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4. Last ventral segment of female broadly roundingly produced 

 posteriorly, elytra almost unicolorous, vertex nearly parallel 



margined, with two black spots constricta 



Last ventral segment of female deeply emarginate, sutural margin 

 of clavus light, vertex shorter at middle than next eyes, 

 marked with four black spots novella 



A. oculata Van Duzee. 



Ent. Amer., vi, p. 38, 1890. 



In size and general appearance resembling novella but with 

 different markings and genitalia. Vertex with a median line, two 

 large spots on disc and a pair of smaller ones next each eye, black. 

 Pronotum with a pair of large round spots and a median line, 

 black. A dark band across middle of elytra. Female last ventral 

 segment slightly roundingly produced. Length 4.5 mm. 



This insect hibernates as an adult; the life cycle is not known. 



New Haven, 20 March, 1921 (B. H. W.). 



A. constricta Van Duzee. 



Can. Ent., xxiv, 90, 1894. 



Narrow, pale testaceous, a pair of spots on vertex and a pair on 

 posterior margin of pronotum, black, elytra usually dark brown, 

 nervures paler. Length 3.5-4 mm. 



There is only one brood a year, and the adults appear in the 

 spring. This species is found very commonly in uncultivated fields 

 in pastures close to rubbish and in woodlands where there are 

 leaves and sheltered places for hibernation. It feeds on numerous 

 grasses. 



New Haven, 18 May, 1916, 7 May, 1921 (B. H. W.). 

 A. novella (Say). Macropsis nobilis Forbes. 



Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vi, 309, 183 1. 



A narrow wedge-shaped brownish species with four black spots 

 on anterior margin of vertex and elytral suture light. The vertex 

 is longer next eyes than at middle. Length 3.75 mm. 



The species is single brooded passing the winter in the nymphal 

 stage and becoming adult in midsummer. They feed on grasses 

 and herbaceous plants and are abundant in fields and open woods. 



New Haven, 14 July, 1920 (B. H. W.) ; Cornwall, 5 June, North Bran- 

 ford, 12 June, 1921, 16 June, 1922 (B. H. W.). 



A. quadri-punctata (Provancher). Ulopa canadensis Van Duzee. 

 (Figs. 5, 3.) 



Nat. Can., iv, 376, 1872. 



A rather short, very robust form, elytra broad, brownish with 

 pale nervures. Two black spots on vertex and two on posterior 

 portion of pronotum. Length 4 mm. 



The adults appear in early spring and feed on a great variety 

 of plants. They are commonly taken in fields, among weeds, in 

 gardens, etc. One brood a year is known to occur. 



