DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF INSECT, FONTARIA PUL- 

 CHELLA, FROM STRAWBERRY PLAINS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, 

 TENNESSEE. 



BY CHARLES II. BOLLMAN. 



Fontaria pulchella, sp. nor. 



Diagnosis. —Related to F. oblonga* Loch, but the lateral Canute 

 smaller, and produced into a sharp point posteriorly; repngnatorial 

 pore subinferior; ventral spine large, cylindrical, tapering, curved out- 

 wards. 



Type.— U. S. Nat. Mus.; No. 404, Author's coll. 



Description. — Brown, lateral carina' and posterior border of segments 

 red ; legs and under parts yellow. Body very robust, anterior segment 

 scarcely attenuated; smooth, with numerous short lines as in castanea 

 and tennesseensis; papillae less prominent. Vertex sulcus distinct ; fove- 

 ohe single. Lateral carina 1 small, margins swollen and produced pos- 

 teriorly into a sharp point. Repngnatorial pore large, subinferior, suba- 

 pieal. Ventral plate armed; coxae unarmed. Length, 20 mm ; width, 

 4.3 mm ; height, 4.2""". 



Dr. Koch's figure of Fontaria oblonga represents a species which is 

 more depressed, lateral carina' larger, and the repngnatorial pores not 

 subinferior, but on the upper side as in castanea or tennesseensis. 



The white with which he says the lateral carinas and posterior border 

 of segments are colored is probably red, faded by bad alcohol. 



This species is described from two females collected at Strawberry 

 Plains by Mr. Charles B. Branner, of Mossy Creek, Tennessee. 



Indiana University, November 1, 1888. 



* Fontaria oblonga Koch, Syst. Myr., 14*2, 1847 (Pennsylvania). 



Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. XI. 



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