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Specimens have been before me from New Jersey ; Sea Cliff, New 

 York; and Washington, D. C, July; also from Penna. ; Selma, 

 Ala,, and Aurora, 111. Several were bred from snow-white cocoons. 

 It is very close to C. rufilabris, but in life lias no pale median, dorsal 

 stripe. It does not appear to be common anywhere. 



I'hrj sopa quatlripuctata Burin.— Pale yellowish, a reddish stripe each 

 side efface from eye to mouth, vertex rather elevated, with two submedian pits, 

 antennae wholly pale, reaching to pterostigma of wings, prothorax plainly longer 

 than broad, suddenly narrowed at anterior third, beyond with parallel margins, 

 above with one or two transverse ridges and furrows, the anterior sloping side- 

 margins are reddish, and there are four or sis reddish spots above, often fading 

 in dried specimens, a red spot on each anterior lobe of the mesothorax, and often 

 some smaller ones between and behind these. Abdomen in life marked with 

 reddish and clear yellow. The wings are moderately broad, the fore pair barely 

 acute at tip, the hind pair plainly so at tip. Venation yellowish, the gradate 

 series black, the central cross-veins blackish at ends, some of the basal cross-veins 

 black, and often the bases of many others black; in hind wings the costals are 

 wholly black. The divisory veinlet of the third cubital cell ends much beyond 

 the cross-veins above. The gradate cells are subequal in length and but little 

 longer than those beyond. Length 14-17 mm. 



It was described from Pennsylvania and Carolina; my specimen- 

 come from Sea Cliff, N. Y., August ; Ft. Lee, New Jersey; Austin. 

 Texas; Falls Church, Va., and Washington, D. C, in June on till 

 October. 



This species I have always taken on or near oak trees. It has a 

 scarcely distinct fetid odor. The color is a rather pale green, paler 

 than C. rufilabris, and the red spots are very distinct, especially 

 those on the upper side of the first four segments of abdomen. 



Chrysopa bimaculata McClendon. — Face pale yellow, unmarked; vertex 

 green ; antennae pale, the basal joint with a narrow red line above ; palpi marked 

 with black ; prothorax green, a bright red stripe each side, rest of thorax and the 

 abdomen green, unmarked ; legs paler Wings with green venation ; the gradate 

 series, the costals and the radials wholly black ; other cross-veinlets in part black : 

 hind wings with gradate series and radials in part only black; pterostigma quite 

 distinct. Antenme moderately long, vertex somewhat swollen : pronotum broader 

 than long, narrowed in front. Wings narrow, anterior pair barely pointed, hind 

 pair acute at tips; divisory veinlet of third cubital cell ends beyond the cross 

 vein. Length 11-13 mm. 



Described from Laredo, Texas, August. Mr. McClendon sent me 

 specimens also from Laredo, and I have others from -\nstin, June, 

 and San Antonio, Texas; and from Biscayne Bay and Palm Beach 

 (Jan. 25), Florida. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC.. XXIX. (20) APRIL. 1903 



