■nil'; i,(t\(;-iioir\i:i> wdon-iKiiviNti i-.kI'I'I'lks. lo:')] 



r.ioT (f;ilj'.»;i). I*ri;priurrxrs amiiaijis llald.. TrMiis. Anicr. IMiil. Sue.. X. 



Kt'senihles liiniicralis in \'in-\n. Itl.ick : clylr.i Irdiii h.isc to middle «)r;iii.i.'c 

 yt'ildw. l'ilytr;i iiuicli h^ss ciiii-sciy :in(l icss deeply puiiclMle tliaii Ini iinriiHx ; 

 tliose (if Teinales eiiiaruiuali' and snniewlial Idnihed al apex. LchlcIIi \- 

 P. I mm. 



I.jiwfcticc .111.1 Craw lord (•(Miiitic^ ; rai'c. .fiiiic !l -Inly 1. Ucateii 

 IVoiii the t'i)Iia^(' of liick((r\-. rJslcd as a variety ol' li inin rails, hiil 

 ill my (i|tiiiinii w liolly dist iiict. 



XW. I'.ATVT.K Tl'om. lS(i4. 



Siiudl. siciidef fdi-nis. liaxin^- tlic front of head sliort, not ah- 

 (■ii|>tly detincd each side; aiiteima' a little sliortef than body, the 

 hitter ])ilose; scuteliiiin small; thorax niai'<iined at apex. One of the 

 throe reeop-nized s])eeies oeeiirs in the State. 



1!M)S ((-,141). I'.ATYi.K siTiUAMs Say. .lenni. IMni. Acad. .\al. Sci., III. lsi'4. 

 411 : ibid. II, 1!IL>. 

 Kloim.ate. slender. Dariv red; antenme. ]ei,'s and eClen tlie siitnrt^ of 

 elytra vai'yinu fr<ini dusky red to l)l;ick ; surface siiarsely <4othed willi lon.!Z 

 liiackisli li;iii-s. TlKinix subjilolxise. ycvy sparsely and liuely imnctured. 

 lllytra coarsely .and s]iarsely punctured, the tips rounded. Length (;.")- 

 7..") nnn. 



'I iirouuhoiit the State; frequent. June 16-July 20. Occurs in 

 numbers on flowers of Jersey Tea (Ccauofhus), dogwood {Cornus) , 

 meadow-sweet (Spird'a) and other plants. ]\rating June 25. 



TrilH? VI. STEXOSrilKXIXI. 



This tribe is i epresented by ,i single u'enus having the eyes finely 

 granulated and deeply emarginate; the head, in our species, nearly 

 vertical; antenntp as long as body in female, somewhat longer in 

 male, ta])ering. punctured and pubescent, second .ioint small, third 

 longer than fourth, .'{-7 aiMued with short apical spine on the innis- 

 side; scutellum louuded behii:d; elytra truncate al tij) and armed 

 with two apical spines; tibitv strongly carinated and the first joint 

 of tarsi as long as the two following united. 



XXVI. STKXosPiTENrs: TTald. Is47. (Or., "narrow - wedge.") 



This genus, possessing the characters of the tribe as given above, 

 is represented by six species, all l)ut one of which occur in the 

 southwestern I'liited States. The exce|)tion is 



