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6. Pediopsis bifasciata n. sp. 



Brownish fenuyiiioiis, pale beneath. Elytra vvliitish hyaline bifasciate with 

 fuscous. Length, 5^ mm. 



Face finely and obscurely punctured ; clypeus pale yellowish, broadly depressed 

 and smooth at the apex, clothed with scattering minute liairs ; lorae conspicuous, al- 

 most concealing the lower part of the cheeks ; rostrum rather long, tip black ; eyes 

 black. Pronotum finely wrinkled, darker on the disk, the posterior margin narrowly 

 pale ; lateral margin rather long with a black spot between the eye and the base of 

 the elytra. Angles of the scutellum darker. Beneath pale honey yellow; pleural 

 peciesand femora, except at base, tinged with ferruginous. Propleura with a black 

 spot. Claws and metanotum black. Tergum yellowish brown, darker toward the 

 apex. Elytra whitish hyaline with a transverse fuscous band, displaced on the claval 

 suture, crossing near their middle, and another just before their apex ; nervurescon- 

 colorous. Wings hyaline, nervures pale fuscous. 



The amount of fuscous on the elytra is perhaps subject to variation. 

 In the present example the hyaline surface slightly exceeds the fuscous, 

 and the space between the fuscous bands has a clearer whitish aspect. 

 Described from one 9 taken at Muskoka Lake the last of July 1888. 



This species bears a certain resemblance to the trimaculata of Fitch, 

 but it is larger and stouter, the lower surface and legs are pale, the 

 sculpturing of the head and thorax is much finer, and the elytra are 

 differently marked. 



7. Pediopsis flavescens Prov. Naturaliste Canadien, IV, p. 376, 1872. 



Pale yellowish or greenish yellow ; abdomen fulvous ; elytra with two transverse 

 brown bands. Length, 4| mm., 5. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum pale yellow or greenish yellow, finely punctured. 

 Clypeus broad, not tumid, the submargin depressed before the lorse, the apex broadly 

 rounded. Eyes brown. Posterior margin of the pronotum rather deeply concave, 

 the rugae indistinct. Elytra whitish hyaline, obscurely washed with yellowish at the 

 base, with two broad pale brown transverse bands, one near the middle, the other on 

 the apex but omitting the extreme tip. Abdomen fulvous, edges of the doisal seg- 

 ments, inner margin of the valves, and ventral plate sometimes whitish. Legs pale 

 whitish yellow. 



Two examples ; Muskoka, Ont. , July 1888, and Lancaster, N. Y. , 

 June 27th 1889. This species most nearly resembles the preceding but 

 they are sufficiently distinct. 



It is not without misgivings that I refer this insect to M. Provancher's 

 species. It is larger than he indicates, is not "washed with brown on 

 the thorax,*' and the elytral bands are more distinct ; but this character 

 is, I think, liable to vary, and the two former could be reconciled b} as- 

 suming that he drew up his description from a male. With our |)resent 

 meagre knowledge of the Noith American Bythoscopidce an erroneous, 

 determination seems preferable to the possible creation of a new synonym. 

 The following translation of M. Provancher's description will afford a 

 ready means of comparison should more promising material be procured 

 later. 



Entomologic.\ Amekicana. Vol, V. 2 Septkmhek 188'.). 



