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sulcus, indented on the middle and carinated on the outer margins, 



middle line carinated throughout to the very tip of the wedge-shaped 

 process, which extends as far as the apical series of areoles oi the wing- 

 covers, is a little curved down and very acute at tij). the lateral margin 

 deei»]y sinuated before the hase of the humeral auricles, the auricles 

 trian^iular above, the outer angles snbtiiangnlar. TVing-covers broad, 

 triangular at tip. the coriaceous base very small, coarsely punctate, 

 blackish. Legs pale brownish, the femora and tif» of tarsi darker. 



Length to tip of thoracic process. 4 mm.: to tip of wing-covers, 

 5-oh mm. 



fype.—So. 3141. U.S.X.M. 



Seven specimens of almost uniform appearance are in the collection. 



Family CERCOPID.!:. 



MONECPHORA ASSIMILIS, new species. 



Body moderately narrow, dark brown or black when mature, the 

 wing-covers carried steej^er than usual. Head, as seen from above, 

 shorter than wide, the vertex coarsely effaced-jjunctate. scabrous, gi een- 

 ish black, longitudinally impressed each side of middle, the interven- 

 ing surface with large ttunid elevations, and the ai)ex recurved ;. face 

 moderately prominent, a little rough, broadly grooved, with the carinate 

 borders spreading apart below: rostrum yellowish, extending behind 

 the middle coxa-. Pronotum transverse. convex, rugulose and coarsely, 

 closely XJtmctate behind the impressed anterior lobe. Wing-covers 

 moderately narrow, densely punctate and scabrous, finely pubescent, 

 obliquely rounded at tip. Metastemum. pleural pieces, and c<:)X* yel- 

 lowish: legs black ftrpiceous. the middle and x>osterior tibia- sometimes 

 pale. 



Length to tip of wing-covers, Oi— S mm. : width of pronotum. 2^ mm. 



Type.—So. 3139. U.S.>".M. 



Fourteen specimens of three degrees of maturity are in the collec- 

 tion. The females are usually larger than the males and less firm in 

 texture oi wing-covers. 



PHIL^NUS SPUMAFvIUS Lir.naus. 

 Cerea^pis spumuria, Lixx^cs, Syst. Nat., 12 ed., p. 708. 



Twenty- nine specimens of two or three varieties of this sj^ecies are 



present in the collection. 



LEPYRONIA GROSSA, new species. 



This is a larger, more robust, and inflated form than i. coUojitrata, 

 Linna-us. The ijattem of marking of the female is much like that of 

 the sjjecies cite«i. but it is nearly twice as large. Surface dull, grayish 

 clay drab, black beneath and on the tergum. V^^rtex nsuallv blackish 



