198 Ball — Nnv Leaf Hoppers of the Family Fulgoridse. 



Orgamara gen. iiov. 



Ee.seuibling Orgcrins Stal l)ut with the vertex produced into a long 

 stylate process, siniihtr to that found in Scolops, but stouter. 



Vertex and front produced into an elongate, nearly rectangular process, 

 sewral times longer than its basal width, straight or slightly upturned, 

 the margins carinate, the lateral carinae of the front running ol>liquely 

 from l)elow the eye to the dorsal surface of the process before the middle. 

 ]>ateral surfaces of tlie process Ijelow the carinae pustulate. Front with 

 the tricarinate central tablet forming the lower surface of the process. 

 Pronotum with the central raised tablet tricarinate, the lateral extensions 

 sloping strongly downward and backward, pustulate. Elytra stout, cori- 

 aceous, irregularly reticulate, covering scarcely half the abdomen. Wings 

 rudimentary. Legs all slender, hind til)ia with about six or seven spines. 

 Rostrum about equalling the tip of the abdomen. 



Type of the genus O. acuta. 



Orgamara acuta sp. nov. 



Long, slender, dark, witli a light spot on each elytron. Proce.ss slender, 

 tapering. Whole insect resembling a dark Scolops larvae. Length, Q 

 5^ mm. ; d*, 5 mm. 



Cephalic process as seen from above, long, narrow, slightly tapering to 

 the truncate apex, which is less than half the width between the eyes. 

 Process as seen from the side, broad, slightly tapering, both margins straight 

 to the truncate tip. Front long and slender, one-half its length before 

 the eyes, the lateral carinae of the central tablet distinctly narrowing 

 towards the clypeus. Clyi)ens slender, slightly convex, strongly carinate. 

 Pronotum long and very slender, the lateral pieces curving around the 

 mesonotum, forming ah inverted V. Mesonotum very long. Elytra 

 short, coriaceous, obliquely truncate, the inner angles rounded, covering 

 less than half the abdomen. Venation irregularly reticulate. Abdomen 

 convex, indistinctly tricarinate. 



Color. — Dark smoky bmwn, tlu; front, clypeus and plurae tawny brown, 

 pustules on lateral face of process, pronotum, and a row on each abdom- 

 inal segment outside the lateral carinae milky white. The nervures near 

 the apex of each elytron are marked with white, forming an irregidar 

 white spot, and the lateral alxlominal carinae are light. 



De.scril)ed from a pair from Ti J nana, Mexico, and a single male from 

 Han Diego, California, collected by the author. 



Orgamara reducta sp. nov. 



Resemljling acuta but stouter, lighter colori'd and with a shorter jirocess. 

 Length, <^, 4 nun. 



Cephalic j)roce.ss slightly broader than in acuta and considerably shorter, 

 tapering to the truncate ti]); ti|> one-half the basal width. As seen from 

 the side, the j)n)ce,ss is broad, distinctly tapering, the nuvrgins straight to 

 the truncate tip. Front broader and shorter than in acuta. One-third 

 its length extending beyond the eyes. Pronotum shorter and less curved 



