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third and fourth dusky, subfusiform, stout, the latter a little shorter 
than the third. Pronotum like the basal half of a funnel, very narrow 
anteriorly, sparingly sericeous pubescent, finely, obsoletely punctate, and 
shagreened, the sides anteriorly compressed, the callosities obsolete, the 
transverse impressed line abbreviated at each end, punctate; the pos- 
terior margin concave, with the posterior angles produced, oblique; 
the lateral submargin a little flattened, coarsely shagreened, the edge 
reflexed, turned down anteriorly, and thinning out. Pectoral pieces rugu- 
lose in part, deep black. Legs yellow, the coxe black or piceous, with 
the ends more or less yellow; anterior femora with a few brown dots, 
tip of tibia and last tarsal joint piceous. Scutellum coarsely, irregu- 
larly rugose, excepting the apex, which is nearly smooth. Hemelytra of 
almost equal thickness throughout, very convexly inflated, and decury- 
ing on the sides and posteriorly, slightly pubescent, polished, obsoletely, 
remotely punctate, the punctures of the deep sutures coarse and distinct; 
the membrane hardly distinct from the corium, the basal thick nervure 
obsolete. Venter polished, closely golden pubescent. 
“Length to tip of venter, 4-6 mm.; to tip of hemelytra, 54-7 mm. 
Width of base of pronotum, 1%4-2 mm. 
“TInhabits York county, Pennsylvania. Collected by the late Dr. F. 
E. Melsheimer, and by myself in the neighborhood of his farm.”—Uhler. 
Van Duzee adds New Hampshire. 
Genus SALDULA Van Duzee, 1914. 
“Body oblong, oval, or sometimes obovate in brachypterous forms. 
Head subvertical. Ocelli usually very much approximate. Rostrum 
reaching to middle of intermediate coxze or posterior coxe. Antenne 
quite slender. Base of pronotum broadly emarginate, other structures 
very variable. Lateral margins straight or rounded. Callus by ‘no 
means reaching lateral margin, extending further behind middle of disc. 
Scutellum longer than broad, impression far removed from base. Heme- 
lytra often variegated with silky black patches—Membrane furnished 
with four areas, more or less explicate or abbreviated, in this case attain- 
ing apex of abdomen. Third segment of posterior tarsus a little longer 
than second—Apex of last ventral segment of female produced and 
rounded. Type, Acanthia saltatoria L.” 
box Saldula major (Provancher) 1872. 
Provancher Nat. Can., p. 107, 1872. 
“Oval, robust, duli black, the upper surface remotely appressed, golden 
pubescent, and with a feW erect, remote brown hairs. Head from above 
short and blunt, minutely, densely- scarbrous, the base forming a neck, a © 
little convexly elevated, the eyes moderately prominent, brown; front 
almost vertical, a little oblique, closely golden pubescent, triangularly de- 
pressed before the ocelli, the face a little flattened; tylus much shorter 
than the labrum, they and the ends of the cheeks and buccule some- — 
times yellowish. Rostrum generally reaching upon the base of venter, — 
but sometimes a little shorter, piceous-black, becoming yellow at tip. 
Antenne very slender, black, pubescent and setaceous; the basal joint 
above and the second joint excepting the tip sometimes dull yellow, the 
former very short, not as long as the eye; second joint about twice as 
long, slender, much shorter than the last two united; third and fourth 
subequal, very gghtly thicker than the second, a little subfusiform. 
Pronotum semilunafe, short, depressed, dull black, minutely shagreened, 
but with the broad, thin, depressed lateral submargins more coarsely so, 
the margin a little turned up, but not abruptly reflexed; anterior lobe 
defined by a lunate, impressed, punctate line, hardly elevated, longer than 
the posterior lobe, and with a deeply indented point in the center; 
humeral angles bread, moderately prolonged, with a long tubercle next 
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