APPENDIX. 303 



CERCOPIS, Fahr. Germar. 



C parallella. Hemelytra with two whitish bands, which 

 are margined with dusky. 



Inhabits North-west Territory. 



Dusky yellowish-brown, punctured j head densely punc- 

 tured ; dusky in the middle and near the eyes ; a glabrous 

 somewhat elevated longitudinal line j length less than one- 

 third of the breadth ; thorax less densely punctured than 

 the head ; angulated at the middle of the anterior edge ; a 

 glabrous somewhat elevated line from the anterior central 

 angle, continued on the scutel ; scutel acute, punctured at 

 base, glabrous at tip ; hemelytra densely punctured ; an 

 oblique band from the tip of the scutel, attains the exterior 

 edge near the middle, it is whitish, margined with dusky ; 

 another oblique band parallel with the preceding and of 

 the same colours, is placed a short distance behind the 

 middle ; near the tip on the inner edge is a whitish spot ; 

 pectus and feet yello^^'ish ; tarsi, terminal joint dusky ; 

 iergum and venter dusky, margined with sanguineous. 



Length two-fifths of an inch. 



This species varies a little in the shade of its colouring, 

 and when dark in colour, the bands are almost obsolete. 

 This species also occurs in Missouri and Arkansa. 



ORDER NEUROPTERA. 



BAETES, Leach. 



1. B. bilineata. Large, pale ferruginous ; inferior wings 

 margined behind with dusky ; tergum fuscous with a dou- 

 ble series of whitish lines. 



