[From Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xi, 1888, p. 316.] 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF INSECT, FONTARIA PUL- 

 CHELLA, FROM STRAWBERRY PLAINS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, 

 TENNESSEE. 



BY CHARLES H. BOLLMAN. 



Fontaria pulchella, sp. nov. 



Diagnosis. — Related to F. oblonga* Koch, but the lateral carinse 

 smaller, and produced into a sharp j)oint posteriorly; repugnatorial 

 pore subinferior ; ventral spine large, cylindrical, tapering, curved out- 

 wards. 



Type.— U. S. Nat. Mus.; No. 404, Author's colh 



Description.— Brown, lateral cariime and posterior border of segments 

 red; legs and under parts yellow. Body very robust, anterior segment 

 scarcely attenuated ; smooth, with numerous short lines, as in eastanea 

 and tennesseensis; papillae less prominent. Vertex sulcus distinct; 

 foveolre single. Lateral carinas small, margins swollen and produced 

 posteriorly into a sharj) point. Repugnatorial pore large, subinferior, 

 subaxDical. Ventral plate armed ; coxse unarmed. Length, 20 mm ; width, 

 4.3 mm ; height, 4.2 mm . 



Dr. Koch's figure of Fontaria oblonga represents a species which is 

 more depressed, lateral carinas larger, and the repugnatorial pores not 

 subinferior, but on the upper side as in eastanea or tennesseensis. 



The white with which he says the lateral carina} and posterior border 

 of segments are colored is probably red, faded by bad alcohol. 



This species is described from two females collected at Strawberry 

 Plains by Mr. Charles B. Branner, of Mossy Creek, Tennessee. 



Indiana University, November 1, 1888. 



* Fontaria oolonga Koch, Syst. Myr., 142, 1847 (Pennsylvania). 

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