66 E. p. VAN DUZEE. 



12. — Whitish testaceous, closely iriorate, elytra rather sparcely inscribed, with 



two clearer transverse bands indicated 12. iipertus. 



Head, pronotura and scntellum pale yellow, scarcely irrorate, elytra white, 



closely and evenly inscribed 10. rulvidoritiiiiii. 



13. — Length 7-7i mm.; elytra scarcely narrowed apically, closely and evenly 



inscribed. From Eastern States 13. li mil id lis. 



Length 8-8t mm.; elytra distinctly narrowed apically. oliliquely clouded 

 with fuscous on the corium and coarsely and irregularly inscribed. From 



Western States 14. iiebiilosus. 



14. — Clypeus and front coalesceiit; insect large, closely and evenly inscribed, 



vertex maculated 15. spatulatii!^. 



Clypeus distinct from the front , 15. 



15. — Small (5-6 mm.) ; broad ovate; markings well contrasted, vertex maculated. 



16. ovatiiiii. 



Larger (7-9 mm.) and more elongated 16. 



16. — Head, pronotum and scutellum fulvous, irrorations obscure; elytra closely 

 inscribed, with a white, trilobate, commissural line; cheeks punctate. 



17. excultus. 



Uniformly irrorate and inscribed ; elytra wanting the lobate commissural 



line; cheeks longitudinally wrinkled 18. i^uperbiis. 



1. Phlepsius latifroiis n. sp. 



Size and form of incisiis ; vertex very short, hardly differentiated from the 

 front, anterior edge rounded, front very broad. Length 7 mm. 



Head nearly as wide as the pronotum ; vertex short, of equal length across its 

 whole width, length about one-seventh the width between the eyes, anterior 

 edge very obtuse ; surface sloping, scarcely depressed ; front very broad, convex ; 

 length and breadth about equal, sutures nearly straight, strongly angled at the 

 antennte; clypeus small, quadrangular, one-half longer than broad; cheeks 

 broad, forming a rather wide margin beyond the lorae. Pronotum short, about 

 four times the length of the vertex, wrinkles quite distinct; apical field of the 

 scutellum strongly rugose. 



Genital characters. — Male: valve short and broad, not so long as the last ven- 

 tral segment, apex obtuse ; plates broad and short, three times the length of the 

 valve, but feebly gibbous at base, curved upward at the blunt apex; sutiiral 

 margins quite deeply excavated, approximated at base and apex leaving a rhom- 

 boidal opening beyond the middle (this character is perhaps accidental), spines 

 about six, placed on the middle of the submargin, leaving the apex unarmed. 

 Pygofers much shorter than the plates. Female : lateral angles of the last ven- 

 tral segment (PI. I, fig. 1) produced in a blunt, black tooth ; sides of the included 

 broad median notch feebly sinuated, apex of this notch acute. Pygofers short 

 and thick, their blunt apex slightly exceeded by the oviduct. 



Color pale, irrorations of the vertex and pronotura rather large and irregular, 

 face brown, finely irrorate with pale; about seven short arcs and an indication 

 of a median line on front, margins of the clypeus and a spot on the base of the 

 lorae pale. Elytra marked about as in incisus. Wings slightly infumed. 



Described from a single pair taken at Odenton, Md., and received 

 from Mr. Uhler. The male is labeled "September 29th," the female 

 "October 23d, pine." This species most strongly resembles P. in- 



