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pcnsylvanicus Beauv. pi. 2, but not the same." I have not at 

 present access to Beauvois' work. Sexes alike. 



10. P Abrupta.— Green; short oval ; edges of the head, thorax 

 and abdomen whitish. 



Inhabits Georgia. 



Body rounded-oval ; immaculate, densely punctured ; edges of 

 the head, thorax and of the base of the hemelytra obsoletely 

 whitish : antennae, second and third joints nearly equal ; third 

 and fourth, black at tip ; fifth 



: thorax with the anterior angles 

 obtusely rounded, a small tubercle at the tip of the eye ; lateral 

 [ 762 ] edge convexly arquated ; posterior angles obtusely 

 rounded : beneath green ; region of the base of the feet a little 

 tinged with brownish ; abdomen on the lateral edge whitish with 

 a black point at each incisure ; spiracles white with a blackish 

 point. 



Length nine-twentieths of an inch. 



Much like the preceding, but it is shorter and more rounded, 

 and the lateral edges of the thorax are decidedly arquated. The 

 specimen is deficient in the terminal joint of the antennoa. It 

 was presented to me by Mr. Oemler. I formerly supposed it a 

 variety of hilaris. 



11. P. insert A. — Thorax deeply emarginate before, rounded 

 each side ; venter with with a series of black dots. 



Inhabits Missouri and Arkansaw. 



Body oval, pale yellowish, with numerous black punctures on 

 every part, excepting the membranaceous portion of the hemely- 

 tra : head unarmed, seated very deeply in the thorax : thorax 

 profoundly emarginate before for the reception of the head; 

 lateral edge arquated, so as to include the posterior angles in 

 the curve ; line on the middle and posterior narrow margin im- 

 punctured : scutel with a longitudinal impunctured line extend- 

 ing to the middle : hemelytra nervures impunctured : tergum 

 black, densely punctured margin of the general color: beneath 

 with two black spots behind the anterior feet; venter with a 

 series of black dots ; lateral margin darker or blackish at the in- 

 cisures ; feet with black points. 



Length half an inch. 



