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anterior margin with short hairs, the surface of the whole tegmen with 

 short, closely adpressed hairs; basal field without very distinct 

 nerviires; nervures of the discoidal field straight, oblique, parallel, 

 seldom bifurcate; anal sulcus strongly arcuate; anal field nervures 

 distinct and connected by numerous short cross nervures. Wings 

 apically rounded, anterior margin straight in the proximal two-thirds. 

 Abdomen broad, flattened, segments slightly projecting laterally. 

 Bupra-anal plate produced, sub-truncate ; median portion with a 

 shallow, triangular emargination. Sub-genital plate with, the posterior 

 margin sub-tnnicate ; median portion -^-ith a very shallow, broad 

 emargination. Cerci depressed, tapering, exceeding the anal plates 

 in length. I\Ietatarsi of anterior limbs slightly exceeding the tibia? 

 in length ; of median limbs equal to the tibia? ; of posterior limbs exceed- 

 ing half the length of the til^ia?. 



General color reddish-brown, strongest on the central portion of the 

 pronotum. Anterior and lateral margins of the pronotum pale j^ellow- 

 ish, translucent. Tegmina sprinkled with small irregular blotches of 

 umber; anterior margin reddish-brown, which is also the color of the 

 hairs on the pronotum and tegmina. Head ]:)lack; basal joints of 

 antennce and ocelli 5'ellowish-orange. Under surface of abdomen, 

 limbs, labrum and lower half of clypeus pale yellowish-broAvn ; apical 

 section of abdomen suffused with dull brownish. 



Length of body 14.5-19.5 mm.; length of tegmina 19-24.2 mm.; 

 greatest width of tegmina 7.5-10 mm.; length of pronotum 5-6 mm.r 

 width of pronotum 7.5-9.2 mm. 



9 . Fully adult condition unknown. 



Larva. — Form ovate, the apex anterior; surface punctulate, the 

 margins of the pronotum, thoracic and abdominal segments, as well as 

 the surface of the body supplied with short stiff hairs. General color 

 reddish-brown to brownish-black, the anterior and lateral margins 

 of the pronotum touched with yellowish or whitish. Lower surface 

 reddish-brown, strongest on the apex of the abdomen. Abdomen 

 sometimes bearing a longitudinal row rif ]>lack blotches on each side. 



Distribution.- — This species is apparently rather generally distributed 

 over Texas. Specimens in the material examined are from Shovel 

 Mount, Burnet county; Eound ]>Iountain, Blanco county; Austin, 

 Travis county; San Marcos, Hays county; Devils River and Pecos High 

 Bridge, ^^alverde county. The U. S. National Museum collection also 

 contains specimens from Victoria, Mctoria county; Dallas, Dallas 

 county, and Carrizo Springs, Dimmit county. The only definite record 

 from New Mexico is from Las Cruces, Donna Ana county. The species 



