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and less clavate than in ¢ritici and but halfthe lenzth of thorax. Thorax with the meso- 
notum slightly more rugulose; wings larger and less hyaline than in the winged speci- 
mens of tritici, the veins extending to outer third, the submarginal nearly 4 times as 
long as marginal; legs with the femora less swollen. Abdomen not so long as thorax, 
stouter than in triciti, ovate-acuminate, approaching typical Huryioma. Less hairy 
than tritici, especially about legs, the hairs of abdomen being less numerous, less reg— 
ular and shorter. Coloration similar to that of tritici, but brighter and more highly 
contrasting, the pronotal spot larger and brighter yellow, the pedicel of antennze yellow 
and the femora with a definitely limited suboval, yellowish spot below, near the tip, 
extending two-fifths the length of femur on front pair, smaller on middle pair and still 
shorter and less definite on posterior pait. 
Larvu. —Greenish-yellow in color. Average length 6 mm; otherwise of same 
proportions and structure as in tritici. 
Pupa.—Average length 5 mm. Except in larger size and ample wing—pads un— 
distinguishable from that of tritici. 
Described from 24 females, reared from wheat stems in June, and 
taken by Mr. F. M. Webster at Lafayette, Indiana. The species is 
treated of in my forthcoming report as U. S, Entomologist and 
works in wheat much as /rzficz does, Its larger size, stouter build, aside 
from the other characters mentioned readily distinguish it, however; 
while from horde: Harris, vitis Saunders, and e/ymz French, it is still more 
readily distinguished. 
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SYNOPSES OF COLEOPTERA. 
CALLIDIUM, 7. 
Contains species resembling Phymatodes in general form and speci- 
ally characterised by the equal palpi. ‘The species may be separated as 
follows: f 
Thorax and elytra blue. 
Mhorax finely punched? impressed] s-)a.er sees) | ne eeneenetn antennatus. 
Thorax deeply punctured, not impressed......... foldiersl:; slo tiie janthinum. 
Thorax and elytra testaceous or yellow. 
Body testaceous. 
Elytra with raised glabrous lines........ .. Aloe css 2 ok ee Cicatricosum. 
Elytra and thorax unicolorous, testaceous....~-..+-+++....-+--++e++--- aereum. 
Body black, thorax yellow, ely tra. variables ieee cso. oo tenes hirtellum, 
Body, thorax ana-elytra black... Joo. soy eens <a Bede ae vile, 
C. antennatum, Newn. Ent. Mag. V, 1838, p. 393; Lec. J.A.P. ser. 2. II, p. 34. 
The entire insect is blue; elytra deeply punctured; thorax ‘slightly 
atulaceous and variably impressed, and in g\ wider than the elytra. 
The antennz are longer than the body and thickened at the base, each 
joint in Qf clubbed at outer end. The club of femora is larger in of 
than Q. Length .55 inch. = 14 mm. Hab. United States. 
