126 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I915. 



It was taken at Orono on the University grounds July 28th and Sept. 

 5th, and I took a few specimens at Fort Kent on Aug. 29th, but it was 

 evidently quite scarce. While somewhat more common in 1914 it was 

 in no place found in abundance. 



Fig. 28. Athysanus citrlisii: a, Adult; h, face; c, female genitalia; 

 d, male genitalia; e, elytron; f, nymph. (After Osbom anid Ball.) 



Athysanus anthracimis Van Duzee. 



Athysanus anthracinus Van Duzee Can. Ent. Vol. 26, p. 136, 1894. 



Athysanus- anthracimis Osborn and Ball Ohio Naturahst II, 241. 



A black shining species with rather blunt pointed head with tips of 

 femora and the fore and middle tibiae yellow or white. Length 4 mm. 



This has been taken in small numbers at Orono July 30th and 31st 

 in woods pasture and Aug. Sth in meadow, July 11, 1914, nymphs and 

 adults in grass, — roadside and fence row. 



Athysanus plutonius Uhl. 



Athysanus plutonius Uhler U. S. Geol. Survey Bui. 3, 1877. 

 Athysanus plutonius Osborn and Ball Ohio Naturalist, II, 240. 

 Closely related to anthracinus but uusally lighter brown or dull 

 blackish with faint yellow lines on head and thorax and the head more 

 sharply angled than in that species. 



One specimen is in the Experiment Station collection determined by 

 Van Duzee, collected at Orono July 26, 1905. I took it at Portland in 

 meadow Aug. I3th-i4th, at Mt. Katahdin on tableland Aug. 21st at 4500 

 feet elevation, at Fort Kent Aug. 28th and Kineo Aug. 17. 



