130 Journal New York Entomological Society, [^'ot. xxviii. 



" plateau lands," but the last six localities mentioned are in the low 

 lying Gulf strip of Mississippi, which rises a few feet above the level 

 of the sea. 



Louisiana.— Alexandria, August 22, 19 15, female (Rehn and He- 

 bard) ; two females labeled " La." One of these females is plain 

 straw colored with a greenish collar, while the other two have dark 

 marks on pronotum and mesonotum. 



Indian Territory. — Hughes, June 20, 1907, in cotton field, male (F. 

 C. Bishopp), collection U. S. Nat. Museum. 



Missouri. — Hartville, Wright Co., June 20, 1873, female, collection 

 Museum Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 



Illinois. — In the Uhler collection, U. S. Nat. Museum, there are 

 two males, one labeled " N. 111.," and the other " Ogle Co., 111." They 

 are marked with dark spots. 



Iowa. — Iowa City, June 24, 1898, female (Wickham). This is a 

 straw colored individual. In the Uhler collection, U. S. Nat. Museum, 

 there are three males and one female from Denison. The males have 

 the usual dark mark^, while the female is straw colored. In the same 

 collection there is a female from Dallas Co. that has blackish marks 

 on the thorax, but is lighter than the males. 



Kansas. — Wakefield, Clay Co., male and three females; Sheridan 

 Co., 2,650 ft., male (F. X. Williams) ; Barton Co., 1,816 ft., June 22, 

 I912, male (F. X. Williams) ; Ellsworth Co., July, male (Warren 

 Knaus) ; Grove Co., 2,813 ft., inale (F. X. Williams) ; Topeka, July 

 II, male and female (E. G. Smyth) ; Clark Co., June, 1,962 ft., male 

 (F. H. Snow) ; Chautauqua Co., 841 ft., two males, two females (R. 

 H. Beamer) ; Miami Co., 1915, male (R. H. Beamer) ; Ness Co., July 

 5, 1912, 2,260 ft., female (F. X. Williams) ; Douglas Co., 900 ft., two 

 females (F. H. Snow) ; Riley Co., July 13, two females (Popenoe). 



In the above series the males are marked with black, while the 

 females are larger and almost wholly straw colored. A few females 

 have indistinct darker marks, particularly on the mesonotum. 



Nebraska. — Lincoln, June 25, 1908, 1,450 ft., two males, one female 

 (R. W. Dawson) ; South Bend, June 25, 191 5, female, and July 14, 

 I915, male (E. M. Partridge) ; Omaha, June 22, 1918, female (R. R. 

 Leussler). 



In the Uhler collection, U. S. Nat. Museum, there is a female 



