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PI. niontana, sp. nov. 



Has much the appearance of Caloptcmis spretus, with abbreviated 

 wings. 



In the female the foveola of the vertex is sHghtly elongate and sub- 

 hexagonal ; more elongate and narrow in the male ; median carina, through it, 

 minute; detlexetl. Face somewhat curved under toward the breast; frontal 

 costa broad, sides parallel, not sulcate, punctured ; lateral carinas obtuse. 

 Cljpeus very short, and from it to the labrum there is a very distinct offset, 

 the lip standing farther in ; the middle quadrate piece of the lip has a very 

 distinct perpendicular sulcus across it. Antennae of the female not reaching 

 the tip of the pronotum ; of the male longer. Pronotum slightly expanding 

 posteriorly in tlie female; nearly parallel in the male ; median carina distinct 

 thronghout in the female, obliterated on the middle lobes in the male ; lateral 

 carinae distinct, but obtusely rounded ; the three transverse-impressed lines 

 distinct in the male, the posterior only in the female, which is situated behind 

 the middle; the posterior lateral margins ascend obliquely to the obtusely- 

 roimded apex, without any entering angle. Elytra cross the third segment in 

 the male, the second in the female ; not meeting on the back at the base. 

 Abdomen elongate ; apex of the male somewhat enlarged, turned up; cerci 

 acuminate; tip of the sub-anal plate entire. Prosternal spine broadly trans- 

 verse, distinctly truncate in the male, obtusely rounded at the apex in the 

 female. 



Color (after immersion in alcohol). — Fuscous and rufous. Front and 

 lower portions of the sides of the head and pronotum in the male olive, in 

 the female rufous; a broad, shining, blackish or brownish stripe runs from 

 the eyes along the upper margin of the sides of the pronotum. Disk of the 

 pronotum reddish or dark-brown. Elytra obscure dark-brown, unspotted. 

 Posterior femora bright-red, with indistinct oblique l^ands of light and darker 

 shades ; a yellow annulation above the knee ; knee black ; tibise yellow, 

 probably plumbeous when living ; anterior legs rufous. 



Dimensions. — 9 Length,! inch; elytra, 0,14 inch; hind femora, 0.5'2 

 inch. 3 Length, 0.75 inch; elytra, 0.18 inch ; bind femora, 0.42 inch. 



Montana (Ilayden). 



