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smoky brown, with three broad white bands, whereof one is upon 
the base, another across the middle, and the third, which is 
somewhat narrower, upon the tip. The wings show two longi¬ 
tudinal veins, but no transverse ones were noticed upon them, 
nor could I discover any fringe upou either their outer or inner 
margin. The fore legs are larger than the others, and the 
antennse (see figure g of the preceeding cut, representing the head, 
eyes, left antenna and base of the right) instead of arising far 
apart as in most of the species I have examined, come out from 
the front of the head close together, and are composed of only 
five principal joints, of which the two first are short, and a third 
thicker than the others, which are long and cylindrical, the last 
one gradually tapering to a slender point, its apical portion being 
divided into small indistinct segments. 
This species is common upon wheat as early as the first of 
June. When the grain ripens it probably forsakes it and becomes 
dispersed upon plants which flower later in the season; for I 
have met with it upon flowers of tanzy (Tanacetum vulgare) the 
last of July. 
