444 Illinois State Ldhoratonj of Ndttiral Histonj. 



1869. Ophiderma mera. Rathvon, in Momberfc's Hist. 



Lancaster Co. Pa. 551. 

 1878. Ophiderma mera. Glover, MS. Journ. Horn. pi. 



1. fig. 16. 



1889. Carynota mera. Prov. Faune Can. iii, 24tj. 



1890. Cart/nofa mera. Van Diizee, Psj^che, v, 389. 

 Ophiderma mera. Smith, Cat. Ins. N. J. 442. 

 Ophiderma mera. Pack. Ins. Inj. Forest and 



ShadeTrees, 342, 11. 

 i/f/fe.— Penn. (Say), Mo. and Tex. {RUi-y), la. (Osborn) 

 III. {Oodiny), N. J. (Smith), Can. [Procanclitr). 



145. C. MUSKOKENSIS, n. sp. 



1889. Carynota marmorata, Van Dnzeo, Can. Eiit. .\'xi, 



6. 

 1892. Carynota Diarmorata. Harrington, Ottawa Nat. 

 vi, 80. 



?. Brick-red, marbled or spotted with yellow. Head ru- 

 fous, unequal, marked with yellow; spindle-shaped; ocelli 

 much nearer each other than to the eyes; eyes prominent. 

 Prothorax arcuated, flattened in front of middle, then 

 tapering to apex, which equals or surpasses apical cell of teg- 

 mina; brick-red, densely speckled with yellow along median 

 carina for a distance on each side to summit, elsewhere with 

 scattering yellow points: above each eye an irregular blackish 

 scar. Tegmina nearly covered, basal half reddish, punctured, 

 tip fuliginous, below reddish yellow, legs reddish. Length 8.5 

 mm., breadth 4 mm., altitude 4 mm. 



Described from one female collected l)y E. P. Van Duzee 

 and referred to by him in his List of Muskoka Hemiptera. 

 //a6.— Muskoka Lake District {Vnii Duzce). 



Food plant, FopuJusyrandidentata? 



This species differs from marmorata in the length of the 

 posterior process, and in the markings as given ))y Say. 



In a letter to the author, Mr. E. P. Van Duzee says: "Are 

 you aware that the species of Carynota have become mixed? 

 Provancher's pirta equals Say's marmonda, while his iiair- 

 morata equals the species I determined as marmorata in my list 

 of Muskoka Hemiptera, where, you see, I felt a little doubt. I 

 sent Provancher a specimen from Muskoka which he used in 



