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Lower surface of the head pale, of the body deep black, with the insertions 

 of the coxse, broad margins of the propleura, legs and rostrum pale. Genital 

 segment ferruginous. Bucculse white. In armigera as known to me the 

 entire lower surface is deep black with the bucculse white and the rostrum, 

 legs and insertion of the coxae pale. The spines on the base of the vertex 

 are whitish as in armigera but the transverse black band on the anterior 

 lobe of the pronotum of that species becomes paler in this. 



Described from one example taken on the borders of a rich 

 cultivated field at Mandeville, April 3d. This species has the 

 form and general appearance of armigera but the characters 

 given above will readily separate it. I confess that I do not 

 feel at all certain of the synonomy given by Mr. Champion in 

 the Biologia for armigera Stal. 



Amblystira maculata n. sp. 



Closely allied to opaca Champ. Deep black, shining; antennae, legs 

 and elytra whitish, the latter with a large angulated median black spot, 

 which omits the calloused sutural and apical margins and becomes much 

 narrowed to the costal nervure, along which it runs anteriorly for a short 

 space; the large sutural area is a little enfumed, with black nervures. 

 Antennae : first and second joints short, subequal in length ; third about 

 twice the length of the fourth; apical one third of the latter blackish. Buc- 

 culse narrowly edged with pale. Pronotum obscurely carinate on the sides; 

 disk tricarinate, median carina strong, scarcely attaining the apex of the 

 posterior prolongation, the lateral subobsolete ; whole surface coarsely 

 punctate. Elytra with the discoidal area narrow, subcostal finely reticulated 

 in several rows; costal area forming a very narrow margin to the subcostal, 

 beyond that much widened, with one series of large areolae. Wings smoky 

 toward their tips, with fuscous nervures. 



Described from one example taken on the hillside south of 

 Richmond village, April 15th. Differs from opaca in color, the 

 shining black of the upper surface, the tricarinate disk of the 

 pronotum, and the large areolae in the sutural area of the elytra. 



Leptoypha binotata Champ. ? 



Kingston, two examples swept from bushes near the rail- 

 road tracks west of the station on April 17th. I feel some 

 uncertainty about this determination as these specimens differ 

 from Champion's description in several particulars. The body 

 is dark ferruginous, not black, beneath ; the elytra have a 

 double transverse vitta and the whole sutural area fuscous, with 

 the included nervures black; the discoidal and subcostal areas 

 are confused, and together with most of the sutural area are 

 closely and minutely areolate; costal area very narrow and 

 uniseriate; wings well developed. I have little doubt but 



