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Color. — Bright pea-green, except the following markings : Antennae 

 rufous, except the basal joint, which is green ; a small spot between the eyes 

 dusky ; a dark spot beneath each eye bounded in front by a white stripe. A 

 narrow, white stripe runs along the upper margin of each eye, and extends 

 backward along the lateral carinaj of the pronotum. A median, dusky stripe 

 runs along the disk of the pronotum ; this stripe is sometimes pale, almost 

 white, especially the middle portion; a black stripe on the sides of the ante- 

 rior lobes bordered by white ; the lateral margins have a minute, white line 

 running along them occasionally. Elytra semi-transparent, almost uniform 

 green, sometimes a pale, ash-brown shade on the upper portion. Wings pel- 

 lucid, front portion tinged with pale bluish-green, hind part tinged with red. 

 The four anterior femora either banded with or entirely pale-rufous. The 

 posterior femora are green, except a rufous ring above the knee, and a thread- 

 like, white line along the margin of the disk. Posterior tibia3 green; spines 

 tipped with black ; tarsi green ; pulvilli rufous. Cross-incisions of the pro- 

 notum are black only in the dried specimens. 



Dimensions. — $ Length, 0.85 to 1 inch; elytra, 0.62 to 0.76 inch; hiud 

 femora, 0.5 to 0.63 inch ; hind tilnte, 0.58 inch, s Length, 0.62 inch. 



Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska (Thomas); Kansas (Dodge). 



CAI-OFTEMUS, Bin>m. 



Calliptamus, Serv , Fisch. de W. 



Body medium size. Head large; face vertical or nearly so; occiput 

 quite short, convex, triangular ; vertex narrow between the eyes, deflexed, and 

 somewhat channeled ; frontal costa not sulcate above the ocellus, more or less 

 sulcate below ; eyes large, oval, somewhat prominent, perpendicular, nearly 

 straight in front, much rounded behind; antennas of medium length, cylin- 

 drical ; palpi short. Pronotum of medium length, sub-cylindrical or sub- 

 quadrate ; somewhat tricarinate, the lateral carinEe consisting only of the 

 obtuse humeral angles, the median simply aline; the three transverse im- 

 pressions generally distinct, placed close together on the second fourth of the 

 pronotum ; the last, which is situated a little l)ehind the middle, cutting the 

 median carina ; dorsum flat or nearly so ; the front margin truncate ; posterior 

 margin rounded ; the deflexed lateral lobes sub-quadrate. Elytra and wings 

 generally as long or longer than the abdomen, Init sometimes aborted. 



