158 Psyche [October 
graph of the paratype from Wellesley, Mass.,-which was sent to 
the junior author by Parshley as a typical form of variegata. As 
stated under parshleyi, Say never mentioned the length of the 
rostrum in any Tingid, and the length there given is only an 
assumed character. 
Our collections include specimens from Oregon (Portland), 
Idaho, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, [linois, Michigan, 
Virginia, New York, and Massachusetts. Stal also records the 
species from “Illinois.” This series of specimens indicate the 
species to be quite variable, especially in color, length of rostrum, 
and in number of rows of areolz in costal area, but there seems 
to be no distinct variety. The many variations in color may be 
noted in the key. Our Illinois specimens are almost of a uni- 
form brownish color and the costal area is quite uniformly biseri- 
ate. The costal area of the elytra is either uniformly biseriate, 
or triseriate, or more or less irregularly triseriate, or with various 
intermediate forms between bi- and triseriate. The length of the 
rostrum is quite variable, always extending beyond the end of the 
rostral sulcus, but never reaching beyond the posterior margin of 
the second abdominal segment. In taking the length of the 
rostrum one should always note the position of the head and 
prothorax. In the senior author’s collections are specimens de- 
termined by Uhler and Heidemann. The specimen determined 
by Heidemann is listed by Parshley as a paratype under variegata 
from Berkeley Springs, Va. 
Physatocheila major sp. nov. 
_ Head armed with five spines, the spines arranged as in plezxa 
Say. Antenniferous tubercules large, curved inwardly. Antenne 
clothed with fine short hairs; basal segment swollen, a little longer 
than the second; second segment short, small at the base and 
strongly swollen at the tip; third segment longest, slenderest, 
about two and a half times the length of the fourth; fourth segment 
fusiform. Pronotum tricarinate, the carinze low and uniseriate; 
lateral margins as in related species; hood a little larger than in 
other Nearctic species. Rostral sulcus broad, the rostrum almost 
reaching posterior margin of second abdominal segment. Elytra 
a little longer than the abdomen, broadly rounded at the apex; 
costal area rather broad, irregularly areolate, with two or three 
confused rows of areolz; discoidal area a little broader and the 
