farther from the base than is the inner; maculation longitudinal, 



cultus BALL 



Vertex broad triangular, obtuse or subacute before, its apex very 

 nearly attaining the base of the frons and almost bisecting the 

 transverse compartment at the apex of the head; frons black 

 with the carinae pale ; plates and styles of the male about equalling 



the pygofers misellus VAN D. 



_. Vertex short, transverse, rounded before; transverse compart- 

 ment at the apex of the head much less narrowed, divided by a 

 median carina, 3. 



3. Larger, 6-7 mm.; clypeus paler than the frons; plates and styles of 

 the male distinctly shorter than the pygofers, 4. 



... Smaller, 5 mm.; face entirely black with pale carinae; plates and 

 styles of the male as long as the pygofers, coloepeum FITCH 



4. Length 7 mm.; clypeus abruptly paler, at base strongly angled; 

 plates of the male less than half the length of the pygofers; 

 elytra generally quite strongly maculated, their base more or less 

 distinctly fuscous, basalis VAN D. 



... Length 6 mm.; clypeus less strongly differentiated; plates more 

 than half the length of the pygofers; elytra almost immaculate 

 or with some small broken spots beyond the middle, base not 

 darker, pini FITCH 



Cixius pini FITCH 

 (1851 Homop. N. Y. St. Cab., p. 45) 



Recorded from Quebec, Ont., Mass., N. Y., Pa. and N. C. 



A small species with elytra almost immaculate or 



with some small broken brownish spots beyond the middle. 



Vertex very short, transverse, distinctly carinated, fuscous with 

 pale area next the eyes. Frons and clypeus fuscous, the edges and 

 median carina fulvous. Pronotum very short, lateral carinae curved 

 out behind the eyes and reaching the hind margin. Scutellum long, 

 distinctly tricarinate, dark fuscous, slightly fulvous on the disc. Ely- 

 tra hyaline, almost immaculate but in some specimens with some small 

 broken brownish spots beyond the middle; stigma pale brown; ner- 

 vures minutely dotted with black, the dots on the costal nervure 

 slightly heavier. Abdomen black. Legs testaceous. 



Male pygofer dark fuscous, the ventral margin deeply cut out 

 and with a very short median tooth, the sides much more oblique 

 than in basalts', genital styles pale, slender at the base, much en- 

 larged, rounded and compressed at the apices; anal tube produced 

 Slightly each side ventrad. 



Length of body 3.5 4.5 mm. ; length to tip of elytra 5.25 6.25 mm. 



Redescribed from a large series of both sexes taken by 

 Prof. H. Osborn at Orono, Me., during August, 1913; sev- 

 eral taken by C. J. Drake at Cranberry Lake, N. Y. ; several 



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