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front ; eyes large and oval, slightly indented below to receive the antennge ; 

 colour yellowish around the edge, black in the centre ; vertex about one- 

 third again as long as broad, projecting slightly beyond the eyes, quite 

 strongly rounded in front, in which it differs from pallipes where it is 

 nearly straight ; the posterior carina wanting, other carinas sharp and 

 distinct ; colour light yellow, except outside the anterior median carinse, 

 where it is marked by two brown dots on each side. 



Front slightly wider below the eyes than between them ; median 

 carina distinct throughout the length of the front, forked just below the 

 vertex ; colour, anterior two-thirds yellow, much mottled with brown, 

 posterior third pure light yellow ; clypeus uniformly black, with the median 

 carina distinct, the black band continuing across the anterior coxae. 



First and second antennal segments subequal, proximal segment and 

 proximal half of the second segment yellow, distal half of the second 

 segment reddish brown, roughened by numerous protuberences. 



Prothorax equal in depth to the head, posterior edge concave, almost 

 angled at the centre ; cajij|se all distinct, lateral ones reaching caudal 

 margin of the prothorax, ^lite widely divergent ; colour brown, marked 

 with yellow, especially in the centre ; legs yellow, with a brown band 

 around the distal end of the femora and proximal end of the tibiae ; tips 

 of the tarsi black. 



Scutellum triangular with the sides very much arcuate, apex rounded, 

 scutellum about twice as deep as the prothorax ; carinae distinct, 

 reaching to the caudal margin ; colour brown with yellow markings. One- 

 fourth of the elytra extending beyond the tip of the abdomen ; milky in 

 colour with brown dots along the veins. Genitalia dark brown ; pygofers 

 bluntly pointed, plates dark yellow, extending over one-third the length 

 of the i)ygofers, very much curved j style white. Length, including elytra 

 3-5 mi^i- 



Described from a single female taken by the author at Corpus Christi, 

 Texa?, June 19, 1907. Type in the authoi's collection. 



Pissojiotiis divaricatus, n. sp. 



Macropterous $. — Form and general appearance oî P. basalis 

 although not quite so large and heavy an insect ; eyes oval, not deeply 

 emarginate below to receive the antennae. 



Vertex a iitile longer than wide, sides nearly straight, very slightly 

 wider in front of the eyes than behind them; all the carinae distinct, posterior 



