Feb., 1917] 



Cicadellidcc of South Carolina 



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Phlepsius carolinus n. sp. (Fig. 5). Quite similar to P. fran- 

 coniana Ball in form. 



Vertex little longer on the middle than against the eyes, obtusely 

 angled, moderately impressed across the disc, anterior edge distinct. 

 Face broad and short; front rather broad, strongly narrowed to the 

 clypeus; margins below the antennae nearly straight; clypeiis broad- 

 ened apically ; the outer angles of the genae rounded. Pronotum broadly 

 rounded in front, posterior margin rather strongly sinuate. 



Fig. 5. Phelpsius carolinus n. sp. 

 a, Dorsal view of female; b, Lateral view of head; c, Face; d Female 



genitalia; e. Elytron. 



Coloration : vertex pale yellow, mottled w4th fuscous ; front fuscous 

 with numerous irrorations and a few arcs, pale. The rest of the face 

 pale yellow, mottled with fuscous. Pronotum pale yellow before, sordid 

 whitish on the posterior margin, the whole coarsely mottled with 

 fuscous. Elytra whitish, the pigmentation forming three very faintly 

 indicated oblique bands. Below, pale yellowish; legs pale testaceous, 

 marked with black. 



GenitaHa: ultimate ventral segment narrowed posteriorly; a 

 median and two oblique, lateral carinas on the disc; a broadly rounded 

 lobe on the middle of the posterior margin, notched on the apex ; lateral 

 angles exceeding the median lobe. 



Length, 7 mm. 



Described from one female from Orangeburg. 



