﻿AMERICAN 
  TTPHLOCYBIXAE— 
  GILLETTE. 
  

  

  749 
  

  

  posteriorly, 
  about 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  vertex. 
  Sciitelluin 
  black, 
  

   sometimes 
  pale 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  tip. 
  Elytra 
  milky 
  white, 
  a 
  little 
  smoky 
  

   near 
  the 
  tip, 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  and 
  the 
  veins 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  yellow; 
  

   apical 
  cells 
  four, 
  triangular 
  one 
  pedunculate, 
  cell 
  upon 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  

   also 
  the 
  one 
  upon 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  subtriangular. 
  Abdomen 
  and 
  legs 
  

   verj- 
  pale 
  yellow 
  or 
  white, 
  with 
  tips 
  of 
  last 
  tarsal 
  joints 
  

   and 
  sometimes 
  the 
  basal 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  tergum 
  black. 
  

   (See 
  Figs. 
  98, 
  99, 
  100.) 
  

  

  Type.—^o. 
  3439, 
  U.S.:^r.M. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  seven 
  females 
  sent 
  nie 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  P. 
  

   Van 
  Duzee, 
  who 
  took 
  

   them 
  at 
  Hamburg, 
  Xew 
  

   York, 
  July 
  10, 
  sweeping- 
  

   ferns 
  and 
  w^eeds. 
  

  

  EUPTERYX 
  FLAVO- 
  

   SCUTA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Color, 
  smoky 
  above, 
  

   yellow 
  beneath: 
  length 
  

   3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Yellow 
  on 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  

   anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  vertex, 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  

   the 
  vertex 
  shading 
  into 
  

   dark 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  vertex 
  

   moderately 
  produced 
  and 
  rather 
  broadly 
  rounded. 
  Pronotuni 
  distinctly 
  

   less 
  than 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  vertex, 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  

   yellow 
  rectangular 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  posteriorly. 
  Scu- 
  

   tellum 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  angles 
  dusky 
  and 
  the 
  remaining 
  por- 
  

   tion 
  yellow. 
  Elytra 
  smoky, 
  with 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  inner 
  mar- 
  

   gins 
  and 
  the 
  veins 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  the 
  smoky 
  coloration 
  isdeepest 
  

  

  at 
  the 
  base, 
  along 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   and 
  at 
  the 
  apex; 
  venation 
  

   nmch 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  spe- 
  

   cies. 
  Tergum, 
  and 
  pygofers 
  be- 
  

   low, 
  black, 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  

   abdominal 
  segments 
  yellow. 
  

   Entire 
  feet, 
  and 
  thorax 
  below, 
  

   yellow, 
  except 
  the 
  extreme 
  tips 
  

   of 
  the 
  last 
  tarsal 
  joints, 
  winch 
  

   are 
  infuscate. 
  (See 
  Figs. 
  101, 
  

   102, 
  103.) 
  

  

  Type.—^o. 
  3410, 
  U.S.X.M. 
  

   Described 
  from 
  two 
  female 
  specimens 
  sent 
  me 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Van 
  Duzee, 
  

   who 
  took 
  them 
  along 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  species. 
  

  

  Since 
  writing 
  the 
  above 
  I 
  have 
  received 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

  

  Figs. 
  98, 
  99, 
  and 
  100,— 
  Vertex 
  axd 
  rRONOTUM, 
  elytron, 
  and 
  

  

  WING 
  OF 
  EUPTERYX 
  VANDrZEI. 
  

  

  Figs. 
  101, 
  102, 
  and 
  10:3.— 
  Vertex 
  and 
  pronotubi. 
  

  

  TBON, 
  AND 
  WING 
  OF 
  EDPTERYX 
  FLAVOSCUTA. 
  

  

  