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frons Uhler, differing in the width of the head, the relative lengths of 

 the antennal segments, the banding of the frons, etc. The geo- 

 graphical distribution seems to indicate a distinct species, also. 

 Type-specimen. — In collection of Pomona College. 



PENTAGRAMMA MINORE, new species. 

 Plate 44, figs. P, Q. 



Length of body, female 6.3 mm.; male 5.3; width of vertex 0.62; 

 width of frons 0.75; antennae, I, 0.16, II, 0.41. General color green, 

 male hghter than female; black spots and hneations as in hivittata; 

 frons with two narrow darker bands above middle, more conspicuous 

 on male, with a prominent black spot between antennae and frons as 

 in vittatifrons. 



General characters similar to hivittata, differing as follows: Body 

 smaller; head not broader than pronotum; vertex somewhat longer 

 than broad, more so than in related species; median carinae less con- 

 spicuous at apex of head, almost obsolete; frons almost circular, as 

 broad as long, clypeal margin but sUghtly broader than basal; 

 antennae, I about one-fourth as long as II. Pronotum almost haK 

 as long as scuteUum; scutellar carinae moderately prominent. Elytra 

 relatively shorter, scarcely reaching to tip of abdomen, venation 

 similar. Anal tube cUffering shghtly in structure; anal style very 

 long; genital styles smaller, more slender, acute at tip, smaller at 

 base. Female ovipositor sheath more densely pubescent; anal tergite 

 of abdomen conspicuously broader than genital segment. 



Described from one male from Sheridan, Wyoming, and one female 

 from Banner, Wyoming, coU. C. W. Metz. 



Type-specimen. — In collection of Pomona College. 



PENTAGRAMMA VITTATIFRONS Uhler. 

 Pentagramma vittatifrons Van Duzee '97:260.— Swezey '0^:42. 

 Locality. — New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Illinois, Dakota, 

 Montana. 



Genus LEPTICUS, new genus (?) 



Head long, about as broad as prothorax, quite strongly carinate; 

 vertex very slender, at least twice as long as broad, narrowed in 

 front, produced greatly beyond eyes ; frons very broad in proportion 

 to vertex and abruptly broadened, with two median carinae subpar- 

 aUel to rounded sides and close above; eyes large, not emarginate 

 below; antennae moderately long, reaching beyond clypeal margin, 

 terete, II at least three times as long as I. Thorax moderately broad, 

 quite long; lateral carinae of pronotum curved out, not reaching hind 

 margin; legs moderately long; calcar rather short, terete, spiniform. 

 acute; hind tibige with three lateral spines. 



Type of genus. — Lepticus oculatus, new species. 



