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  AMERICAN 
  PLOIARITNAE 
  McATEE 
  AND 
  MALLOCH 
  25 
  

  

  Island, 
  Md., 
  May 
  21, 
  1910, 
  Aug. 
  16, 
  1914, 
  W. 
  L. 
  McAtee 
  (Biol. 
  

   Survey) 
  ; 
  Falls 
  Church, 
  Va., 
  Aug. 
  7, 
  Sept. 
  24 
  (type 
  of 
  P. 
  tuber- 
  

   cidata 
  Banks), 
  N. 
  Banks 
  (Mus. 
  Comp. 
  Zool.) 
  ; 
  Herndon, 
  Va., 
  Aug. 
  

   1911, 
  H. 
  G. 
  Barber 
  (Barber, 
  Bueno, 
  U.S,N.M.) 
  ; 
  Mount 
  Vernon, 
  Va.. 
  

   Aug. 
  20, 
  1916, 
  W. 
  L. 
  McAtee 
  (McAtee) 
  ; 
  Berkeley 
  Springs, 
  W. 
  Va., 
  

   Sept. 
  20, 
  1886 
  (Cornell 
  Univ.) 
  ; 
  Thomasville, 
  Ga., 
  Mrs. 
  A. 
  P. 
  Tay- 
  

   lor 
  (U.S.N.M.) 
  ; 
  Michigan 
  (U.S.N.M.); 
  Ridgeway, 
  Ont., 
  Aug. 
  7, 
  

   1886; 
  E. 
  P. 
  Van 
  Duzee 
  (Iowa 
  Agr. 
  Coll.); 
  Kansas 
  (E. 
  P. 
  Van 
  

   Duzee) 
  ; 
  Onaga, 
  Kansas, 
  F. 
  F. 
  Crevecoeur 
  (U.S.N.M.) 
  ; 
  Texas, 
  Uhler 
  

   Coll. 
  (U.S.N.M.) 
  ; 
  Dallas, 
  Tex., 
  June 
  7, 
  1907, 
  F. 
  C. 
  Pratt 
  (U.S.N.M.) 
  ; 
  

   Kerrville, 
  Tex., 
  June 
  19, 
  1907, 
  F. 
  C. 
  Pratt 
  (U.S.N.M.); 
  Mexico 
  

   (Cornell 
  Univ.). 
  

  

  After 
  a 
  careful 
  examination 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  American 
  species 
  available, 
  

   and 
  consideration 
  of 
  Say's 
  original 
  description, 
  we 
  have 
  no 
  doubt 
  

   that 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  species 
  Say 
  had 
  before 
  him 
  and 
  not 
  that 
  here 
  iden- 
  

   tified 
  as 
  culiciformis 
  De 
  Geer 
  which 
  has 
  gone 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  erra- 
  

   bunda. 
  The 
  present 
  species 
  has 
  the 
  small 
  knob 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  end 
  

   of 
  lateral 
  carina 
  of 
  prothorax, 
  which 
  Say 
  specifically 
  mentions 
  

   ("the 
  lateral 
  carinate 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  has 
  a 
  prominence 
  like 
  an 
  

   obtuse 
  spine 
  before 
  "), 
  while 
  the 
  other 
  never 
  has 
  it 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  

   been 
  able 
  to 
  find. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  no 
  mention 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  Say 
  of 
  the 
  

   median 
  process 
  on 
  middle 
  of 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  may 
  have 
  

   been 
  due 
  either 
  to 
  his 
  considering 
  it 
  of 
  generic 
  value 
  or 
  to 
  oversight, 
  

   the 
  latter 
  being 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  improbable 
  as 
  the 
  tubercle 
  is 
  net 
  conspicu- 
  

   ous 
  except 
  when 
  viewed 
  from 
  the 
  side. 
  

  

  Genus 
  STENOLEMUS 
  Signoret. 
  

  

  Stetwlcmus 
  Signoret, 
  V. 
  Description 
  d'un 
  nonveau 
  Genre 
  de 
  la 
  Tribu 
  des 
  

   Longicoxes, 
  Amyot 
  et 
  Serville. 
  Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  France, 
  ser. 
  3, 
  vol. 
  6, 
  1858, 
  pp. 
  

   251-2, 
  pi. 
  6, 
  figs. 
  1-3 
  [Monobasic, 
  8. 
  spiniventris, 
  new 
  species, 
  genotype.] 
  

  

  Phantasmatophanes 
  Kirkaldy, 
  G. 
  W. 
  A 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Hemiptera 
  of 
  Fiji, 
  

   Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  vol. 
  33, 
  1908, 
  pp. 
  369-370, 
  fig. 
  2 
  [Monobasic, 
  

   P. 
  muiri, 
  new 
  species, 
  genotype.] 
  

  

  Emendation. 
  Stenolacm 
  us. 
  

  

  In 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  the 
  labrum 
  is 
  closely 
  adherent 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  

   rostrum 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  spine 
  between 
  bases 
  of 
  antennae; 
  the 
  apices 
  

   of 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  enlarged, 
  ending 
  in 
  an 
  acute 
  process 
  

   which 
  may 
  be 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  curved 
  or 
  angled. 
  The 
  prothorax 
  is 
  

   very 
  variable 
  in 
  structure, 
  but 
  is 
  always 
  carried 
  backward 
  over 
  

   mesonotum 
  to 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  wings, 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  noticeably 
  constricted 
  

   near 
  middle, 
  or 
  pedicillate; 
  there 
  are 
  great 
  differences 
  in 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  the 
  pedicel 
  connecting 
  the 
  anterior 
  and 
  posterior 
  lobes. 
  Some 
  

   species 
  have 
  merely 
  a 
  constriction 
  while 
  others 
  have 
  a 
  long 
  pediceL 
  

   This 
  difference 
  is 
  however 
  not 
  coordinated 
  with 
  any 
  other 
  outstand- 
  

   ing 
  structural 
  character 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  arizonensis 
  which 
  has 
  

  

  