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  mocEEDixos 
  of 
  the 
  xatioxal 
  museim. 
  

  

  luniiiiis 
  situm 
  iuterdnm 
  Intescens. 
  Elytra 
  «& 
  alao 
  corpore 
  longiora. 
  Abdomiuis 
  dor- 
  

   sum 
  raro 
  iiijiricans. 
  Pedes 
  llavi. 
  Macula 
  elytroruui 
  lateralis 
  rhouiliea 
  albicans, 
  pro 
  

   situ 
  luminis, 
  iu 
  plcrisque 
  individuis 
  conspici 
  potest. 
  Lougit-fcre 
  2 
  liu. 
  

  

  Not. 
  Color 
  variat 
  pro 
  aetate, 
  vel 
  pallide 
  vel 
  saturate 
  flavus. 
  Iu 
  quibusdaui 
  indi- 
  

   viduis 
  caput 
  (luasi 
  augulatim, 
  at 
  obtusissime, 
  extcnditur. 
  Nihilo 
  tameu 
  luiuus 
  a 
  Cic. 
  

   pascueJla 
  it 
  afisimili 
  facile 
  distiiigui 
  potest. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  and 
  widespread 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  thougii 
  

   it 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  recorded 
  here, 
  i 
  have 
  received 
  specimens 
  from 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  Cockerel], 
  marked 
  "Santa 
  Fe, 
  N. 
  M.," 
  from 
  Professor 
  H. 
  E. 
  

   Weed, 
  marked 
  "Ag. 
  Coll. 
  Miss.," 
  from 
  Mr. 
  MacGillivray, 
  marked 
  

   "Ithaca, 
  iST. 
  Y., 
  Angust 
  28," 
  from 
  Professor 
  G. 
  0. 
  Davis, 
  marked 
  " 
  Ag. 
  

   Coll. 
  Mich.," 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Th. 
  Pergande, 
  marked 
  "Washington, 
  D. 
  C," 
  

   from 
  Mr. 
  Otto 
  Heidemann, 
  marked 
  " 
  1). 
  C," 
  from 
  Illinois 
  State 
  Labora- 
  

   tory 
  I^ataral 
  History 
  (Doctor 
  Forbes), 
  marked 
  "15433," 
  from 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  F. 
  

   Crevec'oenr, 
  Onaga, 
  Kansas, 
  taken 
  among 
  leaves 
  in 
  timber 
  iu 
  early 
  

   spring; 
  from 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Musenm, 
  marked 
  "Los 
  Angeles 
  Co., 
  

   CaL," 
  and 
  "Garden 
  Cy. 
  Kans." 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  taken 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  in 
  general 
  sweeping 
  along 
  the 
  

   river 
  near 
  Fort 
  Collins, 
  Colorado. 
  The 
  only 
  difference 
  that 
  [ 
  liud 
  in 
  

   specimens 
  taken 
  here 
  from 
  those 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  eastern 
  portions 
  of 
  

   this 
  country 
  and 
  from 
  Europe 
  is 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  all 
  of 
  a 
  rather 
  deep 
  

   green 
  color, 
  instead 
  of 
  yellow 
  or 
  greenish 
  yellow. 
  

  

  VARIErY 
  BIRDII 
  Godiug. 
  

  

  Empoasca 
  hirilli 
  GoDixti, 
  Ent. 
  News, 
  I, 
  p. 
  123, 
  1890. 
  — 
  V.vx 
  Duzee, 
  Trans. 
  Am. 
  

   Ent. 
  Soc, 
  XXI, 
  p. 
  310, 
  1894. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Goding 
  describes 
  this 
  variety 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Seen 
  from 
  above, 
  long 
  ovate, 
  bright 
  yellow, 
  varying 
  to 
  green; 
  abdomen 
  deeper 
  

   yellow 
  and 
  attenuated 
  at 
  the 
  extremity. 
  Head 
  length 
  of 
  pronotiim, 
  obtusely 
  

   rounded 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  convex; 
  eyes 
  purple-black 
  ; 
  ocelli 
  nearer 
  the 
  eyes 
  than 
  each 
  

   other; 
  three 
  pale 
  bands 
  passing 
  along 
  the 
  occiput, 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  center 
  and 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  

   edge 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  along 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Prouotum 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  times 
  length 
  

   of 
  scutellnm, 
  its 
  posterior 
  border 
  straight, 
  front 
  arched; 
  three 
  large, 
  pale 
  spots 
  on 
  

   front 
  edge, 
  the 
  mesial 
  one 
  beingcontinuous 
  with 
  the 
  corresponding 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  occi- 
  

   put. 
  Scutellum 
  large, 
  triangular, 
  depressed, 
  having 
  a 
  pale 
  green, 
  broad 
  band 
  on 
  

   posterior 
  part; 
  apex 
  and 
  base 
  yellow, 
  a 
  dark 
  spot 
  occupying 
  the 
  disc. 
  Abdominal 
  

   joints 
  gradually 
  decreasing 
  in 
  size; 
  pure 
  yellow. 
  Elytra 
  slightly 
  smoky, 
  with 
  a 
  

   darker 
  liaud 
  passing 
  across 
  the 
  center. 
  Wings 
  hyaline 
  and 
  iridescent, 
  in 
  the 
  former 
  

   the 
  terminal 
  vein 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  margin, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  membranous 
  margin 
  ; 
  

   lower 
  part 
  of 
  tibiae 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  tarsi 
  indigo 
  blue; 
  femora 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  strong 
  spines. 
  

   One 
  specimen 
  with 
  all 
  colors 
  much 
  deepened, 
  and 
  some 
  minor 
  diil'erences, 
  may 
  prove 
  

   to 
  be 
  distinct. 
  Length 
  al)out 
  2 
  nnn. 
  to 
  end 
  of 
  lu'melytra 
  ; 
  breadth 
  one-third 
  tbc 
  

   length. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Goding 
  reports 
  this 
  variety 
  from 
  ai)ple, 
  ho]), 
  walnut, 
  beans, 
  

   and 
  weeds 
  in 
  Illinois. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  received 
  specimens 
  from 
  Agricultural 
  College, 
  Michigan 
  (Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  Davis), 
  Urbana, 
  Illinois 
  (Doctor 
  Forbes 
  and 
  C. 
  A. 
  Hart), 
  Ithaca, 
  

   New 
  York 
  (Cornell 
  University), 
  and 
  Ames, 
  Iowa 
  (E. 
  D. 
  Ball). 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  color 
  variety 
  of 
  Jiavescens. 
  The 
  smoky 
  markings 
  of 
  

  

  