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augnlavly suboval, with the luiddle line and outer boundaries earinate; 

 scutelluiu small, triangular, tlat. Posterior tibi;e long', prismatic, armed 

 on the outer edge with six stcmt spines, basal Joint of tarsi longer than 

 the second and third united, bordered by a rib which at tip projects 

 back as a spine. Wings long and narrow, gradually widening pos- 

 teriorly, transv^erse veins few, confined to the apical division, the basal 

 (ell long and narrow, the radial vein uniting with the superior ulnar 

 before reaching the cell, the inferioi' ulnar more widely separated from 

 t he sui)erior than the radial is; the i)terostigma much longer than wide, 

 subovate, acute at tiji, three or four celled, the middle cell largest, a 

 single cross vein exists on the discoidal area. 



ORTHOPAGUS LUNULIFER, new species. 



Surface pale clay yellow, or testaceous, marked with brown. Head 

 elongated, the vertex about one-third longer than wide, brown, bor- 

 dered with pale yellow, sunken, the carinate lines of border and middle 

 high and dark brown, apex with a small knob; front and clypeus pale 

 clay yellowish, with a broad whitish crossing- the apex of front base of 

 clypeus and the cheeks, the three carinate lines and outer carinate 

 margins dotted with brown; rostrum pale testaceous, flecked with 

 brown, and with a brown tip. Pronotum nnevenly ribbed and grained 

 with brown, the middle carina marked with brown spots, mesonotum 

 with the carinate lines paler than the surface, the scutellum smooth and 

 white. Wing-covers obscurely hyaline, with the pterostigma, a wide 

 sublnnate spot which covers the apex interiorly, and the posterior mar- 

 gin more faintly, brown, a whitish double spot appears on the inner 

 curve of the brown s[)ot, and most of the cross veins are whitish; apex 

 of the wings with a narrow brown arc and brown veins. Legs pale 

 yellow, banded and marked with brown, the tibial spines, spurs, base, 

 and apex of tibiie and tip of tarsi dark brown. Abdomen flattened, 

 the tergum with large spots, streaks, and margins of segments brown; 

 venter with large and small brown spots. Mesopleura with a broad 

 brown band which connects with that upon the clypens, numerous 

 brown spots are distributed over the remainder of the pleural and 

 sternal segments. 



Length to apex of abdomen: Male, 9; female, 10 mm. Expanse of 

 hemelytra, 24-25 mm. 



Tiipe.—l^o. 3123, U.S.X.M. 



The wing-covers of some specimens are somewhat suffused with yel- 

 low, and the posterior edge of the wings is dark brown. 



Subfamily CIXIIDA. 

 CIXIUS SUBNUBILUS, new species. 



Moderately robust, chestnut brown a little polished, invested pos- 

 teriorly with the usual white cottony secretion, the under side dark 

 brown, with the metasternum occupied by a large pale spot. Vertex 



