SUBFAMILY III. — ORTHOTYLIN^E. 817 



cous, three-fifths as long as 3. Pronotum with sides less deeply sinuate 

 than in amcenus, the base about one-half wider than apex. Scutellum 

 with an obtuse median tubercle. Length, 4.5 — 5 mm. 



Cary, 111., Aug. 27, on oak (Gerhard). Oliverea, N. Y., June 

 (Davis) . A European species, recorded in this country from 

 Ontario, Massachusetts, New York, Minnesota and North 

 Dakota. In Europe it occurs on willows, alders and birches. 



II. Alepidiella Poppius, 1914, 252. 



Differs from PUopJwrus and Alepidia mainly by the characters 

 given in generic key. Head strongly inclined, wider than long; 

 vertex almost flat, margined behind ; beak reaching middle 

 coxae; pronotum wider at base than long, base one-third wider 

 than apex, hind margin broadly concave ; mesoscutum widely 

 exposed ; elytra surpassing abdomen, cuneus wider than long, 

 strongly deflexed ; hind tibiae compressed, slightly curved ; 

 joints 1 and 2 of hind tarsi subequal, united about as long as 

 3. One species is known. 



868 ( — ). Alepidiella heidemanni Poppius, 1914, 253. 

 Blackish-brown; front of head brown; elytra brownish-yellow, tip 



of clavus and inner apical half of corium darker; outer apical angle of 

 corium and outer margin and tip of cuneus blackish; membrane brown- 

 ish-yellow, a dark spot at center; ventrals dark brown. Joint 1 of anten- 

 nae yellow, seen from the side one-third shorter than eye; 2 blackish- 

 brown, four times longer than 1. Length, 3.5 mm. 



Originally described from a single male taken at Washing- 

 ton, D. C, July 18 by McAfee. Not known elsewhere. 



III. Alepidia Reuter, 1909, 75. 



"Closely related to Pilophorus. Differs in having the second 

 joint of antennae more slender, scarcely swollen near apex; 

 elytra with sides parallel, not coarctate at middle, destitute of 

 a whitish pubescent fascia and cuneus nearly horizontal." 

 (Ratter) . One species is known. 



869 (1133). Alepidia gracilis (Uhler), 1895, 42. 



Elongate, subparallel, subdepressed above. Head, pronotum and 

 scutellum fuscous-black, feebly shining; elytra dark fuscous-brown, em- 

 bolium and basal fourth of corium dull yellow; membrane dusky trans- 

 lucent with usually a darker spot at middle of larger cell; legs greenish- 

 yellow; under surface black, strongly shining. Joints 1 and 2 of anten- 

 na? dull yellow, 1 one-half as long as width of vertex; 2 slightly longer 

 than pronotum, its apex often darker; 3 and 4 fuscous, filiform, 3 one- 



