74 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [1890 



E. anthr acinus. New sp. 



Broad spindle-shaped, black, moderately polished, mostly 

 bald. Head, including the eyes, much wider than front of 

 pronotum, the vertex cylindrico-convex, indented each side 

 behind, and with the posterior edge arched-carinate, the sur- 

 face highly polished, smooth, excepting the base, with a yellow 

 spot or streak each side next the eye ; antennae testaceous, the 

 clavate portion black, and the two apical joints more or less 

 infuscated beyond the base ; rostrum testaceous, the basal joint 

 and apex piceous. Pronotum moderately smooth anteriorly, 

 but closely, unevenly roughened and punctate from before the 

 middle to base, and obsoletely punctate on the hollowed flanks. 

 Scutellum obsoletely wrinkled on the sides and tip. Legs 

 smooth, orange, with the tip of the tarsi piceous. Hemelytra 

 shagreened, punctate on the clavus and inner area of the corium ; 

 membrane smoke brown, with the areole blunt spindle-shaped. 

 Venter and pectus highly polished, not apparently punctate. 



Length to end of venter, 6 millims. To tip of membrane, 

 7J millims. Width of base of pronotum, 2 millims. 



Several specimens of both sexes examined. Mr. James 

 Behrens kindly sent to me a specimen from near San Francisco; 

 Mr. Henry Edwards favored me with a male from Santa Clara, 

 Calf., and a female from California was given to me by Mr. 

 Henry T. Fernald. 



This, the Teleorhinus and Coquillettia unite with Orectoderus 

 to form a little assemblage of genera quite in contrast with 

 the other forms of Cyllecoraria, and perhaps will eventually be 

 linked with others to form a separate section. 



Teleorhinus. New gen. 



Broad fusiform, bald. Head sub-conical, sloping concur- 

 rently with and forming a gentle curve in conjunction with the 

 pronotum, vertex almost flat, longer than wide, curved and 

 arched at base, destitute of a neck behind the eyes ; antennae 

 inserted a little before and below the eyes, the first joint slender, 

 shorter than the head, tapering towards the base, second joint 

 very long, clavate from the middle to the tip, as long as the 

 third and fourth joints united, the third and fourth filiform, of 



