OP PHILADELPHIA. 241 



basal margin yellow : pectus more or less varied with black : tibiae 

 blaek. 



Length about a quarter of an inch. 



4. P. PUNCTIPES. — Pale olivaceous; thorax bilineate trans- 

 versely with white ; scutel black, with a white margin. 



Inhabits the United States. 



Head black : antennae pale at base, and somewhat biannulate 

 with whitish : proboscis white : thorax blackish before ; a slender, 

 transverse, abbreviated white line on the anterior submargin ; an- 

 terior and lateral edges white, the former abbreviated ; posterior 

 angles rounded, not prominent : scutel, lateral and terminal nar- 

 row margins [314] white : hemelytra with the exterior basal nar- 

 row margin whitish : tergum black : beneath blackish-cupreous : 

 feet white, with black points ; venter, margined with white. 



Length from one-fifth to one-fourth of an inch. 



A common species, inhabiting almost all parts of the Union, 

 and may be frequently observed on the mullein. 



5. P. PUNCTIPES. — Greenish-yellow, punctured ; thorax with 

 prominent angles each side, behind ; membranaceous tip of the 

 hemelytra with brown dots ; feet with black points. 



Inhabits the United States. 



Body greenish-yellow, punctured : clypeus slightly biemargi- 

 nate at tip, small spot above the eyes impunctured : antennae pale, 

 penultimate joint at tip and ultimate one black : rostellum nearly 

 attaining the base of the posterior feet, with a longitudinal black 

 line and tip: thorax, anterior lateral edge dentate; teeth minute, 

 subequal ; behind the middle each side extending into a promi- 

 nent, subacute angle : scutel destitute of elevated lines, rather 

 paler at tip : hemelytra upon the membranaceous tip j^unctured 

 with brown, punctures orbicular, numerous: wings whitish, irides- 

 cent ; brachial nervure fuscous, black towards the base, feet with 

 numerous black points : tergum deep black, margin greenish-yel- 

 low, with geminate, black, dilated lines, which unite with the 

 color of the disk, but do not attain the edge. [315] 



Length half an inch. 



Not uncommon in Missouri and in Pennsylvania, and resem- 

 bles P. ictericus Fabr. 



[The specific name has been inadvertently repeated. — Lec] 

 1825.] 16 



