J12 AVM. G. DIETZ, M.D. 



apex. Last two ventral segments of abdomen clothed with bright fulvous scales 

 in the female. 



Expanse 9.-10. mm., .36-. 40 inch. 



Hab. — Sulphur Springs, Bedford Co., Pa. 



Seven specimens in poor condition received from Mr. A. Busck, 

 Washington, D. C, who informs us that the specimens were taken 

 on Norway Fir {Abies excelm) by Mr. Otto Heidemann, the well 

 known Hemipterist, to whom it gives me pleasure to dedicate this 

 species. 



PSEUDOPIORITIA gen. n. 



Characters of Plgritia with vein 9 of fore wing out of 7. Labial 

 palpi of $ very minute, indistinct; porrect and distinct in the 

 female. Obscure looking forms. The four species recognized are 

 distinguished as follows : 



Fuscous; fore wings with distinct transverse fascia. 



With three dark dorsal spots beyond the fascia (PI. VII, fig. 10). 



dorMoiiiaculella. 

 Without such spots. 



Fascia at one-third the wing length eqiiitella. 



Fascia at fully two-fifths vi'l. VII, fig. 11) f rateriiella. 



Silver grey ; fascia indistinct ar^fyreolla. 



P. doriiioniaciilelia sp. n. (PI. VII, fig. 10). — Thorax ashen grey, with 

 brassy lustre, head and antennal eye-caps tawny ochreous, brassy, anteunse fus- 

 cous brown, indistinctly annulate with pale. Male. — Labial palpi very short, 

 stout, greyish ochreous, second joint dusted with fuscous beneath, terminal very 

 short. Female. — Distinct, darker, fuscous, joints 2-3 equal, terminal pointed. 

 Ground color of fore wings ashen grey, overlaid with fuscous scales, costa not 

 markedly darker; a pale, curved band at two-fiths the wing-length, ill-defined 

 and passing into the ground color within, externally margined by a distinct, 

 dark brown line; immediately beyond this fascia is a dark fuscous, dorsal spot, 

 another midway between the fascia and apex, and a third spot midway between 

 the second spot and the apex of the wing, these three spots are equidistant from 

 each other; an illdefined costal patch peyond beginning of costal cilia, and some 

 darker dusting along the costa preceding it; cilia greyish fuscous. Hind wings 

 greyish, dusted with fuscous; cilia c(mcolorous. Under side: thorax and femora 

 silvery ; abdomen fuscous, legs fuscous brown, middle and hind legs pale ochreous 

 within ; both wings brownish fuscous, shining. 



Expanse 10.5-11. mm., .42-. 44 inch. 



Hab. — Hazleton, Pa. 



A male and female specimen in my collection. Readily distin- 

 guished by the curved fascia and three dorsal spots of fore wing. 



P. eqiiitella sp. n. — Thorax, head and eye-caps tawny, with a feeble 

 aeneous lustre. Male. — Labial palpi very short, tawny ochreous. Female. — Dis- 

 tinct, dusted with fuscous, joints 2-3 equal, third joint acuminate. Antennae 



