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fiirst and second joints, the second joint shortest, the third and fourth much more slender, 
the fourth a little longer than the third. Pronotum triangular both before and behind 
the humeral angles, the anterior division very slightly sinuated on the sides, feebly 
notched at the end of the scutellum behind the anterior lobe; collum distinct, with an 
orange band on the middle; the surface rugulose and punctate behind this; the lateral 
and posterior margin orange, the tip a little rounded; the humeral angles moderately 
subacute, with the edge a little callous Pleural pieces bordered with rufo-testaceous; 
the coxae, trochanters, border of sternum, and legs yellowish-testaceous, with the 
femora, tibiae and tarsi dusky or piceous above. Scutellum fuscous, almost completely 
concealed beneath the projecting pronotum. Hemelytra pale smoke-brown, narrower 
than the abdomen, with the veins darker, and a short streak at base of corium pale 
yellowish. Tergum rufous along the middle, blackish exterior to this; the connexivum 
both above and below, orange interrupted with black. The underside dull black with a 
tinge of plumbeous, a little sericeous, the posterior segments rufous on the middle, and the 
genital segment yellow. 
Length to tip of venter 3 mm. Width of pronotum 1.25 mm. This is a common species 
in Maryland, and is also found in North Carolina. It has also been collected in. Colo¬ 
rado, and in the vicinity of San Diego, California. In Maryland it occurs on the borders 
of small streams during summer, and is occasionly found full-winged in the month of 
June. The male is narrower and more wedge-shaped posteriorly than the female.” 
Foot-hills five miles west of Fort Collins, March 12th to 
April 21st (Gillette). 
Macrovelia hornii Uhl. 
Fort Collins, April 14th; Rist Canon, April 9th (Baker). 
Saida coriacea Uhl. 
Denver (B. H. Smith- see Uhler, 5). 
Saida dispersa Uhl. 
Comparatively abundant in various places west of Denver (Uhler, 9'. 
Saida humilis Say. 
West Cliff, Custer County, July 31st (Cockerell, 10). 
Saida interstitialis Say. 
Eoaring Fork (Kothrock—see Uhler, 2). Colorado (Uhler, 6). Ula, Custer 
County, November 12th (Cockerell, 10,. 
Fort Collins, August 27th; foot-hills five miles west of Fort 
Collins, March 12th to April 9th; Estes Park, July 12th 
(Gillette). 
Saida pallipes Fab. 
In western suburbs of Denver may be found in untold numbers on dark, 
damp, sandy and muddy soil, during August. Also near stream in Beaver 
Brook Gulch, and in Clear Creek Canon (Uhler, 5). Georgetown, July 8th, 
9,500 feet (Packard—see Uhler, 5). 
Colorado Springs, July (Tucker). 
Galguliis oculatus Fab. 
Colorado ; Gillette—see Osborn, 1). 
