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LEPYRONIA. Amy. and Serv. 



Four-cornered Lepyronia, L. quadrangular is, (Say.) Jour. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., iv. 335. Common in autumn and spring in groves of the 

 sugar-maple, where numbers may often be met with, drowned 

 in the vessels of sap. No. 706, male; 707, female. 



^' Parallel-marked Lepyronia, L. parallella, (Say.) App. to 

 Long's Exp., p. 303. Common on the white pine. No. 708, 

 male; 709, female. 



^^ Saratoga Lepyronia, *X. saratogensis. Pale fulvous varied with 

 white; anterior and posterior margins of the vertex parallel. 

 Closely related to parallella, but that has the vertex cres- 

 centiform, is much darker colored, and is confluently nigro- 

 punctate. Here the punctures are uncolored. Length, 0.40. 

 Common on the pitch pines of Saratoga plains and is some- 

 times met with on the white pine also. No. 710, male; 711. 

 female. 



Var. a. Dorsal vitta obsolete; elytra pel lucid- white. No> 

 712. 



CLASTOPTERA. Germ. 



Obtuse Clastoptera, C. ohtusa, (Say.) Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., ir. 

 339. If this is not the C. achatinay Germ., that species is 

 unknown to me. No. 713, male; 714, female. 



Testaceous Clastoptera, *(7. testacea. Testaceous; scutel rufous; 

 elytra with a polished calious-like black dot near the apex. 

 Length, 0.20. Found on oaks and pines. No. 715, female. 



Var. a. A black callous-like dot on each side of the pectus. 

 No. 716. 

 h. Pectoral dots present, elytral dots wanting. No. 



717. 

 c. The black dots wanting, both on the elytra and 

 pectus. No. 718. 



^^Pine Clastoptera, *C ^9*/*^'. Black; head yellow, with a black 

 band on the anterior margin of the vertex; thorax with a 

 yellow band anteriorly; elytra with a broad hyaline outer 

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