54 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



OrpJiula decora, McNeill. — No other specimens have been found 

 since the single one, on which the species is based. 



Boopedon auriveiitris, n. sp. 



Vertex prominent, declivent, convex, not separated from the front 

 by distinct carina^ not forming an angle with the front, but united with 

 it in a curve, as wide between the eyes as the long (female) or short 

 (male) axis of the eye ; foveolse of the vertex entirely wanting (female) 

 or barely discernible (male); foveolae of the tempora obsolete or repre- 

 sented by punctate areas, plainly visible from above ; front moderately 

 inclined, the costa broad, with the sides generally parallel, half as wide as 

 the space between the eyes, convex, suddenly constricted just above the 

 antennse, vanishing much before the clypeus ; antennae filiform, yellowish 

 at the base, beyond usually much infuscated, longer (female)or much longer 

 (male) than the head and pronotum. Disk of the pronotum subtecti- 

 form ; posterior margin straight, sides constricted, especially at the first 

 sulcus ; median carina strong, percurrent, cut much behind the middle 

 by the principal sulcus ; lateral carinse obsolescent, more distinct in the 

 male, especially on the anterior part of the progone; lateral lobes arcuate 

 dorsoventrally narrow, a little wider (deeper) than long, with the posterior 

 margin perceptibly more oblique than the anterior, the lower margin very 

 obtusely angulate. Space between the mesosternal lobes strongly trans- 

 verse, that between the metasternal lobes linear, with a deep sulcus on 

 either side (male) or slightly transverse (female), with equally deep sulci. 

 Tegmina not exceeding half the length of the abdomen, ovate, rounded 

 at the tip (male) or subacuminate (female). Posterior femora long, 

 moderately slender, banded above and on both outer and inner surfaces 

 (male) or bands more or less completely obsolete (female). Posterior 

 tibiffi red at least on the distal half, basally frequently lighter, with more 

 or less distinct infuscations near the middle and at the extreme base ; 

 apical spines on the inner side very unequal, the longer about equalling 

 in length the terminal joint of the tarsus with its claws. Ovipositor 

 nearly included. Colour very variable, either nearly uniform fuscous- 

 brown or testaceous, with a more or less distinct olive tinge, enlivened 

 with variable fuscous markings ; in the lighter specimens there is a 

 fuscous stripe just below and parallel to the tempora, })receded by a light 

 yellow stripe ; the sides of the head have a broad fuscous stripe reaching 

 from the upper posterior margin of the eye to the pronotum, broadening 

 rapidly ; the lateral lobes of the pronotum are typically infuscated except 



