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margin interrupted in the middle, and a black callous dot near 

 the apex. Length, 0-14. Found chiefly on pines. No. 719, 

 male. 



Var. a. A ferruginous dot on the apex of the scutel.'^No. 

 720. 

 h. The yellow thoracic band widely interrupted. No- 

 721. 



Proteus Clastoptera, *C^. proteus. Head bright yellow, a black 

 band on the anterior margin of the vertex and a broader one 

 on the front; front j^olished, without transverse striae; a 

 callous black dot near the apex of the elytra; legs yellowish- 

 white, tarsi black. Length, 0-16; males slightly smaller- 

 Abundant on the panicled dog- wood, [Cornus paniculata). 

 Closely allied to the C. atra (Germar,) but on examining a 

 host of specimens, not one occurs in which the legs are 

 annulated with black or fuscous. No. 722, female. 



This pretty insect, though so small in size, presents an astonishing 

 number of sub-species and varieties, so clearly and distinctly marked 

 that at first glance they would be confidently regarded as well charac- 

 terized species. The following are the more 'prominent, though by no 

 means all, of the varieties that occur: 



Sub-sp. \. fiavicollis. Thorax entirely yellow. 

 Var. a. Elytra yellow. No. 723. 



h. Elytra with an oblique blackish vitta. No. 724. 

 Sub-sp. cincticollis. Thorax with a black band. 

 Var. a. An interrupted black band on the anterior margin 

 of the thorax. No. 725. 

 h. An entipe black band on the anterior margin of the 

 thorax. No. 726. 



c. Thoracic band crossing the disk instead of the 



anterior margin. No. 727. 



d. Band on the disk of the thorax, and scutel black.. 



No. 728. 

 Sub-sp. maculicollis. Thorax with one or two discoid al 



spots. 

 Var. a. A black spot on the disk and interrnpted band 



anteriorly. No. 729. 



