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upper surface coarsely, sparsely and irregularly punctate. Cheeks 

 reaching tip of tylus. Pronotum with a vague transverse impression be- 

 fore the middle, the basal side margins sinuate. Scutellum reaching to 

 apical third of abdomen, its apex rather narrowly rounded. Under sur- 

 face with pleura coarsely punctate, ventrals more finely and shallowly 

 so. Length, 10 — 12 mm.; width, 6 — 6.5 mm. 



Dunedin, Fla., March 24 (W.S.B.); one specimen swept 

 from tidewater marshes. Long and Staten Islands, N. Y., Sept. 

 19 — 21 (Pa:-is). A submaritime species occurring mainly in 

 the salt marshes along the Atlantic coast from New England 

 to Florida. Say records it from Florida and Van Duzee on 

 March 28 swept a few adults and young from the tall marsh 

 grasses on the shore at St. Petersburg. Recorded also from 

 Charlotte Harbor, that State. Bueno (1910, 24) reports both 

 adults and nymphs as occurring, July 17, at Rye Beach, West- 

 chester Co., N. Y., on a fine grass growing in the higher parts 

 of the salt marsh. On Sept. 20 Davis (Ms.) found them 

 numerous and flying about the edges of salt meadows at 

 Watchogue, Staten Island, and on Oct. 12 found specimens 

 beneath boards, so that the adults probably hibernate in that 

 vicinity. 



68 (102). Rhytidolomia senilis (Say), 1831, 5; I, 316. 



Elongate-oval, subdepressed. Dark olive-brown, the narrow side 

 margins of head, pronotum and connexivum dull yellow; antenna? red- 

 dish-brown, the last two joints dusky; under surface and legs reddish- 

 brown, the sides of abdomen, tarsi and tip of beak darker. Surface, both 

 above and beneath, with numerous small, transverse, more or less anasto- 

 mosing wrinkles, these enclosing numerous small punctures. Abdomen 

 with much finer wrinkles, almost impunctate. Cheeks very slightly 

 longer than tylus. Second joint of antenna? one-fourth longer than third. 

 Length, 16 — 17 mm.; width, 7 — 8 mm. (Fig. 18, a and d). 



Staten Island and Bronx Park, N. Y., March 30— April 7 

 (Paris). Occurs with the preceding on salt marsh grasses 

 along the Atlantic coast from New England to Virginia. The 

 larger size, finely wrinkled upper surface and lack of sub- 

 marginal dark stripe of elytra easily distinguish it from saucia. 



69 (103). Rhytidolomia belfragii Stal, 1872, 33. 



Broadly oval, subdepressed. Dull greenish-yellow, the elytra and 

 abdomen a clearer green; narrow margin of pronotum, basal half of 

 costal border of elytra and a narrow median stripe on scutellum dull 

 yellow; antennae, except basal joint, apical half of costal border of ely- 



