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  UNITED 
  STATES 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  COMMISSION. 
  

  

  upon 
  the 
  pronotum. 
  Antennae 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  pronotum 
  together, 
  dull 
  honey 
  

   yellow, 
  growing 
  dusky 
  toward 
  the 
  tip. 
  Pronotum 
  dark 
  brownish 
  yellow, 
  the 
  sides 
  

   darker 
  anteriorly 
  ; 
  median 
  carina 
  extending 
  the 
  whole 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  mod- 
  

   erately 
  raised, 
  cut 
  once 
  by 
  a 
  transverse 
  line 
  a 
  little 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  lateral 
  

   carinas 
  prominent, 
  extending 
  across 
  the 
  anterior 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum; 
  anterior 
  

   border 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  smooth, 
  very 
  slightly 
  angulated 
  ; 
  posterior 
  border 
  delicately 
  

   marginate, 
  bent 
  at 
  a 
  very 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  right 
  angle, 
  the 
  apex 
  rounded 
  ; 
  tegmina 
  

   dull 
  yellowish 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  half, 
  with 
  distinct 
  fuscous 
  spots 
  ; 
  toward 
  the 
  apex 
  obscurely 
  

   fuscous, 
  with 
  indistinct 
  fuscous 
  markings 
  ; 
  humeral 
  ridge 
  yellowish, 
  and, 
  when 
  the 
  

   tegmina 
  are 
  in 
  repose, 
  inclosing 
  a 
  brownish 
  fuscous 
  triangular 
  stripe 
  ; 
  the 
  spots 
  are 
  

   scattered 
  mostly 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  field, 
  consisting 
  in 
  thebasal 
  two-fifths 
  of 
  the 
  tegmina 
  

   of 
  small 
  roundish 
  spots 
  and 
  one 
  larger 
  longitudinal 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  

   half 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  irregular 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  tegmina, 
  and 
  beyond 
  a 
  smaller 
  

   transverse 
  spot, 
  followed 
  by 
  indistinct 
  markings 
  ; 
  wings 
  hyaline, 
  slightly 
  fuliginous 
  

   at 
  the 
  extreme 
  tip 
  ; 
  the 
  veins, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  half, 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  legs 
  uniform 
  brown- 
  

   ish 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  spines 
  of 
  hind 
  tibia} 
  black. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  0.9 
  inch 
  ; 
  of 
  tegmina, 
  0.9 
  inch 
  ; 
  of 
  body 
  and 
  tegmina, 
  1.125 
  inches 
  j 
  

   of 
  pronotum, 
  0.2 
  inch 
  ; 
  of 
  hind 
  femora, 
  0.5 
  inch. 
  

  

  It 
  bears 
  a 
  strong 
  resemblance 
  to 
  CEdipoda 
  pellucida 
  Scudd, 
  common 
  in 
  Northern 
  

   New 
  England. 
  

   Camnula 
  tricarinata 
  Stal. 
  

  

  Pale 
  brownish-yellow 
  ; 
  front 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  lateral 
  foveolae 
  and 
  

   usually 
  a 
  stripe 
  on 
  each 
  cheek 
  below 
  the 
  eyes, 
  black. 
  Elytra 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  

   somewhat 
  brownish, 
  fuscous, 
  costal 
  area 
  pale, 
  with 
  fuscous 
  spots 
  ; 
  behind 
  the 
  middle 
  

   dull 
  hyaline 
  with 
  fuscous 
  veins, 
  and 
  obsoletely 
  clouded. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  colorless, 
  

   with 
  fuscous 
  veins, 
  posterior 
  femora 
  with 
  two 
  oblique 
  fuscous 
  stripes; 
  posterior 
  tibiae, 
  

   pale 
  ; 
  spines 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  black. 
  

  

  Appearance 
  and 
  markings 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  TragocepTxala 
  [_CEdipoda~\ 
  sordida; 
  vertex 
  

   and 
  fastigium 
  narrower, 
  sulcus 
  of 
  the 
  frontal 
  costa 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  base, 
  antennae 
  

   slenderer, 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  distinctly 
  carinated 
  throughout 
  ; 
  median 
  

   carina 
  less 
  elevated, 
  elytra 
  narrower 
  ; 
  intercalate 
  veins 
  visible, 
  radial 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  

   wings 
  with 
  no 
  dilated 
  areolae, 
  and 
  the 
  exterior 
  margin 
  behind 
  the 
  middle 
  obsoletely 
  

   fuscous, 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  pale. 
  Frontal 
  costa 
  sparsely 
  punctulate, 
  middle 
  slightly 
  exca- 
  

   vated, 
  base 
  narrow. 
  Vertex 
  behind 
  the 
  fastigium 
  furnished 
  with 
  a 
  slender, 
  abbrevi- 
  

   ated, 
  longitudinal 
  carina; 
  fastigium 
  slightly 
  deflexed 
  slightly 
  narrowed, 
  slightly 
  

   concave, 
  lateral 
  margins 
  raised, 
  marked 
  with 
  minute 
  black 
  lines. 
  Lateral 
  foveolae 
  dis- 
  

   tinct, 
  triangular. 
  Pronotum 
  with 
  shallow 
  punctures 
  on 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  but 
  smooth 
  

   on 
  the 
  dorsum 
  which 
  is 
  flat 
  ; 
  median 
  carina 
  subcristate 
  and 
  equal 
  throughout 
  ; 
  lateral 
  

   margins 
  distinctly 
  keeled 
  throughout, 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  lobe 
  parallel, 
  distinctly 
  diverg- 
  

   ing 
  posteriorly 
  ; 
  dorsum 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinctly 
  fuscous, 
  sides 
  paler 
  ; 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  

   are 
  often 
  marked 
  with 
  black 
  or 
  fuscous 
  spots, 
  the 
  anterior 
  of 
  these 
  spots 
  interrupted 
  

   by 
  oblique 
  paler 
  marking. 
  The 
  mesosternal 
  lobe 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  about 
  double 
  as 
  wide, 
  in 
  

   the 
  female 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  distant, 
  as 
  the 
  metasternal 
  lobes. 
  Posterior 
  femora 
  medium, 
  

   the 
  margins 
  entire. 
  

  

  Vancouver's 
  Island, 
  Western 
  North 
  America. 
  

  

  The 
  folio 
  wing 
  description 
  is 
  drawn 
  up 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  from 
  specimens 
  

   collected 
  in 
  Sierra 
  Valley, 
  California, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lemmon, 
  directly 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   hordes 
  injuring 
  the 
  crops, 
  from 
  others 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Marten, 
  at 
  Fort 
  

   Peck 
  Agency, 
  Montana, 
  and 
  also 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  in 
  Colorado: 
  

  

  Camnula 
  pellucida 
  Scudd. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Length 
  of 
  body 
  .65-.90 
  inch; 
  to 
  tips 
  of 
  elytra 
  .80-1 
  inch; 
  expanse 
  of 
  ely- 
  

   tra 
  1.50 
  inches. 
  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  of 
  body 
  .80-1 
  inch 
  ; 
  to 
  tips 
  of 
  elytra 
  1 
  to 
  1.25 
  

   inches 
  ; 
  expanse 
  of 
  elytra 
  1.75 
  inches. 
  

  

  Occiput 
  rising 
  slightly 
  above 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  with 
  a 
  minute 
  longitudinal 
  median 
  

  

  