164 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, '09 



"Dixie" was at first thought to be distinct from the California 

 species, but what appears to be an intermediate form was taken 

 at Colfax, California. 



Platymetopins majestus n. sp. 



Form of elegans nearly, but with a longer vertex in the male. Tawny 

 and chestnut brown, iridescent. Length $ 4 mm. 



Vertex, very long in the male over half longer than the pronotum, 

 disc broad and flat the margins rounding to the rather blunt apex. 

 Elytra moderately long and inclined to be flaring posteriorly. Vena- 

 tion obscure on the disc, the central anteapical cell slightly oblique 

 and decidedly constricted behind the middle, outer anteapical cell oval, 

 pointed in front. Front narrow slightly transversely convex, profile 

 of upper half of face concave owing to the greatly lengthened vertex. 

 Male, valve short broadly semicircularly rounding; plates short spoon- 

 shaped, upturned. 



Color Vertex yellowish buff, the median suture narrowly lined with 

 white. Pronotum brown or ashy gray. Scutellum brown with orange 

 shadings in the angles. Elytra subhyaline washed with iridescent 

 smoky brown omitting the sutural margin, the costal margin behind 

 the middle and a transverse band before the apex. In one specimen 

 the inner part of corium on the basal half, the apical band and about 

 five reflexed veinlets are smoky black. Face and below shining black a 

 line under the vertex margin, a broader one below it, the hind femora, 

 and the plates white. 



Described from two males from Pasadena, California, col- 

 lected by the author. This is a striking species with its iri- 

 descent elytra and black face. The female will undoubtedly 

 have an extremely long vertex. 



Platymetopius frontalis var. dorsalis n. var. 



Size and form of frontalis, pale fulvous washed with tawny brown. 

 Length, 4mm. 



Vertex with the margins slightly rounding, creamy yellow. Pro- 

 notum and elytra fulvous shading to tawny brown just inside the costal 

 margins of elytra and extending forward onto pronotum. Lateral 

 margins of pronotum, the scutcllum, base of costa and sometimes a 

 spot on clavus pale yellow. Face and below pale yellow. 



Described from two specimens from Onaga, Kansas. 



There are few good structural characters available in this 

 genus and much vise has been made of color and markings in 

 defining species. This distinct variety of which several other 



