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ocellus and median line. Dark line from ocellus to margin and spot behind 

 ocellus on posterior margin prominent. Numerous brown lines or dots 

 near anterior margin of pronotum which is yellow with much green color- 

 ing towards posterior margin. Scutellum yellow. Elytra green with 

 yellow veins, reticulate beyond clavus. Face dark, clypeus light, other- 

 wise light beneath. 



Male plates long with strong spines on lateral margins. Length of 

 male 6 mm. 



Type 6\ paratypes 3 cT all collected by F. J. Dyer at Tegucigalpa, 

 Honduras, June, 1918. Specimens in the collection of the U. S. National 

 Museum. 



Type No. 22,115. 



Deltocephalus spinosus, n. sp. 



Vertex produced but obtuse and rounding, not as long as width between 

 the eyes. Ground color of head, pronotum, and scutellum yellow. Vertex 

 with eight light brown spots, and four black spots on margin of vertex. 

 Six wide brown lines on pronotum. Scutellum with median line crossed 

 and a brown spot either side. Elytra translucent, brownish with veins 

 whitish. Spines on legs and male plates long, stout and very prominent. 

 Last ventral abdominal segment of female slightly notched either side 

 of the middle. 



Length of female, 3 mm.; male, 2.5-3 mm. 



Type 9 , allotype d\ paratype 2d 1 , all collected by F. J. Dyer at Teguci- 

 galpa, Honduras, June, 1918. Specimens in collection of U. S. National 

 Museum. 



Type No. 22,116. 



Athysanus picatus, n. sp. 



Vertex but little produced, anterior and posterior margins nearly parallel, 

 length less than one-half the distance between the eyes. Vertex light 

 yellow and as viewed from above has a small black spot at apex with a 

 larger one either side. A distinct heavy and wide black band between 

 the eyes. Pronotum yellowish with six more or less prominent longi- 

 tudinal lines and two transverse narrower lines along posterior border. 

 Scutellum large, yellow and marked with four longitudinal lines. Elytra 

 transparent with prominent black veins. Dark beneath. Legs dark, 

 posterior margin of last ventral abdominal segment of female nearly 

 truncate. Length of segment only slightly longer at sides than at middle. 



Length of female, 5 mm.; width, 1.5 mm. 



Type $ , paratype d\ both collected by F. J. Dyer at Tegucigalpa, 

 Honduras, June, 1918. Specimens in the collection of the U. S. National 

 Museum. 



Type No. 22,117. 



Athysanus miniaturatus, n. sp. 



In general pattern the same as the preceding species, but much smaller 

 in size, darker and shining. Face entirely black. The spots along margin 



