UEMIPTEKA llETEltUl'TERA LYGJilDJi. 407 



1. NECKOCHROMUS COCKEKELLI. 



I'l. L'T, Fifj. 111. 



Head smooth. Thorax fully twice as broad as long, the apex mure 

 than three-quarters the length of the base, gently tapering with arcuate 

 sides, the front margin gently and broadly emarginate with somewhat 

 rounded lateral angles ; sides marginate and on either side near the margin 

 a gently arcuate snlcus subparallel to the margin ; the posterior lobe sepa- 

 rated only ny a slight carination ; whole surface uniformly and distinctly 

 punctate. Coriuin of hemelytra relatively short, hardly surpassing the mid- 

 dle of the abdomen, clear, excepting a broad, fusco-fuliginous band along 

 the membranal suture and the fuscous punctate veins; the whole of the 

 corium is also distantly punctate ; membrane clear, abdomen fusco-fuligi- 

 nous w;ith a broad, submarginal, distinctly bordered, clear band not clearly 

 observable in all specimens. 



Length, 6.15"""; breadth of thorax, 2.15"""; abdomen, 2.85 mi1 



Named for Mr. T. D. A. Cockerel!, the industrious entomologist of 

 Colorado. 



Florissant. Five specimens, Nos. 2229, 8139 and 8234, 9086. 10135, 

 11231. 



2. NECEOCHEOMUS LABATUS. 



1M. 1-7, Fi{,'. 14. 



Thorax nearly two and a half times as broad as long, only a little longer 

 than the head ; apex only three-fifths the breadth of the base, transverse, 

 the sides oblique, gently arcuate, the outer anterior angles scarcely rounded ; 

 the surface uniform, heavily punctate. Corium of hemelytra relatively long, 

 reaching the middle of the outer half of the abdomen, pale testaceous except- 

 ing rather large fuscous spots along the inner half of the membranal suture ; 

 the whole surface punctate ; the veins infuscated ; abdomen as in last species. 



Length, a"" 11 ; breadth of thorax, 2 1 .'"""; abdomen, '2.8 



Florissant. One specimen, No. 2*7 1 . 



3. NECBOCHROMDS SAXM-ICUS. 



Antenna' as long as head, thorax, and scutellum, all but the apical joint 

 dark; the latter clear except for some slight blotches. Thorax trapezoidal, 

 hardly half as broad again as long, tapering gently and regularly except 



