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cmis, from wliicli it may at once be distinguished by its peculiar 

 genital characters, the short rounded vertex, scarcely differentiated 

 from the base of the broad convex front. 



2. Plilep.«iiiis Uhleri n. sp. 



Form of fnlvidorsum nearly. Small, fulvous-brown, dotted with yellow. Elytra 

 fiilvoiis-brown, minutely dotted with fuscous and marked with three transverse, 

 maculose, white bands. Length 4 mm. 



Male: Head about as wide as the pronotum; vertex nearly flat, feebly de- 

 pressed, fore and hind margins nearly parallel, length two-thirds the width be- 

 tween the eyes; front one seventh longer than broad between the ocelli, sides 

 strongly sinuated, the apex rather narrow ; clypeus well widened apically, length 

 nearly twice the least width, apex truncated and feebly emarginate. Lorae large, 

 length twice their width, inner angles prominent, superior angles acute ; cheeks 

 wide, outer angles rounded ; posterior edge of the pronotum quite strongly con- 

 cave, wrinkles distinct. 



Genital characters: Valve rather small and rounded at the apex; plates large, 

 triangular, nearly three times the length of the valve, sides nearly straight,' 

 armed with about six spines, apex obtu.se (PI. I, fig. 20). 



Color fulvous-brown, irrorate with yellowish, a line on the apex of the head, 

 a spot near the base of the front, and a few nearly obsolete arcs below, clearer 

 yellow. Elytra yellowish, or fulvous-brown, closely dotted with fuscous, the 

 dots hardly forming reticulations, and marked with small ivory-white spots 

 forming an obscure double basal band, a narrower curved band beyond the mid- 

 dle partly enclosing a larger round spot on the base of the second anti-apical 

 areole, and an irregular broken band on the base of the apical areoles. Wings 

 smoky, nervures brown. Eyes rufous. 



Odenton, Md., August 1st, Uhier. Described from a single male 

 example. This elegant little species cannot be confounded with any 

 form now known. In dedicating it to our distinguished American 

 Hemipterist, Prof. P. R. Uhler, I but slightly express my apprecia- 

 tion of his unfailing kindness and ready assistance extended to me 

 in my hemii)terological studies. 



.3. I*hle|>!>iiii*« strobi Fitch. 



Bythoscopns strobi Fitch, Cat. of Homop. X. Y. State Cab. p. 58. 1851 ; 

 Trans. N. Y. State Agric. Soc. 1857, p. 739; Packard (after Fitch), U. 

 S. Ent. Com. Bull, vii, p. 216. 1881 ; Fifth Rep. p. 802, 1890: Rathvoi^, 

 ill iMombert Hist. Lancaster County, Pa., p. 551, 1869; Walker, Cat. 

 Homop. Ins. of the Brit. Museum, iii, p. 876, 1851. 

 Phlepsius strobi. Van Duzee, " Psyche," v, p. 390, 1890. 

 Form a little stouter and the vertex shorter than in irroratns ; fulvous, irro- 

 rate with darker; elytra fulvous-hrowii. twice banded with white. Length 

 4.5 — 6 mm. 



Head about as wide as the pronotum; vertex short, but little longer at the 

 middle than next the eye, apex rounded, anterior edge obtuse, disc slightly de- 

 pressed before the apex ; front broad, sides feebly sinuated below the antenuit, 

 apex broad; clypeus broad, moderately constricted near the base, one-third lon- 



TR.\NS. AM. ENT. SOC. XIX. APRIL, 1892. 



