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REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



On one occasion I found a female of this species and also one of 

 Chloealtis conspersa Harr., a few inches apart on the stump of a 

 downy poplar, Popuhis lieterophylla L., each with the abdomen buried 

 to the full length in the soft wood, but no eggs could be "discovered. 

 Nothing has been recorded concerning the habits of oviposition of 

 the members of the genus Paroxya, and it would be surprising if 

 they, like the Chlcealtis mentioned, should seek wood rather than 

 earth as the receptive matrix for the eggs. 



I at one time considered hoosieri a short winged form of P. 

 atlantica, but, on account of distinctive characters pertaining to the 

 abdominal appendages of the male, Scudder regards it as a valid 

 species. 



79. Paroxya soudderi Blatcliley. Scudder's Paroxya. 



Paroxya scudderiBL, 15, XXX, 1898, 69; Scudd., IBS, 1900, 66. 



The smallest known member of the genus, the body of the male 

 averaging but 17 mm. in length. Antennae relatively short, being 

 but 9 mm. in length in both sexes. Tegmina reaching slightly be- 



FiR. 76. Parox i/a miudderi Bl. n, Mate. 6, Female. One and one-third times natural 



size. (Original.^ 



yond tip of abdomen in male, a little shorter than abdomen in fe- 

 male. Supra-anal plate of male very short, triangular, with a short, 

 basal, triangular sulcus, in which rest the furcula. These consist of 

 a pair of flattish, oblong, sub-equal plates with their inner edges 



