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and thicker clavate antennae, Color dark brown, closely and coarsely punctate with 
fuscous, pubescent. The head thick, abruptly contracted at tip, clothed with bronze 
pubescence, closely punctate; the rostrum thick, brown, reaching between the anterior 
coxae; antennae piceous, paie p .bescent, blackish on the two long and very thick clavate 
apical joints, the basal joint thick, scarcely longer than the tylus, the second much 
shorter, more slender, growing thicker towards the tip; the ocelli very large and promi¬ 
nent, coarsely and densely granulated. Pronotum thick, a little longer than wide, almost 
flat above; the anterior lobe nearly twice as long as the posterior one, the two separated 
each side by a deeply incised line; the lateral edge moderately oblique, reflexed, a very 
little curved; collum distinct, but rather turned up than ridged; the middle of posterior 
margin indented, the anterior margin as wide as the head to the middle of the eyes; the 
humeral angles callous, long triangular. Pleural pieces reddish brown, somewhat 
coarsely punctate. Coxae dull yellow; femora obscure yellow, pale fuscous on the 
middle; the tibia tinged with brown; tarsi more or less piceous. Scutellum reddish brown, 
punctate, the apex with a long thick carina. Hemelytra thick, opaque, coarsely punctate 
in somewhat longitudinal lines, bare parts of the surface dull fulvous, the costal border 
testaceous, interrupted by about four black spots; the broad apex almost truncated, 
sometimes marked with two or three yellow dots; the membrane brown, very small or 
absent. Abdomen dark dull or brown, closely punctate, spread with minute bronze pub¬ 
escence; the connexivum wide, sharp edged, with a yellow dot on the apex, and sometimes 
with testaceous specks at the outer end of the sutures; anal segment of the male large 
and prominently convex, very dark brown. 
Length to end of abdomen 2.5 mm. Width of pronotum .75 mm. Three or four speci¬ 
mens are in the Colorado Agricultural College collection. In my own cabinet may be 
seen specimens from New York, Texas, and the vicinity of Denver and Manitou. 
Colorado ” 
Fort Collins, April 6th (Baker). Poudre Canon*, Marcn 
16th to April 22nd (Gillette). The specimens taken were 
found under boards and stones. This is the species recorded 
from Colorado as P. diffusus Uhler (see Uliler, 1). 
Ptochiomera puherula Stal. 
Denver, August 8th (Uhler, 5). 
Cnemodus mavortius Say, 
Colorado, August (Riley). 
Trapezonatus nebulosus Fall. 
Colo. (Uhler, 1 and. 6). Southern Colorado, June, July (Carpenter—see 
Uhler, 7). Moderately common at Denver, also few from plants in Beaver 
Brook Gulch, August 6th (Uhler, 5). Custer county, mid-alpine (Cockerell, 10). 
Fort Collins, February 19th to September 2d Baker and 
Gillette). The Rustic, Larimer county, August 11th; Foot¬ 
hills seven miles north-west of Fort Collins, March 16th; 
Manitou, June 25th; Montrose, June 24th; Dolores, June 
18th (Gillette). Steamboat Springs, July 14th (Baker). 
Colorado Springs, Manitou Park (Tucker). 
Emblethis arenarius Linn. 
Colo., seems to be quite common (Uhler, 6). Quite common in eastern 
♦The canon of the Poudre river, 10 miles north-west of Fort Collins. 
