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  MEi;i( 
  A 
  X 
  TYI'HL 
  OC 
  YIUNA 
  E—(i 
  IL 
  L 
  E 
  TTE. 
  

  

  Ibb 
  

  

  TYPHLOCYBA 
  RUBROSCUTA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Color 
  whitish, 
  marked 
  witli 
  bright 
  red, 
  coiu]»ouii(l 
  eyes 
  black: 
  leiiiitli 
  

   • 
  !.25 
  mm. 
  

  

  Face 
  nearly, 
  or 
  (fuite, 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long, 
  sutures 
  very 
  indistinct, 
  color 
  

   yellowisli 
  brown 
  to 
  reddish, 
  a 
  rather 
  broad 
  yellow 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

   \ 
  eite.x 
  between 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Vertex 
  mostly 
  piile 
  yellow, 
  but 
  the 
  extreme 
  

   jtip 
  and 
  a 
  spot 
  approximate 
  to 
  each 
  compound 
  eye 
  at 
  the 
  hind 
  maigiii 
  

   ( 
  .are 
  usually 
  red. 
  It 
  is 
  strongly 
  produced 
  and 
  rather 
  acutely 
  pointed, 
  

   ''its 
  length 
  being 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  only 
  about 
  

   one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  times. 
  Pronotum 
  varying 
  in 
  color 
  from 
  yellow, 
  

   tinged 
  with 
  red, 
  to 
  bright 
  red 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  yellow 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin; 
  it 
  is 
  but 
  little 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  consid- 
  

   erably 
  less 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long. 
  Scutellum 
  uniformly 
  red, 
  or 
  

   with 
  a 
  rectangular 
  median 
  portion 
  that 
  is 
  paler 
  in 
  color 
  than 
  the 
  rest. 
  

   Elytra 
  very 
  pale 
  yellow 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  transverse 
  red 
  band 
  which 
  does 
  

   not 
  attain 
  the 
  costal 
  margins. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  little 
  red 
  coloration 
  on 
  

   the 
  costal 
  margin 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  cross 
  nervures. 
  

   Abdomen 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  sometimes 
  

   pinkish, 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  ovipositor 
  black, 
  last 
  ventral 
  segment 
  of 
  /? 
  

   female 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  strongly 
  i)roduced 
  tooth 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  w^a 
  

   of 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin. 
  Legs 
  

   pale 
  yellow, 
  usually 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   strongly 
  tinged 
  with 
  pinkish. 
  

   (See 
  Figs. 
  108,100. 
  lODa, 
  llO, 
  111.) 
  

  

  Type.—^o. 
  3443, 
  U.S.N. 
  :M. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  a 
  large 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  males 
  and 
  females 
  taken 
  

   in 
  February 
  among 
  leaves 
  in 
  

   the 
  timber 
  at 
  Onaga, 
  Kansas, 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  F. 
  Crevecccur. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  also 
  received 
  a 
  single 
  

   specimen 
  from 
  Champaign, 
  Illi- 
  

   nois, 
  sent 
  me 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Hart, 
  who 
  writes 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  t-.iken 
  among 
  

   leaves 
  April 
  23. 
  

  

  TYPHLOCYBA 
  TRIFASCIATA 
  Say. 
  

  

  TrttigonUi 
  trifasciaia 
  Say, 
  Jour. 
  Acad. 
  Xat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  IV, 
  p. 
  34.3, 
  1825; 
  re]irint, 
  

  

  Compiled 
  Writings, 
  II, 
  p. 
  259, 
  1891. 
  — 
  Signorkt. 
  Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Kut. 
  de 
  Fr.. 
  :> 
  ser., 
  

  

  p. 
  805, 
  1855. 
  

   TtjphJoeiiha 
  frifasciata 
  Woodwohth, 
  Psyche, 
  V, 
  ]>. 
  213. 
  18S!l.— 
  Oshorx. 
  I'loc. 
  la. 
  

  

  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  I, 
  Ft. 
  2, 
  p. 
  11. 
  1892.— 
  Vax 
  Duzee. 
  Trans. 
  Am. 
  Ent. 
  Soc 
  , 
  XXI, 
  p. 
  313, 
  

  

  1894. 
  

  

  Say's 
  description 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Pale 
  yellowish 
  wliite; 
  elytra 
  irror.ite 
  with 
  reddish 
  and 
  somewhat 
  trifasciate 
  with 
  

   dusky. 
  ' 
  

  

  Inhabits 
  Missouri. 
  

  

  Body 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  white; 
  head 
  with 
  two 
  or 
  tliree 
  olisolt-re 
  dull 
  >anLiniiii 
  oirs 
  

  

  ill 
  

   FiG.s. 
  109«, 
  11(1. 
  and 
  111.— 
  Last 
  vkntral 
  seg.ment 
  of 
  

  

  FEMALE, 
  elytron, 
  AND 
  \VIX(i 
  OF 
  TYPHLOCYB.V 
  ItU- 
  

   BROSCUTA. 
  

  

  