pS 67— 
Agallia quadripunctata. 
Bythoscopus 4-punctatus Prov. Nat. Can., IV, 376, 1872. 
Agallia flaccida Uhl., Van Duzee, Can. Ent., vol. XXI, p. 9, 1889. 
This species I have received in exchange from a number of corre- 
spondents as Agalha flaccida Uhler, and have so used the name myself 
in exchanging and in the Zis/ of Muskoka Hemiptera. It seems to have 
been an early manuscript name of Mr. Ubler. I append a translation 
of M. Provancher’s description, as the periodical in which it occurs 
seems to be rare and difficult to obtain. For the copy in my possession 
I am indebted to the kindness of its editor. 
‘‘Bythoscopus 4-punctatus, 4-pointed Aythescopus, n. sp. 
‘Length, .12 inch. Ofa yellowish brown, more or less obscure. Head varied 
<‘ with yellow and brown, with two black points on the anterior margin, Prothorax 
‘¢with two large black points almost on the posterior margin, in line with those of the 
‘head ; other less distinct black points sometimes appear in advance of these. 
‘*Elytra soiled yellow, the nerves paler. Beneath brown; feet yellowish, Common. 
<* Very near the preceding (By. sanguinelentus) but easily distinguished however by 
“the presence of the two black points on the posterior margin of the prothorax.” 
This is a very abundant species in Western New York from early in 
May until September, and in fact the year round, as it appears to hyber- 
nate in the adult state as do many if not all the /assede. 
Genus PEDIOPSIS Burm. 
Head entirely or almost entirely deflexed, viewed from above form- 
ing a narrow margin to the front of the prothorax; vertex confounded 
with the front, with the eyes, as wide as the pronotum. Ocelli on the 
face about opposite the middle of the eyes, from which they are less 
distant than from each other. A more or less obvious depression crosses 
the middle of the face a little above the ocelli. Front bounded by a 
slight depression, not quite reaching the line of the ocelli, A sharp 
oblique ridge from the outer angle of the eye to near the base of the 
clypeus, shielding the base of the antenna. Loree prominent, tumid. 
Outer cheeks narrow below, where they are largely covered by the lore. 
Clypeus oblong or ovate, usually with a lateral depression before the 
lorze that sometimes extends across the apex. Rostrum short, scarcely 
attaining the base of the intermediate femora ; composed of three joints, 
the basal hidden beneath the clypeus. Pronotum short and broad, tri- 
angular before, sides very short, latero-posterior angles rounded; posterior 
margin broadly, sometimes angularly, concave. Scutellum broad-tn- 
angular, transversely depressed before the apex, which is sub-acute ; 
slightly calloused within the basal angles. Elytra thin or membranaceous, 
costa more or less arquated, apex rounded, inner margin straight ; mem- 
brane without an appendix. Ordinarily there are six closed cells on the 
