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6. P. FACETA. — Green with a pale fulvous rnargiu and longi- 

 tudinal line. 



Inhabits Missouri. 



Body oval, green : head entire before : antennge, excepting 

 the first joint, dusky : thorax with a pale fulvous lateral margin 

 and fulvous edge ; a longitudinal pale fulvous line in the middle ; 

 posterior angles rounded, not prominent : scutel not abruptly 

 contracted in any part, with a longitudinal pale fulvous line on 

 the middle : hemelytra with a pale fulvous lateral margin and 

 deep fulvous edge : tergum blackish, with a fulvous margin. 



Length nine-twentieths of an inch. 



CYDNUS Fabr. 



1. C. BILINEATUS. — Black, polished, with sparse lateral hairs : 

 tarsi dull testaceous. 



Inhabits the United States. 



Body deep black, polished : head with two longitudinal, paral- 

 lel, approximate, indented lines, abbreviated at the vertex, th( 

 intermediate space somewhat resembling a carina ; lateral margin 

 with sparse black hairs : clypeus subentire, or obsoletely emargi- 

 nate at tip : antennas and rostellum pieeous : thorax a little nar- 

 rowed before by a slightly arcuated lateral edge : lateral margin 

 [316] sparsely hirsute; an indented transverse line on the mid- 

 dle : posterior margin somewhat convex, edge slightly arcuated : 

 scutel large, remotely punctured : hemelytra densely coriaceous 

 at base, membranaceous tip white or pale brownish : wings 

 pale : feet spinous, piceous-black : antei'ior tibiae compressed, 

 ciliated with spines : posterior pairs irregularly spinous : tar^i 

 dark testaceous. 



Length from three-tenths to two-fifths of an inch. 



Not uncommon in Pennsylvania as well as in Missouri. 



[Belongs to JSihus Dallas. — Uhler.] 



2. C. SPINIFRONS. — Dark reddish-brown : clypeus ciliate with 

 spines; anterior thighs with an oblique, linear, emarginate spine. 



Inhabits Missouri. 



Body dark reddish-brown, punctured : clypeus armed on th( 

 edge with erect, equidistant, prominent spines : antenna paU 

 reddish-brown, second joint minute: thorax with dilated punc- 

 tures, obsolete on the anterior disk, a transverse indented liiu 



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