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A mm. long, decidedly tapering toward the distal end. Style 

 somewhat conical, slightly dusky. 



Apterous viviparous female. — General colour green. Length 

 of body 1.6 mm. Width of abdomen .7 mm. Head green, broader 

 than long. Eyes dark red. Antennae situated on frontal tubercles, 

 green W'ith sixth including filament and also apical half of fifth, 

 dusk\-. Rostrum beyond second coxa, tip dusky. Thorax and 

 abdomen green. Legs green, with apices of tibia and tarsal joints 

 dusk>'. Cornicles green, slightly swollen near apex, .5 mm. long. 

 Cauda green, conical. 



Host plant — Godetia amcena (Lehn.). Lilja? 



Locality. — University of California campus, Berkeley, Cali- 

 fornia. 



Date of collection. — April 4, 1915. 



A NEW SPECIES OF AMPHROPHORA FROM CALIFORNIA. 



BY G. O. SHINJI, BERKEIEY, CAL. 



Amphrophora cicutae n. sp. 



Alate viviparous female. 

 Slightly smaller than A. riibi Kalt. General colour light green 

 or pale. Length of 1 ody 3 mm. Width of abdomen 1.15 mm. 

 Wing expansion 5.4 mm. Head pale, broader than long, width be- 

 tween the eyes .45 mm. Beak reaching second coxa, tip dusky. 

 Antenna situated on prominent frontal tubercles, slightly dusky, 

 more intensely so at the joints and apex of VI and spur. Length 

 of antennal joints: III, 1.1 mm.; IV, .9 mm.; V, .64 mm.; VI, .25 

 mm.; spur 16 mm.; Ill with about 18 sensoria in a row. Pro- 

 thorax with a small tubercle on each side, nearly as wide as head, 

 broader than long, width .6 mm., slightly dusky, especially when 

 viewed from side. Meso- and metathorax slightly dusky. Width 

 of mesothorax .8 mm. Abdomen pale, with small, red spots 

 scattered throughout. Legs moderately long, tarsi and apical 

 portion of tibia dusky, the rest the colour of the body. Cornicles 

 swollen beyond the middle, tip dusky, the rest the colour of the 

 body. Length 1.1 mm. Style pale, .45 mm. long. 



February, 1917 



