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This species is very closely related to fenestratus, of which it 

 may prove to be the northern form. It can be best distinguished 

 by the black transverse bands on the vertex, the hyaline elytra and 

 the maculated scutellum. The similarity of genital characters would 

 seem to indicate something less than a specific difference. 



7. Bythoscopus minor I itch. 



Athysauus minor Fitch, Homop. N. Y. State Cab. p. 60, 1851; Trans. 

 N. Y. State Agric. Soc. xviii, p. 5S3, 1858; Rathvon, Mombert Hist. 

 Lancaster County, Pa., p. 551; Packard, Bulletin No. 7, U. S. Ent. 

 Com. p. 12S (Fitch); J. B. Smith, List Insects of N. J., p. 446, 1890. 



Bythoscopus do.. Walker, List of Homop. iii, p. 876. 



Pediopsis do., Van Duzee, List Muskoka Hemip. Can. Ent. .\.\i, p. 9, '89. 



Macropsis ocellatiis Prov., Nat. Can. iv, p. 377, 1872. * 



Pale yellowish, cinereous, or ferruginous brown ; front dusky ; elytra 

 fenestrate with hyaline; last ventral segment of female short, with two small 

 teeth on the hind margin. Length 4 mni. 



Feviale. — Face coarsely punctured, leaving the smooth frontal areas 

 quite strongly contrasted, ocelli brown, sometimes conspicuous in pale e.x" 

 amples, ape.x of the clypeus narrowed and somewhat produced; front some- 

 times embrowned as in ?iigrinasi; disc of the cheeks and margins of the 

 pectoral pieces and ventral segments paler, sometimes clear yellow; tergum. 

 disc of the pronotum, scutellum and elytra commonly more deeply colored; 

 the latter with a whitish spot next the scutellum, another on the discal areoles, 

 a larger one on the anti-apicals, and a feeble indication on the apex of the 

 clavus. In pale examples these spots are nearly obliterated. Wings whitish 

 hyaline, nervures concolorous. Last ventral segment but little longer than 

 the penultimate, hind margin but slightly produced medially, with a pair of 

 short, rather distant teeth, including a shallow notch. 



A single male from Maryland has the elytra fulvous brown with 

 a slight vinous tinge and without hyaline spots, and the nervures of 

 the wings brown, otherwise like the female. 



Buffalo, N. v.; Muskoka, Ont. ; Quebec, Provancher; Mary- 

 land and Massachusetts, Uhler. There can, I think, be no doubt 

 but that this is the insect described by Mr. Fitch as Athysamis minor, 

 but I ha\'e not seen his types, if indeed they still exist, and his brief 

 description will not admit of a positive identification. It is certainly 

 very n^wr fencstratus, of which it may be a pale variety. 



8. Bytho3Copus nigrinasi Fitcii. 



Athysamis nigrinasi Fitch, Homop. N. Y. State Cab. p. 61, 1S51 ; J. B. 

 Smith, List of Insects of N. J., p. 446, 1890. 



Bythoscopus do.. Walker, List of Homop. iv, p. 1162. 



Color varying from pale yellowish cinereous to deep fuscous; legs yellow, 

 front embrowned; elytra normally marked as mfcnestratus; last ventral seg- 

 ment of the female bilobed on its apical margin. Length about 4 www. 



