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The Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. IV, No. 2 , 
PlIYLLODIXUS FUSCOUS X. SP. 
Brachvptcrolis, female. Somewhat larger, lighter colored than 
Koebelei but similarly marked. Length, 3 mm. 
Head narrower than protliorax ; vertex cjuadrate, carinae well 
marked ; front with sides parallel, median carina small with very faint cari- 
nae about one-third of the distance from the median to the lateral. Ch’peus 
triangular ; median and lateral carina strong ; pronotum as long as vertex ; 
posterior margin faintly sinuous ; scutellum scarcely longer than pronotum ; 
median carina becoming obsolete before the apex ; elytra reaching the mid- 
dle of the first segment. Veins moderateh* elevated, becoming obsolete 
towards apex. 
Color brownish and fuscous ; markings very similar to those of Koebelei, 
but those of pronotum white with median anterior portion black. A some- 
what interrupted band on either side close to the anterior margin and the 
anterior angles directly beneath the eyes, black. Scutellmu 'white, with an 
irregular transverse broken band of fuscous-black. Klytra brown, .somewhat 
fuscous ; on costal margin a broad apical band of soiled white. .Abdomen 
medially polished brown, laterally fuscous with white markings, cpiite similar 
to those of Koebelei. Tibiae moderately dilated. 
Described from one .specimen collected at Columbs in Septem- 
ber b\- Mr. Albert Koebele. 
This mat' po.ssibly be an extreme variety of Koebelei or the 
brachypterous female of nervatus, but without sufficient material 
to connect them definitely it would better stand by itself. It is a 
large and handsome specimen, but the color markings are much 
less intense than in Koebelei. 
Myxdus fulvus x.sp. 
Light orange or yellow-orange, immaculate. Length, to tip of 
elytra, female, 4.5 mm.; male, 4 mm. 
\'ertex cpiadrate, carinae indistinct; front broad, widened to near apex, 
then narrowing abruptl}- to cljpeus ; lateral carinae of ch’peus sharp. Pro- 
notuni shorter than vertex, hind bordor sinuate ; carinae of scutellum weak. 
Color uniformly tawny or light yellow-orange. The elytra hyaline but 
tinged with tawny. Tips of spines and tarsal claws black. 
IMale st}des long, expanded on ajrical half, bent at about the middle. 
I)e.scribed from four females and two males collected at San- 
dusky and Castalia, Ohio, in late June and July. 
Ha.sily recognized by the bright tawny color and the ab.sence of 
spots. 
