Sept., 'o6] 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



255 



scudderi Bruner. 



9 type specimen from Lincoln, 

 Nebraska. 



Body of moderate size. 



Vertex distinctly produced, the 

 anterior carinse meeting at an an- 

 gle slightly less than a right angle, 

 the foveolae but lightly impressed. 



Pronotum with the posterior bor- 

 der distinctly obtuse angulate. 



Tegmina nearly reaching to the 

 tips of the knees of hind femora. 



Hind femora incrassate. 



Color grayish, tegmina marked 

 by more or less numerous subquad- 

 rate dark spots, hind femora 

 marked by three obscure blackish 

 bands, the middle one more evi- 

 dent than the rest, the knees out- 

 wardly blackish, variegated with 

 gray, deeper black on the inside ; 

 tibiae coral red, with whitish annula 

 at the base ; under surface of the 

 body yellowish white. 



Measurements : length of body, 

 female, 22 mm.; pronot.; 3.9 mm.; 

 tegmina, 14 mm. ; post, femora, 

 12.5 mm. 



arenosus sp. nov. 

 Type from Chicago, Illinois. 



Body small, rather slender. 



Vertex very little produced, the 

 prominent carinae formed ante- 

 riorly into a distinct right angle, 

 enclosing a deep crescentic im- 

 pression, the foveolae deeply im- 

 pressed. 



Pronotum with the posterior bor- 

 der convexo-subangulate. 



Tegmina not reaching to the 

 knees of the hind femora.* 



Hind femora slender. 



Color dull brownish or purplish- 

 brown, the tegmina marked by 

 numerous, small, dark, quadrate 

 spots. Very frequently a median 

 light testaceous band extends from 

 the vertex backwards on the mid- 

 dle of the head, pronotum and the 

 tegmina to the tips ; this band 

 slightly darker forwards on the 

 head and pronotum, here enclosed 

 on either side by a black line which 

 widens into triangular spots at the 

 distal half of pronotal disk ; hind 

 femora marked by three obscure 

 blackish bands, the posterior one 

 broader and more evident, the 

 knees deep black ; tibiae coral red, 

 with a whitish basal annulus, rarely 

 immediately followed by a second 

 dusky anulus or minute pigmented 

 spots ; ventral surface of the body 

 light or darker yellowish brown. 



Measurements : length of body, 

 female, 19.5-20 mm.; pronot., 2.9 

 mm.; tegmina, 11 mm.; post, fem- 

 ora, 11. 5 mm. Male measured to 

 end of tegmina, 15 mm. ; pronotum, 

 2.7 mm. ; tegmina, 9-95 mm. ; 

 post, femora, 10.5 mm. 



• The figure of scudderi Bruner, given by Lugger, and later copied by Blatchk y appears 

 to l)i the long-wing form of arenosus. 



