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Genitalia. — Female segment moderately long, posterior margin 

 slightly concave, the median fifth excavated, the excavation gradually or 

 abruptly narrowing to a slit as mfraterftus, posterior disc with a quadran- 

 gular black area. 



Described from five females from Estero, Florida, received from Mr. 

 Van Duzee. This may possibly represent a distinct species, the size and 

 colour are always slightly variable in this group and are not specific. 

 There appears, however, to be quite a difi"erence in genitalia, although 

 both are of the same. general type and both slightly variable. A longer 

 series will be necessary to definitely determine whether this is an extreme 

 form adapted to some slightly different faunal region or a distinct species. 



Deltocephalus micarius^ n. sp. 



Resembling IVeedii, but larger and with longer and more flaring 

 elytra. Brownish straw, with five stripes on pronotum, and nervures 

 light. Length, 3.5 mm. 



Vertex flat, almost twice as long at apex as against eye, right-angled 

 in front, the margins straight, the apex not at all produced as it is in 

 Weedii and couipactus, face as in IVeedii, i)ronotum with the anterior mar- 

 gin strongly arched, elytra long and narrow, inclined to be flaring 

 posteriorly, extending considerably beyond the abdomen in both sexes. 

 Venation similar to that of Weedii, the outer claval area strongly reticulated 

 with central anteapical cell elongated, constricted through the median 

 portion and usually divided by a broad union of the nervures for some 

 distance. 



Colour. — Pale brownish straw, the vertex washed with orange, the 

 margins and median line narrowly light, a pair of minute spots just back 

 of the ivory apex and a larger pair midway to the ocelli black. Pronotum 

 with traces of olive on the disc and five narrow light stripes. Elytral 

 nervures light, slightly margined with brownish, which shade into fuscous 

 against the first cross nervure to claval suture, again on the first cross 

 nervure between the sectors and almost filling the apical cells, face 

 fuscous brown, with short arcs on front and concentric markings on 

 gen?e light. 



Genitalia. — Female segment short, the lateral angles rounding into 

 the posterior margin, which is nearly straight except for a small median 

 tooth. Male valve small, short, plates small, the outer margin concavely 

 narrowing to the rather broad, truncate tips. 



Described from two pairs from Seven Oaks, and Sanford; Florida, 

 collected and sent by E. P. Van Duzee. In head characters this species 



