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FAMILY XXXIII. — SALDID^E. 



known by its large size and dull black color. The older records 

 were listed as S. deplanata Uhl., a synonym. 



Pig. 202. a, Saldula confluenta (Say) ; b, Pentacora ligata (Say). 

 (After Drake, Tech. Publ. 16, X. Y. St. Coll. For.). 



1148 (1324). Saldula confluenta (Say), 1832, 35; I, 361. 



Black, shining. Elytra with pale markings as in fig. 202, a; legs 

 dull reddish-yellow, tip of tibiae and third tarsal blackish; beak reddish- 

 brown, reaching between hind coxae. Antennae with joint 1 and basal 

 two-thirds of 2 reddish-brown, remainder blackish; 1 as long as width of 

 vertex, two-fifths as long as 2; 3 and 4 subequal, united one-fifth shorter 

 than 2. Length, 6—6.3 mm. (Fig. 202, «)• 



Yaphank, Long Island, N. Y., July 4 (Olsen). Recorded only 

 from Quebec, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey; some- 

 times listed as S. confluens (Say). Larger and more shining 

 than most of its allies. 



1149 (1325). Saldula orbiculata (Uhler), 1877, 450. 



Broadly ovate or orbicular. Black, hirsute with erect hairs and 

 clothed with fine yellowish pubescence, shining where this is abraded ; 

 elytra with costal area, except base and a small spot at apex, dull yellow; 

 corium with a pale submarginal spot near middle and with several vague 

 bluish spots; membrane fuscous-brown, its margins paler; beak and 

 legs dull yellow; antennae fuscous-brown, the basal joint paler. Beak 



