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lectotype read “dark brown”. Melsheimer described fusca as “uni- 
formly yellowish-brown”. It is just like teneral northern examples 
of gagatina. There is an occasional tendency for the pronotum to be 
paler than the head and elytra as in resplendens. The more extreme 
variations are discussed under resplendens and “sp. near gagatina A 
Range: This species occurs, March 29 to July 25 chiefly in May, 
from southern Vermont: Bennington Co.; Massachusetts: Woods 
Hole, Marion; to North Carolina: Bell Island; Tennessee: Bristol, 
Knoxville; Arkansas: “Ark.” ( 111 . N. H. S.) a doubtful dealer’s label; 
Iowa and Wisconsin. 
Habitat: Melsheimer collected gagatina in June on leaves of black 
oak and service berry. It has also been taken by beating apple, 
hickory, sweet gum, wild cherry, and Pinus virginiana. 
Statira gagatina resplendens Melsheimer 
Fig. 4 
Statyra resplendens Melsh., 1846, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadephia 2: 311. 
Type: described from Pennsylvania. Leconte has stated that the 
unique types of Melsheimer are in his collection. Some of these were 
subsequently returned to the Melsheimer collection. In the Leconte 
coll. (M.C.Z.) is a specimen labelled “S. resplendens! Mels.” which 
means Leconte considered it the type. Unfortunately the locality 
label is an orange disc which indicates “southern states”. 
This name is questionable. It stands for gagatina in the more 
southern part of its range with a more or less rufous pronotum and 
last antennal segment a little longer. The most distinctive specimen 
seen is a male, July 4, 1925, Oakland Co., Michigan in the G. H. 
Nelson collection. This specimen has the last antennal segment equal 
to the next 6^/2 segments. Its slightly different terminalia is figured. 
Only very few specimens, ranging from New York City to Alabama, 
have been seen. 
Statira sp. near gagatina 
Fig. 5 
In the collection of the Illinois Natural History Survey (Andreas 
Bolter coll.) is a male labelled “S. Cal.” It is evidently closely 
related to gagatina but has a shorter last antennal segment, fewer 
setigerous punctures, and slightly deeper terminalia. Also the prono- 
tum is more sparsely and finely punctate than in gagatina. The 
locality label is suspiciously like that of an unreliable dealer’s. 
The color, probably teneral, is testaceous with head brown between 
the eyes. Last antennal segment as long as next 4V2 segments. All 
tibiae rounded on outer edge; all femora glabrous. Pronotal margins 
