May, 1918] 



Tennessee Cicadellidce 



235 



Gypona spadix n. sp. 



In general appearance resembling scarlatina, but shorter and more 

 robust with reddish-brown color and distinct genitalia. Length, 9 9 mm. 

 cT S mm. 



Vertex decidedly produced, twice as long on middle as next the eye, 

 width between the eyes slightly more than twice the length. Ocelli 

 almost equidistant between eyes and middle line of vertex, and closer 

 to anterior than to posterior margin. Pronotum twice as long as 

 vertex and twice as wide as long. Elytra rather short and broad. 



Fig. 1. Gypona spadix n. sp. , 



a, lateral view of head; b, dorsal view of head and pronotum; c, 



female 



genitalia; d, male genitalia. 



Color: Face, eyes, lora3 and genae black cr dark fuscous, sometimes 

 narrowly margined with pale fuscous. Vertex, pronotum and scutellum 

 brownish yellow, lightly flecked with bright red. Ocelli red, a pair of 

 round spots behind these on the posterior margin of the vertex, brown. 

 Posterior portion of pronotum and some irregular blotches on anterior 

 half, darker. Elytra dvill and rather dark chestnut brown; veins 

 darker, dark bordered. In the female the outer veins are reddish in 

 color. Cross veins between first and second sectors, these between 

 apical and antiapical cells and the ends of claval veins along sutural 

 line, black. Veins of apical cells rather heavily bordered with fuscous. 

 Beneath yellow, bordered with fuscous, legs dirty yellow to fuscous. 



