PLOIARIA BREVIPENNIS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Fuscous-rufous, glabrous; wings abbreviated; 

 feet near the knees annulated. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body fuscous, more or less tinged with san- 

 guineous: antennse very slender, with a white 

 annulus at the tip of the first joint: anterior 

 tibise with the spines black at tip: nervures of 

 the wings brownish : intermediate and posterior 

 feet with the thighs near the tip, and tibix near 

 the base biannulate with whitish : tergum beneath 

 the wings bright sanguineous. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



This is a very common insect, and is often 

 found even in the city of Philadelphia. It 

 inhabits out-houses, where it may be observed 

 generally motionless on the walls. When dis- 



PLATE 47. 



