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  I'liOCEEDlNGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIOSAL 
  MUSE 
  CM. 
  

  

  TYPHLOCYBA 
  HARTII, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  -ElATRON 
  AM 
  

   TYPHLOt'YHA 
  HARTII. 
  

  

  Colors 
  light 
  yellow 
  jiiul 
  bright 
  red, 
  length 
  2.9 
  nun. 
  

   Face 
  pale 
  yellow 
  to 
  ivory 
  white, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  streaked 
  witii 
  red 
  across 
  

   the 
  upper 
  portion; 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  wule, 
  the 
  idypeus 
  only 
  about 
  

   one-tourth 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  length 
  of 
  face, 
  genae 
  nearly 
  attaining 
  the 
  tii» 
  

   of 
  the 
  clypeus. 
  Vertex 
  ivory 
  white 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  four 
  spots 
  between 
  

   the 
  compound 
  eyes, 
  the 
  two 
  end 
  spots 
  touching 
  the 
  eyes 
  and 
  smaller 
  

   than 
  the 
  two 
  middle 
  spots, 
  which 
  are 
  quite 
  large; 
  the 
  two 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  same 
  side 
  run 
  together 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   si)ecimens, 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  the 
  large 
  spot 
  also 
  

   extends 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  vertex 
  

   at 
  the 
  i)osterior 
  nuirgin, 
  making 
  a 
  con- 
  

   tinuous 
  arc 
  fiom 
  the 
  eyes. 
  These 
  spots 
  

   may 
  be 
  bright 
  red 
  or 
  only 
  reddish 
  yel- 
  

   low. 
  Vertex 
  considerably 
  ])roduced, 
  

   rather 
  ])ointed 
  and 
  almost 
  exactly 
  in 
  a 
  

   light 
  angle; 
  hMigth 
  at 
  middle 
  one-half 
  

   greater 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  eyes, 
  distance 
  be 
  

   tween 
  the 
  eyes 
  one-tifth 
  greater 
  thau 
  the 
  

   length 
  at 
  middle. 
  Pronotum 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  vertex 
  and 
  

   nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long, 
  a 
  broad 
  median 
  led 
  stripe 
  forked 
  before, 
  

   the 
  forks 
  joining 
  a 
  large 
  spot 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  just 
  behind 
  the 
  eye, 
  and 
  

   which 
  does 
  not 
  extend 
  to 
  the 
  i)Osterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum. 
  Scu- 
  

   tellum 
  with 
  broad 
  median 
  stripe, 
  and 
  all 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  transverse 
  groove 
  

   ivory 
  white, 
  basal 
  angles 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  reddish. 
  Elj^tra 
  bright 
  red 
  to 
  

   near 
  cross 
  veins, 
  with 
  a 
  imrrow 
  yellowish 
  costal 
  margin 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  

   semicircular 
  spot 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  color 
  on 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  claviis, 
  

   making 
  a 
  large 
  circular 
  spot 
  when 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   are 
  closed; 
  tips 
  of 
  elytra 
  yellowish 
  white. 
  

   Abdomen 
  above 
  pale 
  yellow 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  

   margins 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  

   reddish. 
  All 
  below 
  ])ale 
  yellow, 
  except 
  

   tips 
  of 
  tarsi, 
  which 
  are 
  infuscated. 
  (See 
  

   Figs. 
  100, 
  107.) 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  live 
  fenuiles 
  and 
  four 
  males 
  

   sent 
  me 
  from 
  the 
  Illiuois 
  State 
  Laboratory 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  bear- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  numbers 
  11873, 
  11S77, 
  17S()7, 
  and 
  one 
  specimen 
  from 
  the 
  

   private 
  collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Hart 
  bearing 
  the 
  number 
  1G(). 
  Mr. 
  Hart 
  

   writes 
  me 
  that 
  those 
  bearing 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  numbers 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  

   rye. 
  April 
  22 
  aiul 
  23, 
  at 
  Champaign, 
  Illinois, 
  and 
  thos(» 
  bearing 
  

   the 
  luimber 
  17S(;7 
  were 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  place 
  and 
  date 
  among 
  

   leaves. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  pretty 
  little 
  s])ecies. 
  and 
  I 
  take 
  ])leasnre 
  in 
  dedicating 
  

   it 
  to 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Hart. 
  

  

  Figs. 
  108 
  and 
  l(i9.— 
  Face, 
  and 
  ver- 
  

   tex 
  AND 
  I'HONOIU.M 
  CV 
  TYI'HUKYHA 
  

   RUBKDSCl'TA. 
  

  

  