180 Ball Descriptions of New Tree Hoppers* 



Dorsal hump sloping up from both front and rear, crest rounding 

 highest just in front of the middle, hump occupying scarcely two-fifths 

 of the pronotum from the humeral angles back. Humeral angles short 

 and blunt, about two-thirds the length of the eye. 



Color. Face and pronotum pale yellow very slightly washed with brown 

 in the female, and with a definite brown shade in the male, median 

 carina alternately light and dark before the hump. Hump rich testa 

 ceous with a few light spots on the sides, a definite light mark at the 

 base in front, which may extend up onto the carina, and the whole pos 

 terior margin light. This latter light spot extends down on to the pro 

 notum and connects with an irregular transverse light band about half 

 way to aptr. Each side of this band is an irregular testaceous band, 

 the anterior one connected with the testaceous hump. A pair of spots 

 above the eyes and the apex of elytra brownish fuscous, 1 : 



Described from six specimens from Ames, Iowa, collected by the 

 author, one from Onaga, Kansas (Crevecoeur), and a pair from Arkansas 

 (McElfresh). The Iowa specimens were all taken from the smaller 

 'branches of the red oak. 



Telamona compacts, sp. nov. Plate I, figs. 5, and 5a. 



A small, compact, testaceous-and white species with a low almost quad 

 rangular hump. Length 8-9 mm.; width 4.3 mm. , 



Dorsal hump sloping up from.above the humeral angles, highest just 

 back of the rounding'ariterior angles, crest straight or nearly so, sloping 

 posteriorly, the .posterior margin very slightly sloping and subangulate 

 with the 'crest. Hump extending slightly more than half the distance 

 from file 'Numeral 'angles to the' very short' and 'blunt apex. Humeral 

 angles short .and blunt, about (wp-thirds the length of the eye. 



Color.. ftich testaceous mariiea l< with creamy wh'ite, as follows: a num 

 ber of small spots Jusfaboyert-lie face, an angular or stellate spot in front 

 of the hump,! 't^e posterior tnargin| of hump 'and a transverse band half 

 way between there arid apex_6f pronotum. Usually a spot or two on 

 lateral face of hump and one on margin below hump. Elytra smoky 

 testaceous with a hyaline band across the base of the apical cells. 



Described from a pair from Ames, Iowa,, collected by the author, and 

 two females from Arkansas collected by F. M/feElfresh'. .The pai? 

 from Iowa were taken from a patch of mixed oaks. 



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telamona ehrhorni, sp. nov. Plate I, figs. 4 ! ,'ancl 4a'. " 



Form of aVnwdtfa n'early but smaller. Dark fuscous brown prettily 'or 

 namented with light: 'Length J^ 8 mm.; width 4.5 mm. 



Dorsal hump long, rather high, rising on a line with the humeral angles, 

 anterior margin, straight, inclined. backwards, crest roundingly angled in 

 front, sloping posteriorly, slightly emarginate on the posterior half. Pos 

 terior margin short, inclined, rounding'to th pronotum. Hump occupy 

 ing nearly three-fifths of the distance from the humeral angle to apex of 

 pronotum. 



