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which rarely anastomose ; in the type of osborni the pronotuni 

 is opaque, the wrinkles about twent3^-eight, much finer and 

 more indistinct than in obtusa, and irregular — freely anasto- 

 mosing. The body is narrower than in osbo7'ni and the propor- 

 tions of the clavus are different. The ocelli in obtusa are 

 larger and nearer the front edge of vertex. Very light-col- 

 ored specimens of obtusa occur, but these differ from osborni 

 in the same manner. Mr. Ball's "Subspecies III" will be- 

 come subspecies testacea (Fh.) 



Clastoptera bimaculata n. sp. 9 • Length 3 mm. Of the size 

 and with the ground color of a small pale C. xanthoccphala. 

 Pronotum shining, with numerous fine, very faint wrinkles, 

 which are straight and anastomose but little. Scutel coarsel}- 

 scabrous. Clavus finely, evenly punctured. Inner discoidal, 

 cell much larger than outer. Anterior half of pronotuni and 

 a large spot extending across middle of clavus and encroaching 

 on coriuni, light yellow. Elytral callosities black. Face with 

 a dark transverse shading across middle and about six dark 

 arcs on either side of front above. Mesosternum black ; all 

 else below, excepting black tibial spines and two yellow annuli 

 on fore tibae, .same as ground color above. 



Described from a single female taken near Vera Cruz, Mexico, 

 "by Rev. H. Th. Heyde. This distinctly marked little form pre- 

 sents .structural characters which will not admit it to any of our 

 northern .species. It may be a near relative of Uhler's Cuban 

 slolida. 



Calopteryx angustipennis Selys. (note bottom p. 199. Ent. News, 

 Sept., 1899. P. P. Calvert). Two males of this species were sent to Mr. 

 W. F. Kirby, British Museum (Natural History). Mr. Kirby says " We 

 have only a single specimen, with a broken abdomen, and the size is just 

 about the same as your two specimens (Selys, Syn. Calop.. gives the ab- 

 domen of this specimen as " environ 55 nmi." Hagen, Psyche, V, p. 244, 

 fives 56 mm. Ohio and Pennsylvania specimens measure about 46 mm). 

 t is of a uniform green, whereas your specimens are much bronzed, 

 especially on the vertex and prothorax. Otherwise I see no important 

 differences. I thought I might have found some in the neuration, but 

 there seems nothing tangible, especially as the neuration of your two 

 specimens varies," A female (abdomen not perfect) was sent to Mr. 

 Henshaw, Museum Comparative Zoology, Mr. Henshaw writes:"! 

 have compared your 9 Calopteryx angustipenuis with the two in the 

 Hagen collection without findmg any specific differences. In breadth of 

 wing your specimen is intermediate between the Berlin specimen and the 

 one from Bee Spring, Ky."— E. B. Wh-mams(jn. 



