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and fifth blackish, both longer than the third, the fifth a little longer than the fourth. 

 Rostrum pale testaceous, piceous at tip, reaching upon the middle coxae, the third joint 

 very thick, a little longer than the fourth wh ch is abruptly narrow. Pronotum more 

 remotely punctate on the disk, witli the lateral margins very oblique, thick, callous, 

 broadly pale yellow, finely punctate and a little waved; the posterior margin feebly con- 

 cave, and the humoral angles tumidly rounded. Tectorial areas remotely punctate with 

 brown. Legs minutely pu. ctate with brown, darker above and on tips of tibiae, tarsi 

 piceous above, the nails also piceous. Scutellum long, minutely punctate, with an obso- 

 lete pale stripe on the middle, more conspicuous at tip, and with the usual pale callosity 

 in the basal angles. Corium and clavus with bare spots continued on the costal area. 

 Membrane bronze brown. Venter testaceous, remotely punctate with brown. Connesi- 

 vum polished, testaceous, marked with black scallops inwardly. Ventral spine very short. 

 Length to end of venter 13.5 mm. Width of case of pronotum 9.r> mm. This species 

 closely resembles a pale variety of Jalla dumosi Fabr. but the head is broader, basal joint 

 of antennae longer, and there are ten longitudinal veins to the membrane. One specimen, 

 a female, was captured in Colorado." 



Rist Canon, April 10th (Gillette). 



Podisiis niodestiis DalL 



Swept from bushes in Beaver Brook Gulch and Clear Creek Canon during 

 early part of August (Uhler, 5). 



Fort Collins, September 27th, on Clematis ligusticifolia 

 (Gillette). May 20th to June 24th, aud September l4th on 

 Solidago (Baker) . 



Podisus placidus Uhl. 



Colo. (Gillette— see Osborn, 1). 



Fort Collins, March 24th to May 4th (Gillette) , and May 

 3d on box-elder (Baker) . 



Podisus serieventris Uhl. 



Spring Canon, August 1st (Baker) . 



Podisus spinosus Dall. 



Pueblo. Did not occur on the plains proper, but was swept from a bush in 

 the bed of the river (Uhler, 5), 



l/iotropis humeralis Uhl. 



From bushes near Manitou (Uhler, 5), Colo. (Gillette— see Osborn, 1), 



Montrose, June 24th (Gillette) , 



Prionosonia podopioides Uhl. 



Denver (B. II. Smith— see Uhler, 5 and (S). From bushes near Golden in 

 August (Uhler, 5). Colo. (Gillette— see Osborn, 1). Pueblo (Uhler, Wj. 



Trinidad, May 14th (Gillette) . 



Podops dubius Pal Beauv. 



Colo. (Gillette— see Osborn, 1). 



Fort Collins, April 6th (Gillette) . 



