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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  103 
  

  

  deep 
  reddish 
  brown 
  above, 
  with 
  entirely 
  dark 
  antennae, 
  dark 
  scutel- 
  

   lum, 
  often 
  entirely 
  dark 
  anterior 
  legs, 
  dark 
  apical 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   femora, 
  dark 
  breast, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  also 
  dark 
  abdomen. 
  Throughout 
  

   its 
  range 
  over 
  the 
  country 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  and 
  in 
  Louisiana 
  and 
  

   Texas, 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  little 
  variation 
  except 
  for 
  the 
  paler, 
  

   less 
  distinctly 
  punctate 
  race 
  that 
  occurs 
  in 
  Florida. 
  The 
  type 
  locality 
  

   is 
  Pennsylvania, 
  collected 
  by 
  Melsheimer. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  New 
  Hampshire: 
  Hampton, 
  S. 
  A. 
  Shaw. 
  Massachu- 
  

   setts: 
  Holyoke, 
  Chicopee, 
  F. 
  Knab. 
  Connecticut: 
  Hartford, 
  F. 
  Knab. 
  

   Rhode 
  Island: 
  Watch 
  Hill, 
  W. 
  Robinson. 
  New 
  York: 
  West 
  Point, 
  

   W. 
  Robinson. 
  New 
  Jersey: 
  Boynton. 
  Illinois: 
  C. 
  Thomas. 
  Mich- 
  

   igan: 
  Detroit, 
  Hubbard 
  and 
  Schwarz. 
  Maryland. 
  Washington, 
  

   D. 
  C. 
  Virginia: 
  Fredericksburg, 
  Clifton, 
  J. 
  C. 
  Bridwell; 
  Nelson 
  

   County, 
  W. 
  Robinson; 
  Stone 
  Creek, 
  Lee 
  County, 
  Hubbard 
  and 
  

   Schwarz; 
  Vienna, 
  J. 
  C. 
  Bridwell; 
  West 
  Falls 
  Church, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Chapin. 
  

   West 
  Virginia: 
  Aurora. 
  Kentucky: 
  H.Soltau. 
  Tennessee: 
  Memphis, 
  

   H. 
  Soltau. 
  North 
  Carolina: 
  Graybeard 
  Mountain. 
  South 
  Carolina: 
  

   Florence. 
  Georgia: 
  Savannah. 
  Alabama: 
  Coleta, 
  H. 
  M. 
  Smith. 
  

   Mississippi: 
  Greenwood, 
  T. 
  H. 
  Parks. 
  Louisiana: 
  Baton 
  Rouge, 
  

   T. 
  H. 
  Jones; 
  Port 
  Allen, 
  J. 
  L. 
  Lauderdale; 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  H. 
  Soltau. 
  

   Texas: 
  Liberty, 
  R. 
  A. 
  Vickery. 
  Two 
  specimens, 
  both 
  females, 
  

   USNM 
  (Brooklyn 
  Museum 
  collection), 
  labeled 
  simply 
  "Mexico," 
  are 
  

   apparently 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  Strabala 
  riifa 
  floridana, 
  new 
  subspecies 
  

  

  Figure 
  17, 
  6 
  

  

  This 
  race 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  reddish 
  bro\\Ti 
  one 
  found 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  

   eastern 
  United 
  States 
  by 
  being 
  (in 
  dried 
  specimens) 
  pale 
  yellow-brown 
  

   with 
  the 
  dark 
  markings 
  as 
  in 
  typical 
  rufa. 
  The 
  elytra 
  are 
  less 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  punctate 
  than 
  in 
  rufa 
  and 
  distinctly 
  alutaceous. 
  

  

  Tyjpe. 
  — 
  Holotype 
  male 
  and 
  7 
  paratypes, 
  USNM 
  61202, 
  labeled 
  

   simply 
  "Fla.," 
  collector 
  F. 
  Knab. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Florida: 
  Lake 
  Ashby, 
  Capron, 
  Indian 
  River, 
  all 
  

   collected 
  by 
  Hubbard 
  and 
  Schwarz; 
  Lake 
  Wales, 
  Lakeland, 
  E. 
  M, 
  

   Craighead; 
  Jacksonville, 
  Ashmead; 
  Sanford, 
  Van 
  Duzee; 
  St. 
  Peters- 
  

   burg 
  (on 
  sweet 
  corn) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Myers 
  (on 
  sweet 
  and 
  white 
  potato) 
  ; 
  Oneco 
  

   (on 
  spinach); 
  Homestead 
  (on 
  string 
  beans); 
  West 
  Palm 
  Beach 
  (on 
  

   sweet 
  potato 
  and 
  lima 
  beans) 
  . 
  

  

  Strabala 
  acuminata, 
  uew 
  species 
  

  

  Figure 
  17, 
  c 
  

  

  From 
  4.5 
  to 
  5.5 
  mm. 
  in 
  length, 
  oval, 
  shining, 
  orange-brown, 
  with 
  

   dark 
  antennae, 
  dark 
  scutellum, 
  darkened 
  sides 
  to 
  breast, 
  and 
  dark 
  

   anterior 
  legs 
  and 
  apical 
  part 
  of 
  posterior 
  femora, 
  tibiae, 
  and 
  tarsi. 
  

  

  