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than tibiae, and the first joint as long as the following three joints 

 united. Tarsal claws similar on all feet, cleft near the middle, the 

 inner tooth broad, shorter than outer one, and not turned inward. 



Length, 5.75 mm. ; width, 1.5 mm. 



Male. — Differs from the female in having the head blue or bluish 

 green, becoming aeneous or cupreous on the occiput, front slightly- 

 narrower, slightly wider at top than at bottom, the lateral margins 

 more strongly expanded, and the surface densely, finely granulose, 

 and densely clothed with long, recumbent, silvery white pubescence 

 behind the epistoma; antennae extending to middle of pronotum; 

 abdomen not exposed above; sides of pronotum more greenish; pres- 

 ternum densely clothed at middle with long, erect, fine hairs, extend- 

 ing to the middle of the first abdominal segment; all tibiae armed 

 with a short tooth on inner margin at apex; posterior tarsi slightly 

 shorter than tibiae ; and the legs usually greenish or bluish. 



Redescribed from the female cotype (egenus No. 11) in the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology. 



Type locality. — District of Columbia. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Material examined : 



Connecticut: Lyme, reared (A. B. Champlain). North Branford, June 2-S 



(B. H. Walden and M. P. Zappe). Hamden, June 20 (B. H. Walden). 

 District of Columbia: Rock Creek Park, June 20 (C. E. Burden). 

 Illinois: Algonquin (Nason). Galesburg, July 9, 1892 (Stromberg). 



Indiana: Lafayette, June 21, 1907 ( ). 



Iowa : Iowa City, June 25, 1915 ( Stoner) . 



Kansas: Coffey County, June (W. J. Brown). Douglas County (F. H. Snow). 



Leavenworth County, July 1, 1924 (R. H. Beamer). 

 Kentucky: Frankfort, June 9, 1889 (H. Soltau). 

 Louisiana: Covington, May 28 (H. Soltau). 

 Maryland: Riverside, June (D. H. Blake). 

 Massachusetts: Sherborn (C. A. Frost). 

 Michigan: Grand Ledge (Hubbard and Schwarz). 

 Minnesota: Gull Lake. June 25. 1925 (F. M. Uhler). 

 Mississippi: Vicksburg (T. L. Casey). 



Nebraska: Nebraska City, June ( ). 



New Jersey: New Brunswick, June 15 (A. S. Nicolay). 



New York: Hartsdale, reared (M. N. Peck). Staten Island (M. L. Linell). 



Olcott, June 5-20 (H. Dietrich). Peekskill, June (Stromberg). Trivoli, 



May 27, 1921 ; Poughkeepsie, May 9-June 1 ( ) . 



North Carolina: Tryon, reared (W. F. Fiske). Southern Pines, June 14, 1916 



(A. H. Manee). 

 Ohio : No definite locality. 

 Oklahoma: Atoka (H. F. Wickham). 

 Pennsylvania: Inglenook, June 9, 1911; Highspire, June 12-20 (W. S. Fisher). 



Hummelstown, June 6-10; State College, June 9: York (J. N. Knull). 



Jeannette (H. G. Klages). 

 Texas : No definite locality. 



