72 E. p. VANDUZEE. 



the apex of wliich is more or less deeply cleft. Pygofers suliacute, eqnalin<i the 

 oviduct in length, with a few stout curved spines in about two rows. 



(Jolor pale fulvous, whitish on the disc of the prouotum, closely and quite 

 regularly irrorate with coalescing fulvous-brown poiuts; front darker, with a few 

 irregular spots above, a round dot on each ocellus, and the extreme apex of the 

 head whitish. Elytra white, more or less clouded with pale fulvous on the disc, 

 closely and regularly inscribed with brown ; nervures fuscous. Wings whitish 

 hyaline, feebly iridescent, with strong brown nervures; tergum black, broadly 

 margined with fulvous: vertex brown, with a narrow median and a broader 

 lateral line and the connexivum pale. Legs pale, spotted with brown, thighs 

 distinctly banded. 



Described from numerous specimens from the following localities: 

 Buffalo, N. Y., and vicinity, June-September; New Haven, Conn., 

 June; Muskoka, Ont., July ; Hamilton, Ont. (Johnson) ; Iowa and 

 N. Carolina (Osborn); Maryland, October (Uhler) ; New Bruns- 

 wick, N. J. (J. B. Smith). 



This species is subject to but slight variation and may be readily 

 identified by the characters of the genitalia. It is our most abun- 

 dant species here in western New York, where it occurs throughout 

 the .season in weedy pastures and meadows, generally preferring the 

 drier upland fields. Probably some of the references given above 

 refer to other species. 



The Harris collection contains a pair, S and 9 , of this species 

 taken Sept. 15, 1821, and determined by Say himself Mr. Hen- 

 shaw has very obligingly examined these for me. The abdomen of 

 the % was wanting. Of the 9 lie kindly made for me the outline 

 sketch of the genital segments figured on the plate. This settles 

 definitely the precise species described by Say, which could hardly 

 have been done from the description. Specimens from northern 

 localities generally have the lateral lobes of the last ventral segment 

 of the female more deeply cleft than in those from localities south 

 of New York State. 



8. Phlepsius triiiicatus n. sp. 



Form of irroratus. but with the elytra a little wider and the color darker; 

 ocelli large, black. Length 6 mm. 



Head a very little wider than the pronotum; vertex a little longer than in 

 incisus ; length on median line one-fifth greater than next the eye; apex obtuse ; 

 surface moderately depressed across the middle, anterior edge obtuse. Pronotum 

 somewhat less than three times the length of the vertex, hind edge feebly con- 

 cave, discal pits and strise as in irroratus; scutellum three-fourths the length 

 of the prouotum, apical striae distinct; front as in incisus; clypeus a little wider 

 at base than in that species, its sides nearly straight. Elytra slightly narrowed 

 toward their apex. 



