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This widespread and rather common species in the northern 

 States is rare in the habitat of the three other species of the 

 tribe. With the exception of single references to Texas* and 

 Florida!^ respectively, it appears to be limited to the territory 

 north of Maryland and the Ohio River and east of the Rocky 

 Mountains. In the north it is reported in Canada'^-^-^^--^, 

 Maine^\ Massachusetts^^ New York«-7-"-i-\ New Jerseyl^ 

 Maryland='-^ Ohio^\ Michigan^-*, Wisconsin^-^-", Illinois*-^ 

 loiva^^-'^, Colorado^-'*"^-. The available collections show that it 

 has been found in all parts of Wisconsin including the northern 

 tier of counties. 



The immature feed on sedges, and the adults are especially 

 common in low meadows after the first of August and until 

 frost, probably hibernating. 



Darmistus Stal. 

 Haplotype suhvittatus Stal. 

 Darmistus Stal (1859a) 469, (1867) 543, (1870) 217, (1873) 88; Distant (1881) 160. 



One comparatively uncommon species from the southwestern 

 states and Mexico constitutes this genus. The body, legs and 

 antennae are not as elongate as in Protenor and the shape of the 

 juga is entirely different. 



2. Darmistus subvittatus Stal. 



Darmistus suhvittatus Stal (1859a) 469S (1870) 217; Distant (1881) leO^; Gillette and 

 Baker (1895)^ Snow (igOOa)-*; Van Duzee (1914)5. 



Description. — Flavescent, more or less suffused with dark fuscous 

 above, deeply and regularly punctate, black punctures arranged in a 

 pair of dorsal and a pair of lateral vittee on head and pronotum, the 

 lateral continued on basal segments of antennae. Antennae with second 

 and fourth segments subequal, each nearly twice as long as first. Sixth 

 ventral segment of female entire at apex. 



vSize 10-11 X 1.5-1.7 mm. 



This low-ground' western species was described from Mexico 

 and has been collected in Colorado^-^, Brownsville, Texas*, 

 California- and New Mexico^. As the mature insects are 

 found in Colorado in late August and September and again 

 from March to June, they must hibernate as adults. The 

 young reach maturity during August, breeding on Spartina 

 and probably other low ground grasses. 



