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Hirst and second joints, tiie second joint sliortest, tlie tiiird and fourth much more slender, 

 the fourth a little longer than the third. Pronotum triangular both before and behind 

 the humeral angles, the anterior division very slightly sinuated on the sides, feebly 

 notched at the end of the scutellum behind the anterior lobe; coUum distinct, with an 

 orange band on the middle; the surface rugulose and punctate behind this; tlie lateral 

 and posterior margin orange, the tip a little rounded; the humeral angles moderately 

 subacute, with the edge a little callous Pleural pieces bordered with rufo-testaceous; 

 the coxae, trochanters, border of sternum, and legs yellowish-testaceous, with the 

 femora, tibiae and tarsi dusky or piceous above. Scutellum fuscous, almost completely 

 concealed beneath the projecting pronotum. Hemelytra pale smoke-brown, narrower 

 than the abdomen, with the veins darker, and a sliort streak at base of corium pale 

 yellowish. Tergum rufous along the middle, blackish e.xterior to this; the conuexivum 

 both above and below, orange interrupted with black. The underside dull black with a 

 tinge of plumbeous, a little sericeous, the posterior segments rufous on the middle, and the 

 genital segment yellow. 



Length to tip of venter 3 mm. Width of pronotum 1.25 mm. This is a common species 

 in Maryland, and is also found in North Carolina. It has also been collected in Colo- 

 rado, and in the vicinity of San Diego, California. In Maryland it occurs on the borders 

 of small streams during summer, and is occasionly found full-winged in the mouth of 

 June. The male is narrower and more wedge-shaped posteriorly than the female." 



Foot-hills five miles west of Fort Collins, March 12th to 

 April 21st (Gillette). 



Macrovelia hornii UhL 



Fort Collins, April 14th; Rist Canon, April 9th (Baker). 



Scilda coriacea Uhl. 



Denver (B. H. Smith— see Uhler, 5). 

 Salda cUspersa UhL 



Comparatively abundant in various places west of Denver (Uhler, 9j. 

 Salda hiiiuilis Say. 



West Cliff, Custer County, July 31st (Cockerell, 10). 



Salda interstitialis Say. 



Eoaring Fork (Eothrock— see Uhler, 2). Colorado (Uhler, 6). Ula, Custer 

 County, November 12th (Cockerell, 10,. 



Fort Collins, August 27th; foot-hills five miles west of Fort 

 Collins, March 12th to April 9th; Estes Park, July 12th 

 (Gillette). 



Salda pallipes Fab. 



In western suburbs of Denver may be found in untold numbers on dark, 

 damp, sandy and muddy soil, during August. Also near stream in Beaver 

 Brook Gulch, and in Clear Creek Canon (Uhler, 5). Georgetown, July 8th, 

 9,500 feet (Packard— see Uhler, 5). 



Colorado Springs, July (Tucker). 



Galgiilus ociilatiis Fab. 



Colorado ; Gillette— see Osborn, 1). 



