DESCRIPTION. 



Body above rufous, punctured : head narrowed 

 before, and rounded at tip : antennx rufous, basal 

 joint yellow, terminal joint fuscous : thorax with 

 the posterior angles obtusely rounded: scutel 

 with numerous, very short, transverse black lines ; 

 a transverse, slightly raised elliptical line at base, 

 from which proceeds a slightly carinated longi- 

 tudinal line, becoming obsolete on the middle; 

 tip very slightly emarginate: hemelytra on the 

 coriaceous portion marked by the same minute 

 lines as the scutel : tergum margined with alter- 

 nating black, quadrate spots: beneath yellow: 

 feet simple, rufous: venter with two almost 

 obsolete black lines gradually approaching each 

 other to the penultimate segment, where they 

 terminate in a common black spot 



OBSERVATIONS. 



This species inhabits the middle states, but it 

 does not occur very frequently. 



The lower left figure of the plate. 

 PLATE 43. 



