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  OF 
  THE 
  XAIIOSAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

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  ANDl'BONOTL'M 
  111- 
  

   ALEBKA 
  ALBOSTRI 
  

   ELLA. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  7 
  sho.ws 
  form 
  of 
  vertex 
  and 
  pronotum, 
  and 
  Figs. 
  8 
  and 
  9 
  the 
  vena 
  

   tion 
  of 
  elytrou 
  aud 
  wing. 
  

  

  Tliis 
  species, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  wide 
  distribution 
  and 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  

   forms, 
  lias 
  been 
  described, 
  as 
  indicated 
  above, 
  under 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  seven 
  

   di&erent 
  names 
  in 
  Europe 
  and 
  four 
  m 
  this 
  country. 
  Walsh's 
  aurea 
  is 
  

   identical 
  with 
  fidveola 
  H-S., 
  and 
  his 
  pidUda 
  is 
  like 
  the 
  albosfriella 
  of 
  

   Fallen. 
  These 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  two 
  varieties 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  from 
  this 
  

   It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  Walsh's 
  hinotata 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  good 
  species, 
  

   l)ut 
  it 
  hardly 
  seems 
  possible, 
  as 
  the 
  only 
  difference 
  

   between 
  this 
  and 
  aurea 
  is 
  its 
  paler 
  yellow 
  color 
  and 
  

   a 
  little 
  dusky 
  marking. 
  

  

  This 
  seems 
  a 
  rather 
  rare 
  species 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  I 
  

   have 
  seen 
  but 
  nineteen 
  specimens 
  in 
  all, 
  and 
  twelve 
  of 
  

   these 
  were 
  in 
  one 
  sending 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Otto 
  Heidemann. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  received 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  as 
  follows: 
  

   From 
  Professor 
  J. 
  B. 
  Smith, 
  two 
  specimens, 
  labeled 
  

   " 
  Washington, 
  1). 
  C, 
  lJ-(i, 
  '93;" 
  from 
  Professor 
  G. 
  V. 
  Davis, 
  two 
  s])eci- 
  

   mens, 
  one 
  taken 
  on 
  pear 
  and 
  one 
  on 
  cherry 
  at 
  the 
  Michigan 
  Agricul- 
  

   tural 
  College; 
  one 
  from 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Hart, 
  taken 
  in 
  Illinois; 
  from 
  Xw. 
  E. 
  

   P. 
  Tan 
  Duzee, 
  two, 
  taken 
  at 
  Hamburg, 
  ]^ew 
  York, 
  sweeping 
  ferns 
  and 
  

   rank 
  weeds; 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Otto 
  Heidemann 
  twelve, 
  eleven 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  

   marked 
  ''Washington, 
  D. 
  C," 
  and 
  one 
  " 
  Eock 
  Enon 
  Spr., 
  Va." 
  Walsh's 
  

   specimens 
  were 
  taken 
  at 
  Pock 
  Island, 
  Illinois, 
  and 
  Provaucher's 
  in 
  

   Canada. 
  

  

  ALEBRA 
  FUMIDA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Yellowish 
  below, 
  dark 
  smoky 
  above; 
  length 
  3.75 
  mm. 
  Face 
  entirely 
  

   j-ellow 
  or 
  slightly 
  washed 
  

   with 
  smoky 
  above; 
  length 
  

   of 
  front 
  0.9 
  mm., 
  breadth 
  

   O.S 
  mm.: 
  the 
  cly]ieus 
  is 
  

   pointed 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  broad- 
  

   est 
  a 
  little 
  below 
  the 
  mid- 
  

   dle, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  

   than 
  one-third 
  the 
  lengtli 
  

   of 
  the 
  front. 
  The 
  genae 
  

   are 
  narrow, 
  deeply 
  in- 
  

   curved 
  beneath 
  the 
  eyes, 
  

   scarcely 
  visible 
  against 
  the 
  

   lorae, 
  broadened 
  beneath 
  

   the 
  lorae 
  where 
  they 
  meet 
  

   the 
  clyi)eus 
  at 
  its 
  broadest 
  part, 
  some 
  distam^e 
  iVom 
  the 
  apex. 
  

   Antennae 
  yellow, 
  a 
  little 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  face. 
  Yertex 
  concolorous 
  

   with 
  the 
  face, 
  without 
  markings, 
  except 
  a 
  dark 
  median 
  line, 
  not 
  

   perceptibly- 
  longer 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  eyes, 
  ocelli 
  wanting. 
  

   Pronotum 
  varying 
  from 
  yellow 
  washed 
  with 
  smoky 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  

   and 
  posterior 
  ])ortions 
  to 
  dark 
  smoky 
  throughout; 
  width, 
  one 
  and 
  six- 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  Figs. 
  

  

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