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Cacopteris femorata sp. nov. 



Nearly uniform very dark fusco-testaceous, the hind femora lighter 

 testaceous except for a black median stripe on the outer and inner sides, 

 larger without, the head fusco-castaneous ; antennas nearly twice as long 

 as the body, rufo-testaceous. Pronotum but little longer than inferior 

 breadth, the lateral lobes angularly separated from the disk posteriorly, 

 forming slight blunt lateral carina 3 , the lobes deep, a little lighter colored 

 below, the inferior margin strongly bent-arcuate, with a slight posterior 

 sinus. Legs unusually long, the fore femora slightly longer than the 

 pronotum, the fore tibiae with two or three spines on the inner margin 

 above, the hind femora much longer than the body. Ovipositor concol- 

 orous, feebly upturned, almost as long as the body. 



Length of body, 20.5 mm. ; pronotum, 5.5 mm. ; fore femora, 6 mm. ; 

 hind femora, 25 mm.; ovipositor, 19 mm. 



1 9 . South Santa Monica, Cab, July 80, J. J. Rivers through A. P. 

 Morse. 



Easily distinguished by the carinas of the pronotum, the long hind 

 legs, and relatively short ovipositor. 



