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Genitalia.— A\\?i\ tnbe of male with the lower portion extending slightly 

 obliquely beyond the upper, but not flattened or expanded. Tiie inferior 

 angles of the last abdominal tnrguni extended into acute spine-like 

 processes. 



Described from eight examplco from ]\[ojava, California, collected by 

 the author. Readily .separated from any other species of the genus by the 

 paler color and the enlarged apex of the cephalic process. 



Timodema gen. nov. 



Resembling Tlcldla Uhler V)ut with a broader outline and the first two 

 pairs of legs broadly foliaceous. 



Vertex short, horizontal, not extending to apex of head, broad with a 

 median carina and an angulate anterior margin. Front but sliglitly pro- 

 duced in front of the eyes, scarcely angulate, as seen from the side. 

 ^Median tablet distinctly elevated, tricarinate, the median carina extending 

 but little below the middle. Clypeus Ijroad, distinctly carinate. Pro- 

 notum broad and short, tnlnirculate. Mesonotum weakly tricarinate, 

 tuburculate outside the lateral carinae. Elytra short, broad, shorter than 

 tlie alxlomen, coriaceous, with the two principal longitudinal nervures 

 irregularly forked. Surface of elytra irregularly covered with reticulate 

 veins. Wings rudimentary. Anterior femora and tibia Ijroadly foliaceous, 

 the til)ia tapering down to the small tarsal segments. ^Middle femora and 

 tibia similarly, but not so broadly foliaceous. 



Type of the genus T. mlracula. 



Timodema miracula sp. nov. 



Superficially resembling Ticidia cingulaia Uhl. Slightly larger, broader 

 and darker. Short and stout, dark brown, with two white spots on the 

 elytra. Length, 9,4mm.; width, 2.75 nun. ^lale slightly smaller. 



Vertex as broad as long, distinctly angled in front, half the length of the 

 head, the margin sharply carinate. Front rounding over from vertex, as 

 seen from the side, nearly parallel with eyes, slightly angulate at apex and 

 elevated from the surface of the eyes about one-half its width. A tri- 

 carinate elevated median tablet extending from the apex of head to 

 clypeus. INIedium carina wanting on the narrowed lower half, surface of 

 front except the median tablet tulmrcnlate. Clypeus large, slightly in- 

 flated, distinctly tricarinate. Tronotum broad, very narrow behind the 

 eyes, pustulate. INIesonotum distinctly tricarinate witli a single row of 

 l)ustules from the outer angles to the lateral carinae. Elytra wider than 

 long, truncate posteriorly, covering only one-half the abdomen, coriaceous 

 with minute anastomosing veinlets and apparently two main longitudinal 

 veins, the outer one irregularly forked. Abdomen broad with a median 

 carina. Anterior femora nearly one-half wider than the front. 



CoZor.— Dark brown with an ivory white band just before the apex of 

 each elytron and irregularly yellowisli white markings as follows: a dot 

 against either eye, a transverse area at the l^ase of the mesonotum, a tri- 



