[63] Ninth Report of the State Entomologist 403 



raspberry bushes, grape-vines and other situations where the 

 foliage is dense, often in great numbers. No. 819, male; 820, 

 female. 



*^ Grapb-vine Erythronkura, E. viiis, (Harris.) Inj. In?., p. 184. 

 Inhabits with the preceding. No. 821, female. 



*^ Allied Erythroneura, *£J. affinis. Pale yellow; elyti-a hyaline, 

 spotted with light yellow, with a black dot on the inner 

 margin towards the apex, and a broad yellowish brown band 

 on the base. Allied to basillaris Say, but readily distinguished, 

 being destitute of sanguineous markings. Length, 0-12. No. 

 822, female. 



*' Three-banded Erythroneura, *E. tricincta. Pale yellow, with 

 three broad bands, the anterior velvet-black, occupying the 

 thorax and basal half of the scutel; the middle bright 

 ferruginous ending outwardly in black, forward of the middle 

 of the elytra, the posterior dusky brown, on the apex. Length, 

 0-12. No. 823, female. 



Var. a. Anterior band sanguineous. No. 824. 



''•^ Oblique-striped Erythroneura, E. obliqua, (Say.) Jour. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci., iv. 342. No. 825, male. 



*' Bean- VINE Erythroneura, E. Jabce, (Harris.) Inj. Ins., p. 186. 

 No. 826, male; 827, female. 



««*EMPOA. 



(Gr. £•/, upon, -oa^ herbage.) Differs from Erythroneura in having 

 the apical nerve widely forked, forming a triangular apical cell, which 

 is shorter than the three other terminal cells. 



•*' Oak Empoa, E. querci. White; elytra pellucid, with three 

 blackish dots in a transverse row behind the middle. Length, 

 0-12. On oaks, sometimes excessively numerous. No. 828, 

 female. 



'" Scarlet Empoa, E. coccinea. Scarlet-red, immaculate, pectus 

 and venter orange, elytra brownish-pellucid. Length, 10. 

 Taken on pines. No. 829, male. 



