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Genital cliaractors: Male nearly as in irroratas ; valve truncated at apex: 

 plates narrow, tlieir sides more oblique than in its ally, the ligulated tips pro- 

 portionately shorter and more obtuse at apex. Female: Last ventral segment 

 (PI. I. fig. 8) longer, narrower, and more compressed over the base of the p.vgo- 

 fers than \n irroratus ; apical angles well rounded, hind edge truncated across 

 the middle, laterally with a feeble sinus on the oblique sides; pygofers a little 

 more sletider than in irroratus, moderately surpassed by the oviduct. 



Color and marking of irroratus, the elytra are, however, more closely reticu- 

 lated than in that species and the venter in the single female example before me 

 is dull testaceous-brown with the apical segment and pygofers tinged with ful- 

 vous, the former with a black spot on the truncated apical margin, oviduct 

 brown ; ocelli blackish, large and conspicuous. 



Described from one female and two male examples taken by Mr. 

 W. J. Palmer, Jr., of this city, on Mt. Balsam, N. C, July 23, 1890. 

 This species is closely allied to both irroratus and incisus, but the 

 characters of the genitalia will serve to distinguish between them. 



9. I*lilei>!«iii!« iiici$«ii!« n. sp. 



Form of P. humidus nearly, but smaller; proportionately broader and darker 

 colored than irroratus; stout, vertex short triangular, subdepressed ; surface 

 closely and heavily irrorated and inscribed. Length 6—6.5 mm. 



Head a very little wider than the pronotum; vertex one-fifth longer at the 

 middle than next the eye, apex obtusely rounded, surface distinctly depressed, 

 anterior edge acute. Pronotum about three times the length of the vertex, hind 

 edge feebly concave, discal pits scattering, wrinkles obsolete, except a few traces 

 toward the posterior margin ; scutellum a little shorter than the pronotum, apical 

 strife nearly obsolete ; front one-seventh longer than broad, less narrowed apically 

 than in irroratus, width at apex not quite one-third that at the ocelli ; clypeus 

 distinctly wider at apex than at base, sides straight from near the base to the 

 broad, feebly excavated apex. Lorje broad, cheeks more broadly margining the 

 lorte than in irroratus, the elytra proportionately broader and shorter, and fur- 

 nished with a broader appendix than in that species, not narrowed apically. 



Genital characters. — Male: Valve about as long as the last ventral segment, 

 broad-triangular, apex subacute; plates broad, outer edge waved, feebly concave 

 in the middle, apex broad and rounded, sutural edges slightly separated at base 

 and overlapping a little near their apex, margins with a few short spines on their 

 apical half. Female: Ultimate ventral segment (PI. I, fig. 9) al)out twice the 

 length of the penultimate, narrow, obtusely subtiiangular, apex with a broad, 

 deep, ac\ite notch, the sides of which are a little arcuated ; pygofers rather nar- 

 row, considerably exceeded by the stout oviduct, apex with a few stout spines. 



Color testaceous brown, closely irrorate with pale fulvous or whitish, pleural 

 pieces whitish, clouded on their discs with brown. Elytra with coarser reticu- 

 lations than in irroratus, thus imparting a darker aspect to the whole insect; 

 costal spots two to four. Legs strongly maculated ; tergum blackish, the broad 

 margin fulvous, irrorate with testaceous; venter dull fulvous, clearer on the me- 

 dian line and the edges of the .segments, their submargins brown and the disc 

 irrorate with the .same color. 



Described from five male and two femide examples; Buffalo and 

 vicinity, July and August; Ridgeway, Ontario, Aug. 7, 188G. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XIX. (10, APRIL, 189.i. 



