176 Journal New York Entomological Society. f^^o'- ^^■ 



Pronotum with two basal black spots, punctate ; punctures of base larger 

 than those of sides or front. Prosternal ridge margined, not grooved, nearly 

 flat, punctate, sides slightly constricted in region of prothoracic legs, widening 

 anteriorly, steeply declivous in front. Legs pale yellow except femora of hind 

 legs which are black ; posterior coxse attaining the last segment of abdomen. 

 Last segment of abdomen triangular in outline, impunctate. 



Elytra, each with ten rows of black punctures ; an irregular, interrupted 

 row of large punctures between the third and fourth rows ; spots, stripes, and 

 punctures arranged as shown in Plate V; punctures of apical half of elytra 

 smaller, irregularly arranged but not so numerous as in iniiticiis Lee. ; apical 

 margins sinuate-truncate. 



This species is closely related to muticus Lee. and it may prove 

 only a variety when the distribution of the species is more fully 

 known. 



Habitat. — New York (Ithaca); Mich. (Lansing); Ind. (Laporte; 

 Marshall, Fountain, Marion and Laurence Go's. Blatchley, 1910) ; Ga. 

 (Spring Greek, Decatur Go., J. G. Bradley) ; La. (Govington, H. F. 

 Wickham) ; Texas (Brownsville, H. F. Wickham). 



Peltodytes muticus Leconte. 



Cnemidotus muticus Leconte. New Species N. A. Col. L 1863, p. 21. 



General color pale yellow, rarely reddish-yellow with black markings on 

 pronotum and elytra. Length 3.5-4 mm. 



Head punctate ; labrum not emarginate, a row of setae on its anterior 

 margin ; eyes broadly oval ; antennse testaceous. 



Pronotum with a pair of basal black spots, punctate, the disc sparsely 

 punctate ; punctures of the same color as the pronotum except the few which 

 are between the basal black spots which are black. Prosternal ridge flat, 

 margined, sharply declivous in front, sides constricted in the region of pro- 

 thoracic legs, widening anteriorly. Posterior coxte punctate, reaching the 

 last abdominal segment ; hind femora reddish-brown, not ringed with yellow. 

 Last abdominal segment triangular in outline, impunctate. 



Elytra each with ten rows of black punctures ; an irregular, interrupted 

 row of black punctures between the third and fourth rows ; intervals with a 

 few scattered, small punctures ; black markings arranged as shown in Plate 

 XV; median black spot broadly confluent with the sutural stripe; apical 

 margins rounded, not sinuate-truncate. 



//(7&;7rt^— Ganada (Ont. and Que., H. F. Wickham) ; Mass. (Am- 

 herst) : R. L (Providence); New York (Ithaca, Golden, Flushing,. 

 L. I.) ; Pa. (Phila. Neck) ; Ga. (Offerman, Thelman. J. G. Bradley) ; 

 Florida; Indiana (Gommon, Blatchley, 1910). 



Type. — In the Museum of Gomparative Zoology, Gambridge, Mass. 



