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SOME NEW NORTH AMERICAN HOMOPTERA. 



BY E. B. BALL, AG. COLLEGE, LOGAN, UTAH. 



Phlepsius coliitus, n. sp. — ^Q?,Qm\A\ng fuividorsum, but smaller and 

 paler. Colour fulvous, elytra brown, with two imperfect light bands. 

 Length, $ , 6 mm.; width 2 mm. Vertex short, obtusely rounded, but 

 little longer on middle than against eye, three times wider than long ; disc 

 convex ; the anterior margin distinct, but not sharply angled ; elytra 

 rather long and narrow ; venation distinct, claval veins separate, parallel. 

 Colour : vertex fulvous, sometimes with faint brownish mottling ; face 

 uniform dull brown ; pronotum fulvous, usually mottled vvith brown on the 

 disc ; scutellum fulvous. Elytra pale, heavily inscribed with brown, 

 omitting three spots on the sutural margin, an oblong area just inside the 

 costa on the apical half, and a pair of oblique bands starting from the first 

 and last sutural spots, which are milky white. In the lightest specimens 

 the brown tends to run together into dark blotches on the costa and 

 between the white spots on the suture. Genitalia, female segment twice 

 the length of the penultimate, the lateral angles obtuse, the posterior 

 margin roundingly produced on the median third, and strongly notched 

 in the middle. Disc of the segment fulvous, the posterior margin on each 

 side of the slit black, the lateral angles light. 



Described from three females from Ames, Iowa. This species has 

 long been confused with ftdvidorsKin, but is readily distinguished by the 

 shorter head and distinct genitalia. 



Phlepsius Uppulus, n. sp. — Form oi fidvidorsum nearly, but slightly 

 smaller, and with a shorter vertex. Colour milky white, with three brown 

 bands. Length 5.5 mm.; width 1.75 mm. Vertex nearly right-angled, 

 one-third longer on middle than against the eye, twice wider than long, 

 acutely angled with front, the margin distinct, except near the eyes. 

 Front rather narrow, margins straight. Pronotum long, strongly angled in 

 front, disc convex in both diameters. Elytra rather narrow, the venation 

 obscure. Colour : vertex pale orange, an ivory white median line on tip, 

 with a pair of oval brownish spots adjoining it, and a pair of black dots 

 on the margin, nearly half way to the eyes. Face pale, slightly and 

 evenly irrorate with fulvous brown. Pronotum fulvous brown; the 

 anterior' submargin white. Scutellum fulvous brown; the oblique margins 

 light, interrupted with a pair of black spots. Elytra milky white, a 

 transverse fulvous brown band across the middle of clavus, another just 

 back of clavus and a narrow apical margin of brown. The second band 



