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  I'UOCEEDIXCS 
  OF 
  THE 
  XJTIOXAL 
  Ml'SEUM. 
  

  

  the 
  vertex. 
  Pioiiotuin 
  pale 
  yellow 
  with 
  two 
  latlier 
  large 
  and 
  approxi- 
  

   mate 
  oraiijic 
  colored 
  spots 
  Just 
  before 
  the 
  middle. 
  Scutellum 
  light 
  

   yellow 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  but 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  washed 
  with 
  orange 
  t)n 
  all 
  the 
  

   angles. 
  Elytra 
  light 
  yellow, 
  siibhyaline 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  portion, 
  trans 
  

   parent 
  beyond 
  the 
  cross 
  veins 
  and 
  with 
  two 
  orange 
  vitt^e, 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  

   clavus 
  and 
  another 
  longitudinal 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  corium 
  and 
  

   reaching 
  to 
  the 
  cross 
  veins; 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  little 
  orange 
  decoloration 
  

   on 
  the 
  inner 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  near 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  

   clavus. 
  Color 
  of 
  venter 
  and 
  feet 
  light 
  yellow. 
  The 
  last 
  

   ventral 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  has 
  a 
  large 
  broad 
  tooth 
  

   notched 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  which 
  is 
  different 
  from 
  any 
  other 
  

   American 
  Typlilocybid 
  that 
  1 
  have 
  seen 
  and 
  which 
  sug- 
  

   gested 
  the 
  s])e('ifi(' 
  name. 
  

   The 
  orange 
  coloration 
  is 
  

   quite 
  faint 
  in 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  

   spec 
  f 
  mens. 
  

  

  Tiipe.— 
  }so. 
  ;U53, 
  U.S.X.M. 
  

   Described 
  from 
  three 
  fe 
  

   males 
  ironr 
  the 
  V. 
  S. 
  National 
  

   Museum, 
  marked 
  " 
  Folsom. 
  Calif.. 
  Aug. 
  7. 
  "85," 
  (See 
  Figs. 
  130. 
  131.) 
  

  

  TYPHLOCYBA 
  OUERCI 
  Fitch. 
  

  

  Figs. 
  13U 
  ;ni<l 
  131.— 
  Vkktex 
  AND 
  phonotu:m, 
  and 
  ei.vthox 
  

  

  ciF 
  THI'Hl.OryKA 
  DENT 
  ATA. 
  

  

  Em])oa 
  (inerci 
  FiTCH, 
  Homop. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  St. 
  Call., 
  p. 
  fiS, 
  Ls.")l 
  ; 
  rc))iint, 
  Liutnor's 
  itfli 
  

  

  Kir-p.. 
  Ins. 
  N. 
  v., 
  1). 
  403, 
  1893. 
  

   Typhlocjiba 
  querci 
  Woudworiu, 
  Psyche. 
  V, 
  ]>. 
  214, 
  1889. 
  — 
  \'an 
  Dczke. 
  Tmns. 
  

  

  Am. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  XXI. 
  p. 
  313, 
  1894. 
  

  

  This 
  variety 
  is 
  described 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Fitch 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  White; 
  dytrii 
  pellucid, 
  witli 
  three 
  hlackish 
  dots 
  in 
  a. 
  transverse 
  row 
  behind 
  the 
  

   uiidille. 
  Length 
  0.12 
  (inch). 
  On 
  oaks, 
  sometimes 
  excessivel\ 
  nnmeroiis 
  

  

  VARIETY 
  BIFASCIATA 
  Gillette 
  & 
  Faker. 
  

  

  Ti/pltloci/lKi 
  hij'dncitifa 
  (iiLLKTTK 
  iV 
  Hakioii, 
  Hull. 
  31. 
  Colo. 
  Ai;r. 
  Kx]). 
  Sta., 
  ]>. 
  Ill, 
  

   1895. 
  

  

  Near 
  triciiicfa. 
  Female: 
  Clypeus 
  once 
  and 
  a 
  quarter 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   broad, 
  basal 
  suture 
  straight; 
  gente 
  long 
  and 
  narrow, 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  deep 
  

   groove 
  from 
  eye 
  to 
  clypeus, 
  slightly 
  concave 
  outwardly, 
  broadest 
  at 
  

   eye, 
  attaining 
  tij) 
  of 
  clypeus; 
  lora^ 
  as 
  long 
  and 
  somewhat 
  narrowei 
  

   than 
  clypeus; 
  front 
  three-fourths 
  longer 
  than 
  broad 
  between 
  eyes, 
  three 
  

   times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  cly[)eus, 
  superior 
  angle 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  right 
  angle 
  and 
  

   broadly 
  rounded. 
  Face 
  and 
  vertex 
  very 
  (inely 
  and 
  obsoletely 
  punc 
  

   tured, 
  more 
  distinctly 
  on 
  upper 
  i)art 
  of 
  front. 
  Disk 
  of 
  vertex 
  fiat, 
  

   sloping, 
  slightly 
  less 
  than 
  one-half 
  longer 
  at 
  middle 
  than 
  at 
  eyes. 
  

   Fronotum 
  slightly 
  less 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long 
  at 
  middle, 
  broadly 
  

   rounded 
  before, 
  slightly 
  concave 
  behind, 
  posterior 
  angles 
  rather 
  sharply 
  I 
  

   rounded, 
  lateral 
  margins 
  long; 
  disk 
  of 
  ])ronotum 
  with 
  anterior 
  third 
  

  

  