N0.1215. ni'j]'fsi(>x OF Tin-: (iencs TnfMEiiornopis~M< xeill. 4;u 



tinctly less than twice as long as broad, fuscous band extremely broad 

 so that it Is two-thirds of the lenoth of the wing- in width, leaving but 

 a narrow yellow stri]) on the inner margin four times as long as it is 

 wide, and an equally narrow strip at the apex; spur none. Posterior 

 femora with the disk of the inner face and the lower sulcus V)lack 

 with one subapical red band; outer side plain, except for a rather dis- 

 tinct light band. Posterior tibise coral red with a trace of the usual 

 subliasal cloud present on the outer side. 



Length of bod}'^, male 26 mm., female 37 nnn. ; length of tegmina, 

 male 29 mm., female 35 mm, ; length of posterior femora, male 14 mm., 

 female 18 nun. 



One male and one female. Silver Cit}^ New Mexico; Bruncr col- 

 lection. 



I know of no form nearly related to this that has such an extensive 

 black area. It compares in this respect with JJlsnosteira Carolina. 



CALIFOKNICA group. 



Small, light-colored species, with the bands of the tegmina distinct 

 or wanting, not merely faint on account of slight contrast between 

 them and the ground color. Scutellum of the vertex moderatelv or 

 strongly sulcate, much longer than wide, not exceeding in the width of 

 the short (male) or long (female) diameter of the eye. Pronotum with 

 the median carina rarely more tlian slightly cristate even on the pro- 

 zone, hut always more or less distinctly bilobate when viewed from the 

 side; lateral carina3 wanting even on the front part of the prozone, but 

 the shoulders well marked on the metazone; the latter once and a half 

 to twice as long as the prozone, with its disk smooth; lateral lobes with 

 a tooth. Tegmina with the last branch of the radial sector from one- 

 third to one-half the length of the sector from the forks; area of the 

 cu])ital forks occupied by several series of pol3'gonal veins; intercalary 

 Nt'in on the apical portion distant from the median not more than once 

 its own width in either male or female; wings with the disk yellow and 

 a moderately broad and distinct fuscous band; apex hyaline, very rarely 

 with a slight suffusion of fuscous at the extreme tip. Posterior 

 ftMuora with two light bands on the apical half of the disk of the 

 inner face, the ))asal half nearly entirely ])lack or the area next the 

 base light; outer face with one or more distinct dark bands; lower 

 sulcus light with one or two dark bands. Posterior tibia' red. with a 

 pale cloud next the ])ase, most distinct on the outer side. 



TRIMEROTROPIS CALIFORNICA Bruner. 



Trimerotropi!^ i-<iUjor)il<xi Biuinek, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., XII, 1890, p. 71. 



Scutellum of the vertex deeply sulcate, with a very faint median 

 cai'ina; median and lateral foveola^ rather strongly impressed; eyes 

 about eipial (male) or a little less (female) than the genal groove.- 



