Pale brownish-yellow without markings. In fresh specimens de- 

 cidedly greenish. Vertex wider than long, square, with two slight 

 depressions posteriorly, the anterior margin very bluntly rounded, 

 nearly straight, marginal carina fuscous. Frons slightly longer than 

 wide, barely narrowed between the eyes, weakly curved and supplied 

 with a weak median carina which runs through the entire frontal 

 surface, otherwise smooth; the lateral carinae very indistinct with the 

 outer edges narrowed towards the apex of the frons. Pronotum pro- 

 duced lobe-like in front, almost straight behind, with two slight de- 

 pressions on the disc. Scutellum only slightly longer than the pro- 

 notum. Elytra more than twice as long as broad, scarcely narrowed 

 posteriorly, translucent, with brown longitudinal veins, which are 

 united with each other by scarcely visible cross-veins; the longitudi- 

 nal veins run parallel to each other, the outer ulnar vein is forked 

 near its base with its outer branch divided at the tip although in 

 occasional specimens this is not divided; the basal forked shaft of the 

 claval vein is extremely short. Wings are vitreous, with venation 

 brownish. Beneath and the legs pale greenish-yellow, with tips of the 

 spines, the claws and the tip of the clypeus, brown; the ridges of the 

 tibiae at times brownish. 



Length to tip of elytra 6-6.50 mm.; width 2.50-3 mm. 



Redescribed from a series of both sexes from Gaines- 

 ville, Fla., collected by C. J. Drake in May and July, 1918, 

 a single specimen taken while sweeping in low deciduous 

 woods near Belmont, Miss., June 7, 1921, and two speci- 

 mens taken by Geo. G. Ainslie at Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 

 1916, one at night Aug. 7, 1916. 



Thionia elliptica GERMAR 

 (1830 Thons. Ent. Arch., ii, p. 51, Issus) 



Recorded from N. J., D. C., N. C., Ga., Ky. and Mo. 



Vertex twice as wide as long, the lateral edges sharp and raised, 

 with a black spot. Frons about a third longer than wide, flat, the 

 edges somewhat sharpened, with a median carina that runs through 

 the entire frontal surface and continues onto the clypeus; the upper 

 margin of the frons curved, numerous black dots on the sides. Genae 

 with a black transverse streak in front of the antennal grooves and 

 a quadrate spot below this. Pronotum longer than the vertex, pro- 

 duced forwards lobe-like, furnished with black dots and two small 

 depressions on the disc. Scutellum with three distinct longitudinal 

 carinae and two small depressions between these. Elytra longer than 

 broad, rounded behind, spotted with black or with numerous small 

 dark spots in the cells. Beneath brownish-yellow, on the sides of the 

 abdominal segments are small groups of black dots. Legs speckled 

 with brown, the femora with a black cross band before the tip; the 

 tips of the spines and the claws dark. 



Length to tip of elytra 7.50 mm.; width 4.50 mm. 



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