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 FAMILY MEMBRACID/I^l 



Siibfaiiiily Meiiibracina, Stal. 



ENCHENOPA, Am. and Serv. 

 109- E. binotata, Say. 



A common species on thistles and other weeds in July. 



CAMPYLENCHIA, Stal. 



200. C. curvata, Fabr. 



Common everywhere. 



Subfamily Smiliina^ Stal. 



CERESA, Am. and Serv. 



201. C. diceros, Say. 



Jnly to Sept. Common on elder bushes. 



202. C. bubalus, Fabr. 



June to Aug. Not uncommon on grape vines and various 

 bushes and trees. I have included under this name only the 

 large bright green form with sharp thoracic horns. The smaller 

 dark hairy form with short abrupt horns is the following: 



203. C. taurina, Fitch. 



Occurs on Willows in swampy places. At Lime Lake, Aug. 

 2, 1887 I took a large series of this species .showing a wide va- 

 riation m depth of coloring, some of the males being almost 

 entirely piceons black. I am in some doubt as to the correct- 

 ness of this determination. 



204. C. brevicornis, Fitch. 



July to ( )ct. Widely distributed l)n1 never abundant. This 

 species seems partial to basswood. 



STICTOCEPHALA, Stal. 



205. S. inermis, Fabr. 



July and August. Not a common species. 



206. S. lutea, Walk. 



May to Sept. Abundant. Generally taken in the sweep-net 

 from weedy fields and fence-rows. 



ACUTALIS, Fairm. 



207. A. dorsalis, Fitch. 



Occurs on Clematis virginiana in July and Aug., sometimes 

 in numbers. 



ENTYLIA, Germ. 

 20S. E. bactriana, Germ. 



May to vSept. Abundant everywhere on weeds especiallj' 

 wild sunflowers. PI siniiata, Fabr. I have not taken here nor 

 have I seen examples from farther north than the vicinity of 

 New York City. 



