florida, south as far as Lake Okeechobee (normal, from this region: 

 I cf, St. Simon's Island, Ga. ; i 9, Hebardville, Ga.), have the 

 tegmina alone decidedly paler than normal, deep chestnut brown 

 proximad shading rapidly to sudan brown, the entire tegmina 

 having a purplish iridescence. The decidedly different appear- 

 ance of this color variation has led to the synonymy discussed 

 above. 



In the present species the ootheca is carried with suture dorsad. 

 The suture forms a conspicuous ridge with vertically fluted sides. 

 The surface of the ootheca is apparently smooth, under a moderate 

 magnification feebly shagreenous, with very faint traces of vertical 

 division. 



The species is known over the entire eastern United States as 

 far north as West Creek and Westville, New Jersey; Enola, Penn- 

 sylvania; Marshall County, Indiana; west as far as Ottawa, 

 Kansas, and Dallas, Kerrville and Victoria, Texas. 



Specimens Examined:^^ 194; 91 males, 58 females and 45 immature individuals. 



West Creelv, New Jersey, VIII, 28, 1914, (Rehn; trapped in molasses jar in tan- 

 gle of briars), i 9, [A. N. S. P.]. 



Reega, Atlantic County, N. J., VII, 31 to VIII, 20, 1914, (Hebard; trapped in 

 molasses jar in pine barrens), 99,3 ju\-. 9 , [Hebard Cln.]. 



Swainton, N. J., VIII, 21, 1914. (Hebard; trapped in molasses jar in pine barrens), 

 I juv. cf , [Hebard Cln.]. 



Westville, N. J., VI, 6, i &, [Hebard Cln.]. 



Wayne, Delaware County, Penns^ivania, IV, 25. i juv. 9 , [Pa. State Dept. 

 Zool.]. 



Enola, Pa., V. 11, 1907, i juv. cf, [Pa. State Dept. Zool.]. 



Cumberland Valley, Pa., VIII, 1871, (Shaler), i juv. d^, [M. C. Z.]. 



'• All material previously recorded as /. nigricollis and ail males as /. johnsoni, are 

 correctly referable to the present species. 



MEM. AM. ENT. SOC, 2. 



