Lawson: Membracid^ of Kansas. 65 



and lirowu; ocrlli proiniiunt, pc.-iiiy. iiiai]LiiiuMl wil li i)range. somewhat pro- 

 tniding, nearer to each otlier tliaii to the eyes; clypeus subtriangular, con- 

 tinuing inferior outline of fac(\ tip i>roduced in small tooth, hirsute. 



Pronotvun gray, finely punctate. ]>ubescent. median carina percurrent ; meto- 

 pidium convex, irregular brown mark above internal angle of each eye; dorsal 

 line arcuate, suddenly depressed before posterior process in female, depression 

 not so evident in male; wide, dark brown, transverse band crossing middle of 

 pronotum on each side; jiosterior jirocess heavy, pointed, tip chestnut. 



Tegmina smoky hyaline, veins prominent, bases punctate, especially along 

 veins and at costal margins, tips dark brown or black. Legs and undersurface 

 of body ferruginous. 



Length: female, 10 mm.; male, 8.5 mm. Width: female, 5 mm.; male 

 4 mm. 



Distribution. Van Duzee reports this species from Ontario, New 

 York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, Illinois, 

 Iowa, Missouri and Texas. The writer took a single specimen in 

 Ottawa county, Kansas. 



Hosts. Funkhouser mentions hickory, butternut, pecan and oak 

 as hosts of this species. 



Genus Thelia Amyot & Serville. 



The members of this genus are at once recognized by the pos- 

 session of a long horn on the anterior part of the prothorax, which 

 points upwards and forwards. 



Both members of the genus known to occur in the United States 

 are found in Kansas. They may be separated by the following key : 



KEY TO SPECIES. 



A. Prothorax of male without lateral yellow stripe. uhleri. 



AA. Prothorax of male with lateral yellow stripe. bimaculata. 



Thelia uhleri Stal. 



Thelia uhleri .Stal, Of. Vet. Akad. Forh., xxvi, p. 248, 18G9. 



The original description follows: 



Griseo-ferruginea, pilosa, thorace remote pallido-consperso ; tegminibus 

 sordide hyalinis, apice fusco-nebulosis, basin versus punctatis. Female: Long. 

 9; cum cornu, 13. Lat. 4% mill. Wisconsin. (Mus. Holm.) 



T. himaculatce maxime affinis, pictura thoracis, ejusdem cornu antico 

 paullo longiore processuque postico rugis longitudinalibus destituto divergit. 

 Caput remote punctulatum. Thorax dense distinctque punctatus, angulis 

 lateralibus nonnihil prominulis. rectis, cornu antico antrorsum valde nutante, 

 processu postico apicem tegminum subattingent(\ 



Ad hanc speciem verisimiliter spectat Fitch, quiim dicit Membracem belli- 

 geram Say ad Theliam referendam esse; hsec species autem ad Platycotem 

 pertinet et eadem est ac P. sagittata Germ., quae American! borealem (nee 

 Brasiliam) inhabitat. 



