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Stenobothrus maculipennis, J. B. Smith, 1892. Bui. 90, N. J. Agr. 

 Col. Ex. Sta., 31, pi. i, fig. 19. 



Stenobothrus maculipennis, Morse, 1893. Psyche, VI, 479, fig. 4. 



Stenobothrus maculipennis, Morse, 1894. Psyche, VII, 14 and 104. 



Stenobothrus maculipennis, Garman, 1894. 6th Ann. Rept. Ky. Agr. 

 Ex. Sta., 9. 



Stenobothrus propinquans , Scud., 1862. jour. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 VII, 461. 



Stenobothrus propinquans, Walk., 1870. Cat. Derm. Salt., IV, 754. 



Stenobothrus propifiquans, Thos., 1873. Syn. Acrid. N. Am., 90. 



Stenobothrus propinquans, Bruner, 1877. Can. Ent., IX, 144. 



StenobotJirus propinquans, Provancher, 1877. Faune Ent. du Can., 43. 



Stenobothrus propinquans. Scud., 1880. Second Rept. U. S. Ent. 

 Com., 25. 



Stenobothrus, sp., Uhler, 1877. Bui. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. 

 Terr., I, 792. 



Orphula maculipennis, Bolivar, 1888. Ex. Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr., 27. 



OfpJmla maculipennis, Morse, 1896. Psyche, VII, fig. 8-8 e. 



Not Stenobothrus maculipennis, McNeill, 1891. Psyche, 65. 



Hab. United States east of the Rocky Mountains. It is possible 

 that the range of this species is greater than I have given it, but there 

 has been so much uncertainty about the identity of this and allied spe- 

 cies that it is impossible to know in all cases to what species the refer- 

 ence was made. I am inclined to think that the species generally re- 

 ferred \.o propinquans was generally a long-winged cequalis zs the range 

 of this species is much farther north than maculipennis which is a 

 southern form. I think there is little doubt but that the synonomy 

 given above is correct. Mr. Scudder compared his propinquans with 

 Burmeister's type oi pelidna and decided that the former was a syn- 

 onym. I "have a typical specimen oi propinquans from Mr. Scudder's 

 cabinet which he has labeled as equal to pelidna. A careful study 

 of this specimen has convinced me that it is maculipennis and really 

 much more typical than some of the southern forms. Furthermore, 

 Scudder's description of propinquans applies about equally well to 

 varieties of maculipennis and cequaiis except in one particular. He 

 says "Hind tibiae plumbeus with a broad pale annulation at the base." 

 This applies to most varieties of maculipennis, but I have never seen a 

 specimen of cequaiis in the hundreds I have in my collection which 

 contains specimens from Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, 

 Texas, Indiana, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hamp- 



