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with rather fine bristles; male, valve small; plates long, taper- 

 ing gradually to the obtuse tip, exceeding the short pygofers. 

 Both plates and pygofers are finely ciliate with pale hairs. 



One female was received from Prof. H. Garman, Lexing- 

 ton, Ky., and one male was collected at Burlington, Iowa, 

 vSeptember 5, 1897. Specimens are in hand from St. Louis, 

 Mo., and West Virginia. 



I have noted under sanctus the possibility that this form, 

 since it comes nearer the type locality and agrees better in 

 some points, may in reality be the form to which Say's 

 description applies. 



Scaphoideus auronitkns Prov. (Plate X, Fig. 2). 



Scaphoideus auronitens Provancher. Petite Faune Canadienne, III, 

 p. 277 (1889) 



Van Duzee Catalogue. Trans. Am. Knt. Soc, XXI., p. 301. 

 Osborn and Rail. Proc. Ia. Acad. Sci., IV.; p. 232 (record). 



Nodal vein arising from discal cell. Last ventral segment 

 of female deeply cleft. Length to tip of elytra, 9 , 4.50-5 

 mm; cT , 4.50 mm. 



Vertex slightly wider than long, sub-acute. Front nar- 

 rowing uniformly, clypeus long, lorae reaching margin of 

 cheeks. Nodal vein arising usually well in front of outer 

 anteapical cell and from the discal cell. 



Color light yellow, the vertex and front margin of pro- 

 notum with prominent orange red transverse spots. A short 

 transverse line and a broader line parallel to margin on upper 

 margin of vertex, black. 



Genitalia: Last ventral segment of female cleft to near its 

 base, each lobe long, rounded at tip ; pygofer scarcely exceeded 

 by the ovipositor with short, brown bristles. Male valve 

 small, short, plates elongate triangular, an impressed line 

 parallel to outer margin, and with a long, slender filament 

 finely ciliated reaching far beyond tip of pygofers. 



This species was described from Canada, and Van Duzee 

 gives Canada, New York, and Mississippi for its distribution. 

 It occurs abundantly at Ames, Iowa, during July and August, 

 and I have it from Columbus, Ohio. Specimens are also in 

 hand from Washington, D. C. (Heidemann), so that it may be 

 expected to occur generally from Canada to the gulf, and 



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