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short and blniit, minutel}^-, densel3' scabrous, the base forming a neck, 

 a little convexly elevated, the eyes moderately prominent, brown ; front 

 almost vertical, a little obliqne, closely golden pubescent, triangularly 

 depressed before the ocelli, the face a little flattened; tylus much 

 shorter than the labrum, they, and the ends of the cheeks and bucculfe 

 sometimes yellowish. Rostrum generally reaching upon the base of 

 venter, but sometimes a little shorter, pisceous-black, becoming yellow 

 at tip. Antennae very slender, black, pubescent and setaceous ; the basal 

 joint above and the second joint excepting the tip sometimes dull yel- 

 low, the former very short, not as long as the eye; second joint about 

 twice as long, slender, much shorter than the last two united ; third 

 and fourth subequal, very slightly thicker than the second, a little sub- 

 fusiform. Pronotum semilunate, short, depressed, dull black, minutely 

 shagreened, but with the broad, thin, depressed, lateral submargius more 

 coarsely so, the margin a little turned up, but not abruptly reflexed; 

 anterior lobe defined by a lunate, impressed, punctate line, hardly ele- 

 vated, longer than the posterior lobe, and with a deeply indented 

 point in the center; humeral angles broad, moderately prolonged, 

 with a long tubercle next the outer angle; posterior margin deeply 

 concave; the anterior angles rounded off, and the anterior mar- 

 gin with a narrow collum. Prosternum and pleurse shining black, 

 golden pubescent, somewhat rugulose in places, very minutely sca- 

 brous. Legs black or soiled yellow, pubescent, and with some 

 long erect hairs intermixed ; the femora when yellow more or less 

 black beneath, and dotted with piceous on the two sides ; tibiae dull 

 yellow, piceous at base and tip, with the spines piceous ; tarsi soiled 

 yellow, with the basal and apical joints or their apices piceous; nails very 

 pale piceous. Scutellum large, almost flat, slightly depressed on the 

 disk, densely scabrous, and on the apical part a little rugulose. Heme- 

 lytra dull black, almost flat, densely shagreened, and depressed golden 

 l)ubescent ; costal margin expanded and arcuated at base, the lobe 

 upturned, and rapidly tapering to a termination behind the middle; 

 corium marked with short, white or yellowish, linear spots, of which two 

 are on the inner line of the costal area, a longitudinal series of about 

 four near the outer side of the discoidal area, and two or three on the 

 inner area, and a small spot near the inner angle of the clavus; membrane 

 soiled white or yellow, with a cloud at base and tip, and about two 

 transverse series of fuscous oval spots in the areoles, sometimes 

 witli the apexes of the areoles more or less blackish, the nervules 

 blackish, and the outer areole broad-triangular. Venter short and 

 broad, shining black, closely and finely clothed with prostrate yellowish 

 pubescence. 



Length to tip of venter 4i-Gi millimeters; to tip of membrane 

 -S millimeters. Width of base of pronotum 2^-3 millimeters. 



Inhabits Maine; Massachusetts; Xew York; Maryland, in Septem- 

 ber. Texas; New Mexico; Missouri; Illinois; Michigan; Minnesota; 

 17 H B 



