6. Pediopsis bifasciata n. sp. 
Brownish ferruginous, pale beneath. Elytra whitish hyaline bifasciate with 
fuscous. Length, 5$ mm. 
Face finely and obscurely punctured ; clypeus pale yellowish, broadly depressed 
and smooth at the apex, clothed with scattering minute hairs ; lorze conspicuous, al- 
most concealing the lower part of the cheeks ; rostrum rather long, tip black ; eyes 
black. Pronotum finely wrinkled, darker on the disk, the posterior margin narrowly 
pale ; lateral margin rather long with a black spot between the eye and the base of 
the elytra. Angles of the scutellum darker. Beneath pale honey yellow; pleural 
pecies and femora, except at base, tinged with ferruginous. Propleura with a black 
spot. Claws and metanotum black. Tergum yellowish brown, darker toward the 
apex. Elytra whitish hyaline with a transverse fuscous band, displaced on the claval 
suture, crossing near their middle, and another just before their apex ; nervures con- 
colorous. Wings hyaline, nervures pale fuscous. 
The amount of fuscous on the elytra is perhaps subject to variation. 
In the present example the hyaline surface slightly exceeds the fuscous, 
and the space between the fuscous bands has a clearer whitish aspect. 
Described from one 9 taken at Muskoka Lake the last of July 1888. 
This species bears a certain resemblance to the “7macula/a of Fitch, 
but it is larger and stouter, the lower surface and legs are pale, the 
sculpturing of the head and thorax is much finer, and the elytra are 
differently marked. 
7. Pediopsis flavescens Prov. Naturaliste Canadien, IV, p. 376, 1872. 
Pale yellowish or greenish yellow ; abdomen fulvous ; elytra with two transverse 
brown bands. Length, 44 mm., Q. 
Head, pronotum and scutellum pale yellow or greenish yellow, finely punctured. 
Clypeus broad, not tumid, the submargin depressed before the lorae, the apex broadly 
rounded. Eyes brown. Posterior maryin of the pronotum rather deeply concave, 
the rug indistinct. Elytra whitish hyaline, obscurely washed with yellowish at the 
base, with two broad pale brown transverse bands, one near the middle, the other on 
the apex but omitting the extreme tip. Abdomen fulvous, edges of the dorsal seg- 
ments, inner margin of the valves, and ventral plate sometimes whitish. Legs pale 
whitish yellow. 
Two examples ; Muskoka, Ont., July 1888, and Lancaster, N. Y., 
June 27th 1889. This species most nearly resembles the preceding but 
they are sufficiently distinct. 
It is not without misgivings that I refer this insect to M. Provancher's 
species. It is larger than he indicates, is not ‘‘ washed with brown on 
the thorax,” and the elytral bands are more distinct ; but this character 
is, I think, liable to vary, and the two former could be reconciled by as- 
suming that he drew up his description from a male. With our present 
meagre knowledge of the North American Sythoscopide an erroneous 
determination seems preferable to the possible creation of anew synonym. 
The following translation of M. Provancher’s description will aflord a 
ready means of comparison should more promising material be procured 
later. 
ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VoL V. 2 SEPTEMBER 1889. 
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