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area axillaris antica dimidio distali per venam spuriam divisa. — Femora postica, 
extus superne nigro 3-fasciata, intus nigra flavo-bifasciata. Tibiæ posticæ cœruleæ. 
Arolia inter ungues minula, lobiformia. — Valvæ genitales inferæ feminarum parte 
basali ut consuete longiore quam latiore, extus et postice late sulcatæ. 
Species in America boreali vulgares. 
Synopsis specierum. 
a. Major. Verticis scutellum © æque longum ac latum, Z' longuis. Pronotum prominulenter 
cristatum, metazona quam prozona vix longiore. Antennæ Z crassæ, longissimæ. . {. sordidus, B. 
a,a. Minores. Verticis scutellum © € longius quan latius. Pronotum humiliter cristatum, meta- 
zona quam prozona distincte longiore. Antennæ minus erassæ. 
DS CPU ORNE SRE LOL a ARNO cc tes 2. costalis, Sc. 
RS Mner eltriS A PIC TEMMME 2 0e Pis MES vent de à 3. parvus, Sc. 
1. E. sordidus, Burm. — OEdipoda sordida, Burm. Handb. II, 643, et auct. — 
Thomas, Acrid. 116. — Loc. nebulosa, Harr. Ins. inj. to Veget. 146. — OŒEdip. 
nebulosa, Erichs. Arch. f. Nat. I[, 230; Uhler ed. Harris 181. — Tragoceph. 
sordida, Stäl, Recens. [, 119, 2. — Encoptol. sordidus, Scud. Proc. Bost. Soc. 
XVII, 1875, 479, 1. 
Viridis vel fuscescens pronoto obsolete pallide-decussato. — Pronotum rugulosum, 
supra inæquale, postice rectangulum. Prozona et metazona in parte antica dorsi 
utrinque late impressæ; cCrista in cantho marginata, in medio profunde inter- 
secta, parte antica fere recta, parte postica subarcuata paulo humiliore. Prozona 
superne pone impressiones rugosa, granulata. — Elytra bruneo-trifasciata apice 
multipunctata vel tessellata, nune transverse, nunc irregulariter reticulata, Gj' latiora, 
ad apicem haud attenuata, late rotundata. -- Alæ dimidio basali hyalino-sulfurescentes 
vel virescentes, venis diaphanis, apice infuscatæ vel nebulosæ ; campus anticus © apice 
acutior, cj latus apice obtusus; costa ultra medium © anguste longiuscule fusca, 
cÿ crassius opaca; venæ mediæ ramus anticus © vix incrassatus, areolis furcæ qua- 
dratis. — Mares quam feminæ valde minores. — Long. O 30, çj' 21; EL © 25, 
g' 18 mill. — Amer. boreal.; Nova-Anglia: Georgia; Texas. 
2. E. costalis, Scud. — OEdip. costalis, Scudd. Bost. Journ. of N. H. VII, 473: 
Thomas Acrid. 112. — Tragocephala costalis, S\äl, Recens. I, 119, 3. — 
Encoptol. costalis, Scud. Proc. Bost. Soc. XVII, 1875, 480, 2. 
Minor, viridis, fusco-marmoratus; pronoti dorso pictura decussata pallida vel 
