452 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [June, 



Specimens Examined. — 1 : 1 female. 



OmUteme, Guerrero, Mex., July, 8,000 feet, (H. H. Smith) 1 9 [Br. Mus.]. 



Nemobius bruneri n. sp. 



1885. Nemobius sp. Bruner, Bull. Washb. Coll. Lab. Nat. Hist., IV, No. 4, 

 p. 126. [Topeka, Kan. In woods among fallen leaves.] 



1893. Cyrtoxyphus ? mriegatus Bruner, (Mss.), Publ. Nebr. Acad. Sci., III> 

 p. 32. (Without description.) [West Point, Nebr.] 



1897. Nemobius carolinus Blatchley (not of Scudder, 1877), Ins. in Gen. 

 and Orth. Ind. in Particular, p. 23. [Indiana.] 



1900. Nemobius carolinus Blatchley (not of Scudder, 1877), Psyche, IX, 

 p. 53. [Vigo, Putnam, and Monroe Counties, Ind. Rather common. Grass- 

 covered banks of streams and in open spaces in woods. Description.] 



1903. Nemobius carolinus Blatchley (not of Scudder, 1877), Orth. of Indiana, 

 pp. 421, 427. [Localities previously given. Description.] 



1905. Nemobius carolinus Isely (not of Scudder, 1877), Publ. Kan. Acad. 

 Sci., p. 248. [Dale's Pond, Wichita, Kan.] 



This species is related to N. toltecus in the shape and armament of 

 the ovipositor, but differs in being smaller, of very different color 

 pattern and having a much less heavy ovipositor. 



It may be readily separated from all other North American species 

 by its head markings and peculiar color pattern which gives it a 

 dotted and speckled appearance, and also by the characters of the 

 ovipositor. The insect is in no way nearly related to any other 

 species of Nemobius found north of the Rio Grande, but some of the 

 more mottled specimens of N. cube7isis mormonius from Texas bear 

 it a certain amount of superficial resemblance. 



Type: cf; West Point, Cuming County, Nebraska, September 1. 

 (Bruner.) [Hebard Collection ex Bruner.] 



Description of Type. — Size medium; form a little robust; head 

 large, full, and rounded, about as wide as the pronotum. Maxillary 

 palpi not as attenuate as in N. fasciatus. Eyes broad ovate, very 

 moderately protruding. Pronotum with length contained about 

 one and three-tenths times in greatest (caudal) dorsal width, narrow- 

 ing very slightly cephalad, with a slight medio-longitudinal sulcus 

 in the cephalic portion. Head and pronotum supplied with rather 

 long, bristly, black, scattered hairs. Tegmina with length but little 

 inferior to that of caudal femora (.8 mm.), translucent, almost 

 transparent, when in repose hemi-elliptical in outline. Wings 

 absent. Subgenital plate scoop-shaped, narrowing somewhat roundly 

 but rather decidedly caudad. Caudal femora short and heavy, 

 having the greatest (meso-cephalic) width contained less than three 

 times in length. 



Allotypic 9 . Putnam County, Indiana, August 25, 1901. (Blatch- 

 ley.) [United States National Museum Collection.] 



