SUBFAMILY I. — MIRINjE. 667 



reaching hind coxae, its basal joint stoutest; pronotum sub- 

 campanulate, the front lobe subcylindrical, impressed and con- 

 stricted above to form the semblance of a collar, the constric- 

 tion not cutting the lateral carinse, the calli prominent, hind 

 lobe finely and closely punctate, its basal margin straight, and 

 disk with an oval opaque, velvety-black spot near each hind 

 angle ; elytra with sides subparallel, membrane usually surpass- 

 ing abdomen, its cell longer than the cuneus. Other characters 

 as in key and under subfamily heading. Four species occur in 

 North America, three in our territory. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF COLLARIA. 



a. Hind lobe of pronotum and scutellum black; calli of pronotum 

 strongly convex, nearly as high as base of pronotum. 



637. MEILLEURII. 



aa. Hind lobe of pronotum and scutellum brown or fuscous; calli much 

 less convex. 

 b. Tibiae with numerous short bristle-like hairs ; femora very indis- 

 tinctly dotted with brown; longer (6.6 — 7 mm.) and more robust. 



638. OCULATA. 

 bb. Tibiae thickly hirsute with long slender hairs; femora distinctly 

 dotted with black; shorter (not over 6 mm.) and more slender. 



639. EXPLICATA. 



637 (875). Collaria meilleurii Provancher, 1872, 79. 



Elongate, slender, subcylindrical. General color black, more or less 

 shining; elytra usually in great part dull straw-yellow, the apex of 

 corium and the clavus in part fuscous ; sometimes wholly fuscous except 

 the costal margins; femora, tibiae, beak, except tip, and extreme base of 

 antennae, dull yellow, the femora with small blackish-brown dots ; tarsi 

 and antennae fuscous, the basal joint of latter often paler; ventrals 

 sometimes margined and spotted on the middle with yellow. Length, 

 6 — 7 mm. 



Lake and Marion counties, Ind., June 19 — July 9; frequent 

 on grasses growing in the low alluvial soil of the White River 

 bottoms. Its known range is northerly, extending from Ontario 

 and New England west to Michigan and Illinois. Usually com- 

 mon where found on grasses in low moist grounds. In some 

 specimens the elytra reach only to fifth dorsal. 



638 (876). Collaria oculata (Reuter), 1876, 61. 



Form of meilleurii, averaging slightly smaller. General color dull 

 brownish-yellow; head, joints 2 — 4 of antennae, front lobe of pronotum 

 and abdomen tinged with reddish or fuscous; hind lobe of pronotum and 

 scutellum dull brown, each with a narrow paler median line; elytra 

 chiefly brown, often tinged with fuscous, the embolium paler; legs and 



