NO. 1108. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 291 



rostrum yellow; anteuuaj yellow, the bristle brown, the basal three 

 joints moniliforui. Pronotum conv^ex on the dorsal portion, unevenly 

 rugulose and punctate, marbled or clouded with fuscous, depressed 

 anteriorly to the level of the head, anterior margin pale, a little 

 curved, shorter than the posterior one, the posterior margin broadly 

 bilobate, the lobeo se[)arated by a deep and wide siuus, widely testa- 

 ceous, the humeri blnntly triangular; mesonotum small, transverse, 

 indented each side of base of scutellum and with tliree pale callosities 

 at that point; scutellum very small, triangular, pointed with brown 

 like the rest of the notum. Wing-covers almost parallel-sided, widen- 

 ing at the base of tlie membrane, and obliquely curving from thence to 

 apex, color dull pale hyaline, streaked and bordered with brown areas, 

 irregularly punctate and rugulose, the clavus opaque, thick, dark 

 brown, the inner border interrni)ted with whitish, veins pale brown, 

 partly interrupted with whitish, veins of the apical cells next the costal 

 border short, broken, a little sinuous, dark brown. Legs pale dull 

 brown, darker at the ends of the members and tips of tarsi. The under 

 side black, and the segmeuts all edged with whitish. 



Length to end of abdomen, 7-9 mm. ; to tip of wing-covers, 9A-11^ 

 mm. ; width of base of i)ronotum, 2i-3 mm. 



Tj/j;^.— 1^0. 3143, U.S.S.M. 



Four specimens, varying in colors and marking, are in the collection. 



LEDRA AUDITURA, Walker. 

 Ledni aiuUtura, Walker, Brit. Mus. List, Supp., p, 249. 



x'Tine specimens, some of which are very large females, are present in 

 this collection. They vary considerably in colors and patterns of 

 marking. 



PENTHIMIA ATRA, Fabricius. 



Penthimia atra, Fabricius, Ent. Syst., IV, p. 55, No. 36. 



Four specimens of large size and black color are in this collection. 

 One individual has a pale band across the pronotum. 



PARABOLOCRATUS GUTTATUS, new species. 



Elongated, bright pea green, polished. Head almost as long as wide, 

 triangularly rounded in front, the subacute apex a little upturned, 

 eyes brown, long, bluntly triangular on the inner side, the depressed 

 middle crossed by two impressed lines, and a very slender impressed 

 line on the middle; antenna^ very long and slender, yellow from base 

 to middle, brown from thence to tip. Pronotum short, sublunate, with 

 the lateral ends diagonal and moderately rounded, the surface very 

 finely wrinkled. Sternum aud k^gs paler, the femora with some 

 black specks, the tibi;e dotted with black, and with black spines. 

 Wing-covers wedge-shaped when closed, a little tinged with yellow 

 above, the margin of the clavus marked with two black, small spots, 



