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  I 
  have 
  several 
  spociinoiis 
  tVcnn 
  the 
  Illinois 
  State 
  Laboiattny 
  ot' 
  Natu- 
  

   ral 
  History, 
  all 
  taken 
  September 
  i;> 
  in 
  <ieneral 
  sweeping-, 
  >;o, 
  1,")US. 
  

   Otliers 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  tVoni 
  rise 
  private 
  eolleetion 
  of 
  ]Mr. 
  C\ 
  A. 
  

   Hart, 
  taken 
  in 
  Hlinois: 
  from 
  ^Ir. 
  Tii. 
  reri:amle, 
  marked 
  "D. 
  C.;" 
  and 
  

   tVoni 
  the 
  I'nited 
  States 
  National 
  Museum, 
  marked 
  "Texas, 
  Injuring 
  

  

  wheat." 
  

  

  VARIETY 
  RUFULA, 
  uew 
  variety. 
  

  

  Colors 
  abi»ve 
  pale 
  yelUnv 
  and 
  reddish. 
  r»readth, 
  5^ 
  mm.: 
  louuth. 
  

   o.o 
  nun. 
  

  

  Face 
  long, 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  or 
  yoUow 
  slightly 
  washed 
  with 
  reddish. 
  \ 
  er- 
  

   tex 
  rather 
  strongly 
  produced 
  and 
  pointed, 
  the 
  angle 
  distinctly 
  less 
  

   than 
  a 
  right 
  angle, 
  two-thirds 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  but 
  little 
  

   less 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  breadth 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  yellow 
  

   with 
  two 
  longitudinal 
  reddish 
  lines 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  hind 
  

   nmrgin 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  anterior. 
  Pronotum 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  broad, 
  yellow 
  on 
  the 
  lateral 
  and 
  anterior 
  margins, 
  on 
  

  

  the 
  middle 
  and 
  posterior 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  red. 
  Scutellum 
  mottled 
  

   with 
  red 
  aiul 
  yellow, 
  the 
  red 
  

   predominating. 
  Klytra 
  very 
  

   long 
  and 
  slender, 
  pale 
  yel- 
  

   lowish 
  ami 
  finely 
  spotted 
  

   with 
  red 
  to 
  the 
  cross-veins, 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  cross-veins 
  trans- 
  

   parent. 
  Abdomen 
  blackish 
  

   above, 
  yellow 
  beneath, 
  tip 
  

   of 
  the 
  ovipositor 
  infuscate. 
  

   Feet 
  entirely 
  light 
  yellow. 
  

   Oescribed 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  

   female 
  trom 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  labeled 
  ••Coquillett. 
  

   Los 
  Angeles. 
  Calif" 
  

  

  A 
  mutilated 
  specimen 
  probably 
  belonging 
  with 
  this 
  variety 
  and 
  

   labeled 
  ••Placer 
  Co., 
  Calif, 
  Aug.." 
  ditiers 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  vertex 
  a 
  little 
  

   shorter 
  and 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  red 
  coloration 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  evenly 
  diffused 
  

   over 
  the 
  basal 
  two-thirds, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  veins 
  are 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Additional 
  specimens 
  may 
  show 
  that 
  this 
  variety 
  is 
  w 
  orthy 
  of 
  spe- 
  

   cific 
  rank, 
  but 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  such 
  will 
  be 
  the 
  case. 
  

  

  FlGS-ii, 
  26,^7.— 
  VeRTKX 
  AXO 
  rKOSOTVM. 
  ELYTRON, 
  AND 
  

   WINO 
  OF 
  PIl'RAXKrRA 
  ABXORill:?. 
  

  

  DICRANEURA 
  COCKERELLII 
  Gillette. 
  

  

  JiivrtiHetira 
  cockrreUii 
  Guxettk, 
  Psycbe. 
  Vll. 
  Supp.. 
  p. 
  14. 
  lS!it>. 
  — 
  Cock 
  ekell 
  

   Bull. 
  10, 
  N. 
  M. 
  Exp. 
  Stu.. 
  p. 
  114, 
  18l>«i. 
  

  

  Geueml 
  color 
  light 
  straw 
  yellow, 
  a 
  bright 
  red 
  band 
  crossing 
  the 
  ely- 
  

   tra 
  before 
  the 
  middle. 
  Length, 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Head: 
  Vertex 
  strongly 
  produced 
  and 
  almost 
  acute 
  in 
  front, 
  the 
  angle 
  

   bt 
  ing 
  somewhat 
  less 
  than 
  a 
  right 
  angle, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  pronotum 
  j 
  color 
  

  

  