﻿No. 
  30.] 
  61 
  

  

  Beech-tree 
  Athysanus, 
  *A. 
  fagi. 
  Elytra 
  fuscous, 
  immaculate 
  ; 
  

   scutel, 
  face 
  and 
  pectus 
  black 
  ; 
  venter 
  and 
  legs 
  light 
  

   yellow. 
  Length, 
  0-18. 
  Taken 
  on 
  beech 
  trees. 
  No. 
  796, 
  

   female. 
  

  

  Black-nosed 
  Athysanus, 
  *A. 
  nigrinasi. 
  Pale 
  yellow, 
  lower 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  face 
  black 
  or 
  fuscous. 
  Length, 
  0*18. 
  Common, 
  

   particularly 
  upon 
  the 
  hornbeam, 
  (^Carpinus 
  americana.) 
  

   Presents 
  many 
  varieties. 
  No. 
  797, 
  female. 
  

  

  AMBLYCEPHALUS. 
  Curtis. 
  

  

  CuRTis's 
  Amblycephalus, 
  "^Ji. 
  curtisii. 
  Greenish 
  yellow 
  ; 
  two 
  

   dots 
  on 
  the 
  vertex, 
  band 
  on 
  fore 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  thorax, 
  and 
  

   six 
  vittse 
  on 
  each 
  elytron, 
  black 
  ; 
  beneath 
  black. 
  Length 
  

   0-15. 
  Common 
  particularly 
  on 
  the 
  grass 
  of 
  meadows. 
  

   No. 
  798, 
  male 
  ; 
  799, 
  female. 
  

   Say's 
  Amblycephalus, 
  *J1. 
  sayii. 
  Pale 
  yellowish, 
  without 
  dots 
  ; 
  

   elytral 
  cells 
  partially 
  margined 
  with 
  fuscous 
  or 
  black, 
  

   nerves 
  white. 
  Length 
  0-13. 
  Abundant 
  on 
  grass 
  in 
  pas- 
  

   tures 
  and 
  meadows. 
  No. 
  800, 
  male; 
  801, 
  female. 
  

   Var. 
  a. 
  A 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  thorax. 
  

   No. 
  802. 
  

   h. 
  Three 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  thorax. 
  

  

  No. 
  803. 
  

   c. 
  Only 
  the 
  apical 
  cells 
  margined 
  with 
  fuscous 
  

   at 
  their 
  tips. 
  No. 
  804. 
  

   Melsheimer's 
  Amblycephalus, 
  **^. 
  melsheimerii. 
  Pallid, 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  tergum 
  black 
  ; 
  elytra 
  pellucid, 
  nerves 
  white. 
  

   Length 
  0-10. 
  Common 
  on 
  grass. 
  No. 
  805, 
  male 
  ; 
  806, 
  

   female. 
  

   Inimical 
  Amblycephalus, 
  A.l 
  inimicus^ 
  (Sslj.) 
  Jour. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  

   Sci., 
  vi. 
  305. 
  Though 
  this 
  much 
  resembles 
  the 
  species 
  

   named 
  Sayii 
  , 
  above, 
  it 
  differs 
  from 
  this 
  genus 
  by 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  its 
  elytra, 
  and 
  from 
  Jassus 
  by 
  its 
  striated 
  front 
  

   and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  its 
  discoidal 
  and 
  apical 
  cells. 
  It 
  

   probably 
  forms 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  a 
  separate 
  genus. 
  Common 
  

   on 
  grass, 
  and 
  its 
  larva 
  has 
  been 
  said 
  to 
  depredate 
  upon 
  

   the 
  roots 
  of 
  young 
  wheat. 
  No. 
  807, 
  male 
  ; 
  808, 
  female. 
  

   Var. 
  a. 
  Nerves 
  white, 
  cells 
  margined 
  with 
  fuscous. 
  

   No. 
  809. 
  

  

  