Descrihed Memhracklcp of North Americn. 40f) 



yellow with a black splash just before the highest point, reach- 

 ing on both sides; densely punctured; front of prothorax 

 high, very convex, produced beyond head; median carintP per- 

 current, lateral carinse united in front of middle at highest 

 point ; a semi-circular impressed line on each side; a smooth 

 scar above each eye ; a transverse brown line about midway 

 from base to apex, passing from lateral border on each side, and 

 meeting at middle; another brown line a short distance back of 

 this and parallel to it: all of the prothorax behind the first brown 

 line sanguineous, mottled somewhat with orange yellow. Teg- 

 mina very broad, orange-yellow, veins a trifle darker. Below, 

 venter and tibia^ yellow, pectus and femora black, ovipositor 

 fuscous, tarsi orange-yellow. Length 7 mm. 



Described from one ? specimen. Type in author's collection. 

 Hab. — Cbarapaign, Illinois, 



This specimen was taken by Mr. John Marten in an oat 



stubble field on the University farm, July 15, 1891, and kindly 



presented to me at the time. 



43. S. FESTiNA, Say. 



1830. Membracis fesfina. Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Phila. vi, 243, 5. 

 1851. Ceresa? /estiva. Walk. List Hom. B. M. 1141, 



38. 

 1859. Membracis festina. Say, Corapl. Writ, ii, 377, 4. 

 1869. Sticfocephala festina. Stal, Bid. Memb. Kan. 



246, 2. 



1889. Stictocephala festina. Prov. Faune Can. iii, 237. 



1890. Stictocephala festina. Smith, Cat. Ins. N. J. 441. 

 Stictocephala festina. Van Duzee, Psyche, v, 389. 



Hab.— Ya,., Pa., Ga., Fla., Mo., Tex., Iowa, Mont, and 

 Col. (Riley) ; N. Y. and Conn. {Van Duzee) ; Can. 

 {Provancher) ; N. J. (Smith). 



44. S. GILLETTEI, Godg. 



1892. Stictocephala gillettei. Godg. Ent. News, iii, 

 108. 

 Hab.— Co\. (Gillette). 



45. S. ROTUXDATA, Stal. 



1857. Ceresa uniformis. Guer. in La Sagra's Hist. Cuba, 

 Ins. 434, pi. 13, fig. 20. 



