E. BERGROTH, THE AMERICAN SPECIES OF PLOEARIOLA REUT. 
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margin of elytra moderately rounded, slightly notched at the 
tip of the apical vein, radial cross-vein slightly curved. Wings 
throughout, also at apex, of the same pale sublacteous hue, 
their anal lobe almost or quite reaching the level of the cross¬ 
vein. Venter impunctate. Small species (9 3, 9 —4,, mm.). 
(Virginia.) Parshleyi n. sp. 
9 (8) Body light brown with distinct black markings on head and 
pronotum. Antennae ( 9 ) with fine sparse short decumbent 
hairs. Scutellar spine very short, blunt, tubercle-like, directed 
backward; spine of postscutellum long. [Structure of prono- 
tal lateral ledge and elytra, colour of wings, length of alar 
anal lobe, and sculpture of venter unknown]. Large species 
(9 7 mm.). (Vancouver Island). canadensis Parshl. 
10 (7) Basal tubercle of pronotum comparatively high, black or dark 
fuscous, contrasting in colour with the surrounding pale 
surface. 
11 (14) The black annulations of the middle and hind legs very much 
narrower than the white ones. 
12 (13) Anterior end of the percurrent lateral ledge of the posterior 
pronotal lobe with a slender white spine or tooth directed 
obliquely forward. Wings with the extero-apical area and 
the apex of the adjacent area tessellated with fuscous almost 
as in the elytra, the anal lobe almost or quite reaching the 
level of the cross-vein. Fore femora distinctly spinulose be¬ 
neath. Venter rather coarsely punctate. Length 4,5—5 mm. 
(Central Atlantic States, Kansas.) tuberculata Banks. 
13 (12) Anterior end of the percurrent lateral ledge of the posterior 
pronotal lobe unarmed. Wings clouded at apex, the anal 
lobe not nearly reaching the level of the cross-vein. Fore 
femora beneath with very short hairs, but without distinct 
spinules. Venter impunctate or almost so. Length 4—4, 5 mm. 
(Florida and Jamaica.) mansiieta n. sp. 
14 (11) The black annulations of the middle and hindlegs moderately 
narrower than the white ones. Fore femora distinctly spinu¬ 
lose beneath. Length 5—6 mm. (Guatemala and Panama.) 
armata -Champ. 
The length of the species known to me, as indicated above, inclu¬ 
des the distance from the apex of the head to the apex of the abdo¬ 
men (not to the apex of the elytra). 
(To be continued.) 
