50 EDWARD P. VAN DUZEE. 



Deflected anterior portion of the head a little impressed each side of the tylus, 

 not forming an excavated basin ; tylus quite distinctly elevated to its 

 apex >*ulcifroiis. 



NeoftiglosMa uiidata Say. 



A common species, especially in the northeastern United States 

 and Canada. In the latter country it is found from Quebec to 

 Vancouver Island. Its southern range, so fas as I can now learn, 

 is New Jersey, Illinois, Nebraska and Colorado. 



In 1877 Dr. Uhler separated the trilineata Kirby, assigning to 

 this name a larger dark colored form taken in Canada, Nebraska, 

 Dakota and California. I have never been fortunate enough to see 

 one of these dark specimens and will not now venture to give any 

 characters separating the two forms. 



iVeottigloissa Niilcifrons Stal. 



This species seems to be most at home in the southern States, 

 although Dr. Uhler records it from as far west as New Mexico, 

 Texas and Utah. I took one example at Griffin, Georgia, in May, 



1899, and Mr. Heidemann has kindly sent me a specimen from 

 Washington, D. C. Prof. Osborn has specimens from Kansas and 

 Nebraska. 



iVeof tiglossa cavifroiiM Stal. 



I captured one individual of this species at Ogden, Utah, in July, 



1900, and have seen another from Utah taken by Mr. Heidemann. 

 The type came from Texas, and Prof. Osborn has a specimen from 

 California. It may be separated from sulcifrons by the characters 

 given by Stal in the Enumeratio, ii, p. 18, but the two species are 

 close and possibly should be considered but varieties of a single form. 



Genus COSMOPEPIiA Stal. 

 The following key is a copy of that part of Montandon's synop- 

 sis that applies to our species : 



Scutellum very obtusely rounded at the extremity ; frenum very short, not quite 

 one tiiird the length of the s(-utellum ; shape of the body broadly 

 oval 1 . 



Scutellum less obtusely rounded at the extremity; frenum reaching almost one 

 half of the length of the scutellum ; the body a little longer than that 

 of the preceding group; above slightly brassy and thickly punctured. 2. 



1. Scutellum black with a red spot on each side near the apex ; transverse fascia 

 and longitudinal central spot of the pronotum narrow linear; abdomen 

 above narrowly edged with red cariiifex. 



