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** Bbech-tree Athysanus, *A. fa(/i. Elytra fuscous, immaculate; 

 scutel, face and pectus black; venter and legs light yellow. 

 Length, 0-18. Taken on beech trees. No. 796, female. 



"^Black-nosed Athysanus, * A. nigrmasi. Pale yellow, lower 

 part of the face black or fuscous. Length, 0-18. Common, 

 particularly upon the hornbeam ( Carpimis-^ aniericana.) 

 Presents many vai-ieties. No. 797, female. 



AMBLYCEPHALUS. Curtis. 



** CuRTis's Amblycephalus, * a. curtisil. Greenish yellow; two 

 dots on the vertex, band on fore part of the thorax, and six 

 vittffi on each elytron, black; beneath black. Length, 0" 15. 

 Common particularly on the grass of meadows. No. 798, 

 male; 799, female. 



"Say's Amblycephalus, * A. sayii. Pale yellowish, without dots; 

 elytral cells partially margined with fuscous or black, nerves 

 white. Length, O-l-S. Abundant on grass in pastures and 

 meadows. No. 800, male; 801, female. 



Var. a. A black spot on the base of the thorax. No. 802. 



b. Three black spots on the base of the thorax. 



No. 803. 



c. Only the apical cells margined Avith fuscous at 



their tips. No. 804. 



'* Melsheimer's Amblycephalus, *A. melsheimerii. Pallid, base 

 of the tergum black; elytra pellucid, nerves white. Length, 

 0-10. Common on grass. No. 805, male; 806, female. 



^ Inimical Amblycephalus, A.'i inimicus, (Say.) Jour. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci., vi. 305. Though this much resembles the species 

 named Sayii, above, it differs from this genus by the length 

 of its elytra, and from Jassus by its striated front and the 

 number of its discoidal and apical cells. It probably foims 

 the type of a separate genus. Common on grass, and its larva 

 has been said to depi-edate upon the roots of young wheat. 

 No. 807, male; 808, female. 



Var. a. Nerves white, cells margined with fuscous. 

 No. 809. 

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