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sp. (Fig. (3), 



Resembling P. collitiis Ball 



Phlepsius similis n. 



in form. 



Vertex distinctly, though obtusely angled. Face broad, weakly 

 impressed across the base; front strongh' narrowed to the clypeus; 

 clypeus distinctly broadened apically; outer angles of the genre broadly 

 rounded. Anterior margin of the pronotum strongly rounded, the pos- 

 terior margin broadly emarginate. 



Coloration: vertex pale yellow, irrorate with coalescing fuscous 

 points. Face pale yellow, closely irrorate with fuscous; a few obsolete 

 arcs on the front, the apex of the front, the disc of the lors, and the middle 



Fig. 6. Phelpsius similis n. sp. 



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

 genitalia; e, Elytron; f, Male genitalia. 



of the clypeus, immaculate. Pronotum pale yellow on the anterior 

 portion, darker on the disc and posterior portion, the whole strongly 

 irrorate with fuscous. Scutellum pale yellow, obsoletely mottled with 

 fuscous, four dark spots on the hind margin. Elytra whitish; the 

 venation and numerous irrorations fuscous. The claval veins ending 

 in white points surrounded by fuscous. Below, pale, marked with 

 fuscous and black. 



Genitalia: cf valve obtusely triangtdar; plates broadly triangular, 



tips rather blunt, a row of short spines on the lateral submargins. 



9 ultimate ventral segment about twice as long as the penultimate, the 



posterior margin rather strongly sinuate on each side of a minute 



median notch, lateral angles prominent. 



Length: d^ 7 mm., 9 7.75 mm. 



Described from one male and one female from Clemson 

 College, and two females from Orangeburg. 



