130 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I915. 



Athysamis angustatus n sp. 



Narrow, smaller than elongatus equally slender, black with yellow 

 markings, elytra mostly whitish. Length ? 4 mm. c? 3.25 mm. to tip of 

 elytra. 



Head subangulate in front, one-third longer at middle than next eye, 

 about one-third as long at middle as width between the eyes ; pronotum 

 arched before, truncate behind, lateral margin very short ; elytra long, 

 apical areoles entirely beyond the tip of the abdomen. 



'Color black, the hind border of vertex and front border of pronotum 

 with irregular yellow spots ; scutellum wiith outer angles yellowish, 

 leaving middle of stripe black; elytra yellowish hyaline, veins whitish 

 bordered with faint fuscous, more evident in males ; face black the 

 frontal arcs, most of the cheeks, two large spots on clypeus and a large 

 central spot on lora, yellow ; fore and middle femora black on basal 

 half, apical half and tibiae, also hind femora, except narrow black line, 

 ydllow; thorax black; venter black, margin yellow, pygofer of female 

 orange yellow ; tergum black. 



Genitalia : Female last ventral segment slightly longer than the pre- 

 ceding, truncate; male valve small, short, rounded behind; plates nar- 

 rowed to blunt points, about three and one-half times as long as valve. 



This species appears to belong in the striatulus group though in some 

 respects it approaches striola and would doubtless be included in Limo- 

 tettix as defined by Edwards. Specimens were taken at Orono Aug. ist, 

 Kineo Aug. 17th, Mt. Katahdin at levels of 1000, 4500 and 4700 ft. Aug. 

 21, 1913. I have also two specimens kindly given me by Mr. E. P. Van 

 Duzee which he collected at Lake Placid, N. Y. Aug. 12, 1904. 



Athysanus vaccinii Van Duzee. 



Athysanus striatulus Fall (Fall) (?) {vaccinii nov.) Van Duzee Entom. 



Amer. VI, 134, 1890. 

 Athysanus vaccinii Osborn and Ball, Ohio Naturalist II, 242. 



This species is quite similar to striatulus and occurring in similar 

 situations is likely to be confused with that species. It is lighter colored 

 somewhat tawny in tinge especially in front, olive testaceous above and 

 blackish below, the tips of the fore and middle femora and all the 

 tibiae orange. Length female 4.5 mm, male 4mm, width i mjm. 



This is an especially common species in boggy places and may be 

 taken in immense numbers in almost any of the wild low ground that 

 is supplied with a rank growth of blueberries and other bog loving 

 species. It was described as an inhabitant of the cranberry from New 

 Jersey but evidently has a wide range of food plants and while it must 

 be counted injurious when feeding on blueberries, cranberries or other 

 valuable plants it undoubtedly lives in large part on plants of no eco- 

 monic value. Collections have been made at Orono July 18, '05, North 

 Harpswell Aug. 12th, Portland Aug. 13th, Fort Kent Aug. 28th, High- 

 moor Farm pasture Aug. 15th by myself and at Grand Lakes Stream 

 Aug. 1st, by A. P. Morse. 



