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scutellum and a narrow sutural stripe extending to the apex of the elytra 



of a rich testaceous brown. Length, V 6 mm., $ 5 mm. ; width, 2 mm. 



Vertex longer and flatter than is typical for the genus, over half as 



long as its basal width, two-thirds the length of the pronotum, half longer 



on middle than against eye ; front broad, nearly flat above, meeting the 



vertex in an acute angle, the margin narrow ; pronotum very broad and 



almost parallel margined. Elytra rather broad, broadly rounding at the 



apex ; venation obscure, somewhat irregular, a number of veinlets to the 



costa. 



Colour : vertex pale lemon yellow, sometimes slightly greenish and 



sometimes washed with brown ; pronotum and scutellum cinereous, 

 washed with brown or pale brown, with traces of cinereous lines ; elytra 

 creamy yellow, the scutellar and sutural margins back to the apex 

 narrowly striped with testaceous brown. These stripes are often narrowly 

 margined with white anteriorly, including a narrow lateral margin of 

 pronotum, and contain light spots as follows : a dot at the scutellar 

 angle, a half circle in the margin before the middle of the clavus, a dark- 

 margined spot in an enlargement of the stripe towards the apex of clavus, 

 and a dot or margined spot in each of the first three apical cells. The 

 brown stripes are very narrow at the apex of clavus and then enlarge as 

 the elytra overlap. Face and all below pale creamy yellow. 



Genitalia : female segment twice the length of the preceding, trun- 

 cate posteriorly with the median fourth produced into a blunt tooth half 

 as long as its basal width and slightly notched at the apex ; male valve 

 short, obtusely rounding, plates together spoon-shaped, their apices 

 bluntly rounding and slightly upturned. 



Described from eight specimens from the Nat. Museum collection 



labeled "Tex." 



This is a strikingly distinct species, and while not a typical Eutettix 



in the shape of the head, it seems best to place it here for the present at 



least. 



Scaphoideus scrupulosus, n. sp. — Similar to blandus and jucundus in 

 form. The elytra more flaring and with the general appearance of an 

 Eutettix, except for the sharp angled vertex. Pale, with a brown band 

 on base of elytra, another on tip, and a triangular saddle on the disc. 

 Length, 5 mm. ; width, 1.25 mm. 



Vertex flat, acutely angular, its length and width about equal, a little 

 longer than pronotum, twice longer on middle than against eye ; face as 



