Vol. 32, pp. 25-28 April 11, 1919 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 





FIVE NEW SPECIES OF JASSOIDEA FROM HONDURAS 

 (HEMIPTERA: HOMOPTERA). 



BY EDMUND H. GIBSON. 



The specimens from which the following descriptions have 

 been made were collected by Mr. F. J. Dyer at Tegucigalpa, 

 Honduras, during June of 1918. Two other species of Jassoidea 

 in the same collection I have identified as Tettigonia prolixa 

 Fowler, and Tettigonia fuscolineella Fowler. 



Tettigonia dyeri, n. sp. 



Vertex but slightly shorter than length of pronotum at the middle. 

 Median line of vertex barely discernable. Head finely punctured. Pro- 

 notum broadly rounding anteriorly and deeply sinuate posteriorly. Pro- 

 notum deeply pitted along anterior border. Scutellum acute. Elytra 

 reticulate beyond clavus. Female segment longer at middle than at sides 

 and deeply sinuate either side of middle. Male plates long and pointed. 



Color. — Head dark reddish brown to nearly black. Light ring around 

 ocelli. Two light spots at apex of vertex and a light spot above the an- 

 tennae. Pronotum lighter than head, ground color yellow. Anterior 

 pits brownish, with black bordering posterior margin. Scutellum yellow 

 with six dark spots, apex white. Elytra dark, reddish brown to black 

 with prominent yellow veins. Costal margin light. Light beneath. Legs 

 yellow. 



Length, 9 4.5-5 mm., <? 4 mm. 



Type 9 , allotype d 1 , paratypes 19 9 and 39 c?, all collected by F. J. 

 Dyer at Tegucigalpa, Honduras, June, 1918. In the collection of the 

 U. S. National Museum. 



Named in honor of the collector. 



Type No. 23,114. 



Draeculacephala soluta, n. sp. 



Length of vertex about equals width between the eyes and the length 

 of the pronotum. Vertex deeply furrowed at apex, yellow with median 

 line brown or black branching two-thirds its distance from base. Circular 

 lines along lateral borders of vertex traceable also curved line between 



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