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ous, and broadly rounded in front; prosternal process broad, the 

 sides parallel to behind the coxal cavities, then abruptly narrowed 

 to the apex, which is acute. Posterior coxae with the posterior 

 margin broadly, arcuately emarginate, and the exterior angle nearly 

 rectangular. Tibiae slender, anterior and middle pairs slightly 

 arcuate, and armed with a short tooth on the inner margin at apex. 

 Posterior tarsi distinctly shorter than the tibiae, and the first joint 

 as long as the following three joints united. Tarsal claws similar 

 on all feet, cleft near middle, the outer tooth acute at apex, the inner 

 one broader, shorter, and turned inward. 



Length, 7.5 mm.; width, 2 mm. 



Female. — Differs from the male in being usually larger and more 

 robust; front of head more cupreous; antennae and posterior tarsi 

 shorter; presternum more finely punctate; tibiae unarmed at apex; 

 first two abdominal segments convex, and the second without a deep 

 depression at middle. 



Reclescribed from a male collected on bayberry {Myrica Caroline n- 

 sis) at Lyme, Connecticut, by the writer. Since the type of this 

 species is lost, I am designating this specimen as the neotype, and 

 depositing it in the United States National Museum collection. 



Type locality. — " Missouri." 



DISTBIBUTION 



Material examined : 



Connecticut: Lyme, June- July (reared, Fisher, Champlain). Orange, June 

 (Zappe, Walden). Hamden, June (Zappe). Salem. July (Foote). North 

 Haven, July (Walden). New Haven, June (Zappe, Walden). Meriden, 

 June 11 (Johnson). 



Florida: Istokpoga (Blatchley). 



Massachusetts : Tynsboro ( ). 



New Jersey: Buena Vista, June (Liebeck). 



New York: Albany; Pennyquid Barrens, L. I., July 8 ( ). 



Pennsylvania: Cedar Run, July 12; Bear Meadows, July 5; Charter Oak, 

 July 4 (J. N. Knull). 



Also recorded from the following localities : 



Colorado: Colorado Springs (H. F. Wickham) (identification?). 



Florida : St. Augustine, April 21 ( Johnson ) . 



Illinois: Southern part (Thomas) (identification?). 



Maine: Wales, June 23 (C. A. Frost). 



Missouri: (Say) (Somes). 



New Jersey: Eagle Rock (Bischoff). West Berlin, June 25 (Boerner). 

 Browns Mills and Lacy, July (Daeeke). Atco, June 3 (Liebeck). Lake- 

 hurst, June (Nicolay). South Jersey (Wenzel). 



New Mexico: (Ulke. Fall, and Cockerell) (identification?). 



New York: Staten Island; Buffalo. June (Leug). Half-Way-Hollow Hills, 

 July 2; Yaphank, June (Davis). Bellport, July (Nicolay). Queens, July 

 (Frost). Massapequa. July (Shoemaker). 



Nova Scotia: Port Midway and Greenfield. July (Bolster). 



