1878.] 445 [Uhler 



middle of the former dark brown. Mesosternum, except its posterior 

 margin and parts of the pleural pieces adjoining it, also the bases of 

 the coxae, blackish; posterior xyphus long triangular, subacute, yellow, 

 except at base. Hemelytra having the yellow lines very slender; on 

 the base of clavus straight, entire, on the disk and beyond it arranged 

 in series of three or four across the width, somewhat dislocated, a few 

 of them angulately waved, or bifurcated at one end. Lines of the 

 corium waved, a few at base entire, behind the base short, placed in 

 dislocated series, those on the exterior margin a little broader, some- 

 times a few bifurcated ; on the membrane they are broader, placed 

 transversely, but much more tortuous, those at the tip much smaller, 

 more irregular, with the ends near the inner margin straight and 

 placed subequidistantly, and at the base of membrane a fuscous 

 cloud. Epipleura dull sordid yellowish, sparingly, minutely, yellow- 

 ish pubescent, the outer margin, a streak at base and a cloud at apex 

 fuscous; embolium a little infuscated. Wings milky white. Tergum 

 blackish, the connexivum yellowish, having a few oblique streaks of 

 brown, the anal segments pale at base and at the margins; venter 

 yellowish, ciliated with long yellowish hairs, the surface with sparse 

 yellowish pubescence, the three basal segments blackish, excepting 

 the sides and posterior margins; genital segments with a broad fus- 

 cous arc common to the two ; the inferior surface of connexivum with 

 a few streaks of brown. <$ . Length, 9 millims. Breadth of prono- 

 tum, 3 millims. 



Female, from Massachusetts in my collection. Palse broad and 

 long, cultrate, the upper margin minutely denticulated, the outer side 

 sulcate and on the middle line a series of remote, setigerous, coarse 

 punctures; the lower margin a little concave, ciliated, with minute 

 teeth between the cilife, the apex and above it bearing a few long 

 bristles ; the carinate edge of the middle line with a comb of minute 

 teeth on the inner surface. Same size as the male. 



No. 22 /?, Harris' Collection. Called a variety of C. interrupta by 

 Mr. Say. One damaged male is the most that now remains to rep- 

 resent this species in the present collection. A badly damaged 

 specimen with printed label 501, is also in the collection. 

 3. C. interrupta. 



Corlxd interrupta Say, Journ. Acad. Philad., iv, 328, 1. 



No. 22, Harris' Collection. Named by Mr. Say. 



A small, badly damaged female is all that remains to represent this 

 species. It is five lines long; the palae are broadly falcate, acumi- 

 nate, as in the allied species. 



