N0.a041. THE INSECT FAMILY DELPIIACIDAE— CRAWFORD. 601 



DICRANOTROPIS BINOTATUS Spooner. 

 Pissonottis binotatus Spooner '12:239. 

 Close to D. marginatus, according to Mr. Spooner. 

 Locality. — De Witt, Mitchell County, Georgia, April, 1912. 



DICRANOTROPIS(?) PICEUS Spooner. 

 Pissonotus piceus Spooner '12.23S. 



This may not belong to this genus, because of the foliaceous tibiae. 

 Judging from the description it seems to belong to Phyllodinus. 

 Only the female is described. 



There seems to be close relationship between the two genera, 

 Phyllodinus and Dic7unotropis in some cliaracters, especially the male 

 genitalia and the head. The foliaceous condition of the legs is 

 variable in degi-ee. It may be that further study will relate them 

 even more closely. 



BAKERELLA ne\Ar genus. 



Allied to Dicranotro'pis and Megamelus but distinct from both. Head 

 as broad as prothorax, strongly carinate, vertex rather broad, about 

 square, shghtly produced before eyes; frons very short and broad, 

 almost round; median carina forked slightly above ocelh, strongly 

 divergent; clypeus small, tricarinate; genae following curve of frontal 

 margin, abruptly angled below ocelli. Antennae very short, not 

 reaching to clypeus, I much shorter than II. Lateral carinas of 

 pronotum curved out, not reaching hind margin. Legs very short; 

 calcar very short, thick, margin scarcely dentate. Elytra maculated. 



Type of genus. — Bakerella maculata^ new species. 



I take pleasure in naming this genus for Prof, C. F. Baker. 



BAKERELLA MACULATA, new species. 

 Plate 47, fig. D. 



Length of body, 2.4 mm. ; width of vertex, 0.27 ; width of frons, 0.34; 

 antennae, I, 0.05, II, 0.15. General color dark brown, carinas slightly 

 pale, connexivum of abdomen white; frons with several white spots. 

 Body medium in size. 



Head broad; vertex strongly carinate, nearly square; frons only a 

 little longer than broad, sides strongly rounded; lateral carinae 

 terminating well within laterals of clypeus; antennae stout, I less than 

 one-third as long as II. Pronotum moderately long; carinas of 

 scutellum evanescent. Legs very short; hind tibiae scarcely longer 

 than femora; calcar only slightly longer than breadth at base; margin 

 not dentate. Elytra typical, long, maculated dark brown quite 

 similarly to L. omata. 



Male pygofers and apertures resembling omata, latter elliptical, 

 broadest sub-basally; anal tube projecting rather prominently, small, 



