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It is worthy of notice that this is the first species of the genus Galpe 

 that has been found in North America, and moreover, the first repre- 

 sentative of its family that has been discovered north of tbe tropical 

 regions of this Continent. 



QTJADKIFID^E— EXTENSA. 



Fam. HOMOPTERID^E. 



Homoptera nigricans, nov. sp. 



Black, with a deep purplish-brown tinge, cinereous beneath. Tho- 

 rax black, brownish in front, where it is crossed by two narrow black 

 lines; tegulae crossed also by two lines composed of pale atoms, the 

 hinder one edged with deep black. Abdomen blackish-cinereous, basal 

 tuft deep black. Anterior wings deep brownish-black, darkest along 

 the costa ; the two basal lines double, black and distinct, the outer one 

 followed by a slightly paler band ; median space brownish-black, deep- 

 ened by three tolerably distinct transverse wavy black lines ; elbowed 

 line very distinct, undulating, narrow, and deep black, its posterior 

 half doubled ; subterminal line pale fuscous, with some scattered glau- 

 cous atoms, for half its length, then deep velvety black and doubled, 

 forming as is usual in this genus, a large lunule ; a marginal series of 

 pale fuscous lunules, edged interiorly with a darker shade ; orbicular 

 spot denoted by a black dot; reuiform black, indistinct, with a small 

 whitish spot on its under side. 



Posterior wings of the same general color as the anterior, but becom- 

 ing gradually paler towards the base, which is cinereous ; median por- 

 tion of the wings crossed by a number of dark, wavy, tolerably distinct 

 lines, terminated by a very fine black line ; terminal portion of the 

 wing enclosed by a deep velvety-black line, a continuation of that on 

 the anterior wings, edged with pale fuscous exteriorly, and followed by 

 a blackish band speckled with glaucous atoms, and a series of lunules 

 as on the anterior wings. 



Under side cinereous, darker towards the exterior margin ; anterior 

 wings with a black discal dot, a faintly indicated transverse line, and 

 a series of marginal dots between the nervules, black edged with white; 

 posterior wings with a black discal lunule, three very wavy black lines, 

 the outer one almost obsolete anteriorly, and a marginal series of black 

 white-edged dots. 



Length of body, .90 inch. Alar exp. 2.3 inches. 



Hub. — Toronto, C. W. August. 



