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Color dirty straw, face smoky, the lateral carinae often margined inter 

 nally with fuscous. Apex of elytra often margined with fuscous. All veins 

 thickly studded with curved dark hairs. 



Described from two females and three males from Mrs. Annie T. Slosson, 

 collected at Biscayne Bay, Fla. This is a strikingly distinct form, the long 

 acutely pointed head at once separating it from any of its relatives. 



Megamelanus rufivittatus sp. nov. 



Resembling elongatus but with a shorter head and longer elytra. Pa-le 

 green with a pair of red stripes the entire length of the body. Length, 

 4.7 mm. 



Vertex narrow at base, coming to an acute angle at apex which is 

 slightly sloping, carinae sharp, uniting just in front of eyes into a single one 

 which runs over the apex. Front narrow, parallel -margined, slightly 

 concave in profile, forming an acute angle in front of the middle of the eye. 

 Pronotum short, slightly angularly emarginate posteriorly, carinae diver 

 gent. Elytra twice the length of the body, the apical cells very long. 



Color pale green ; antennae with a black line in front ; a pair of broad 

 red stripes originate on each side of the apex of vertex, omitting the eyes 

 and continue outside the carinae of the pronotum and scutellum to the last 

 abdominal segment. 



Described from a single male from Thompsonville, Ga., collected by Mr. 

 Hebard and sent by Mrs. Slosson. 



Acutalis inornata sp. nov. 



Form much as in semicrema but slightly smaller. Of a uniform bright 

 grass green with pale elytra. Length, 4 to 4.25 mm.; width, 1.8 mm. 



Form of pronotum as in tartarea, sloping back from head to an almost 

 flat dorsum, Head convex, pale green. Pronotum bright grass green 

 sometimes fading to a yellowish green in dried specimens. Elytra milky 

 white, veins concolorous, obscure ; the outer longitudinal vein distant 

 from the middle one at apex, oftentimes approaching the base of apical 

 cell. Apical cell large and with the base more angulate than in semicrema. 



Described from six specimens, all from Biscayne Bay, Fla., collected by 

 Mrs. Slosson. This species was thought first to be an immature color con 

 dition of semicrema but upon examination of more specimens the venation 

 proved to be quite distinctive and the series is constant in structure and 

 color. 



Deltocephalus slossoni sp. nov. 



Form and general color pattern nearly like grammicus. The elytra 

 obliquely truncate at apex. Color pale straw and fuscous. Length, 4.25 mm. 



Vertex acutely pointed, the apex blunt, three-fourths as wide at base as 

 its middle length, half longer on middle than against eye, half longer than 

 pronotum. Vertex and front acutely angled. Elytra not quite as long as 

 the body, obliquely truncate at the apex, the outer angles slightly 



