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tip. Wing-covers of moderate width, strongly arcuated on the costal 

 border, nearly straight on the opposite margin to near tlie tip, the tip 

 obliquely curved, the snrface minutely s('al)rons, finely pubescent, with 

 a series of about four, approximate, oblong, small pale spots on the 

 disk, and a larger one near the aj)ex of costa, the costal margin strongly 

 reflexed. Sternum and venter banded with white. Legs i^ale chestnut 

 brown, the middle and posterior coxie and adjoining i)leural pieces 

 whitish yellow. 



Length to end of wing-covers, ll.^-12i mm.; width of pronotum, 

 2|-3 mm.; length of horn of head, 2^ mm. 



Tyjw.—l^o. 3138, TJ.S.N.M. 



Eleven specimens of this singular insect are in the collection. 



APHROPHORA MAJOR, new species. 



Form similar to that of A. ulni, Fallen; pale brownish testaceous, 

 with a tinge of gray, minutely pnbesi-ent, densely and roughly punctate. 

 Vertex about half as long as wide, Innately arcnated, and oblique at the 

 very ti]), middle line carinated on a longitudinal ridge, which is darker 

 than the adjoining surface, apical margin callous and pale; front low, 

 longer than wide, moderately convex, curving narrower iuferiorly, 

 crossed by sliarp-cut, yellowish ribs, which are separated by black, 

 punctate grooves, the middle line callous, and pale above, clypeus with 

 a central dagger-shaped white callosity, which C(»nnects above Avith the 

 callous, white transverse border of tlie apex of front; cheeks tawny, 

 unevenly punctate; rostrum luceous toward the tip, reaching to the 

 po>-;terior coxa'. Pronotum very feebly convex, longer than wide, jjunc- 

 tate with biowu in uneven, transverse i-ongh grooves, the lateral mar- 

 gins obli(]uely narrowing posteriorly, the middle of apical margin 

 slightly acute, posterior margin triangularly emarginated, the middle 

 line interruptedly carinated; scutellnm abrnptly tapering from middle 

 to tij), punctate with brown at base, pale yellowish and smooth near 

 the tip. Wing covers gradually tapering to an almost acute tip, closely 

 and a liitle more coarsely punctate toward the base, the inner margin 

 <]uite straight until next the slightly exi)anded tip, the costal margin 

 gently curved, veins long, forming long narrow areoles, cells of the 

 apex short and narrow, the discoidal middle vein marked on the center 

 with a pale round spot. Margins of tlie meso and meta ])lenra and 

 sternum whitish testaceous. Legs pale tawny, tinged with darkei-, the 

 apex of all the tarsi piceous. Venter polished, pale tawny. 



Lengthtoendof abdomen, 7-11 mm. ; to tip of wing-covers, l()-13imm.; 

 width of pronotum, — nun. 



Type.—:So. 3134, U.S.N.M. 



Twenty specimens of this variable species were placed in the collec 

 tiou. The range of variation in the size of the individuals is some- 

 thing most remarkable. In some specimens also the apex of the head 

 is acute and almost triangular. 



