100 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. 56. 



Type. — Female; allotype, male; paratypes, 2 females; all from 

 Huachuca Mountains, Ai'izona, collected by H. G. Barber. (Allotype 

 in collection of H, G. Barber.) Cat. No. 21917. (Type and para- 

 types in collection U. S. National Museum.) 



Tills species is very distinct from all others of the genus, but most 

 nearly resembles modesta Spangberg. 



31. GYPONA FRATERNA Splngberg. 



Gypona fraterna SpAngberg, K. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl., vol. 5, No. 3, p. 72, 

 1878. 



This species, with cinerea Uhler, are characterized by the extremely 

 long vertex, which nearly equals the length of the pronotum. Viewed 

 from above they have the general appearance of the Cercopid genus 

 PJiilaenus. 



Fraterna Spangberg is the more common of the two species occur- 

 ring throughout the entire United States, while cinerea Uhler is most 

 abundant in the extreme Southwest. Fraterna Spangberg is compara- 

 tively large and varies in color from light yellowish gray to dark 

 bro\vn. 



32. GYPONA CINEREA Uhler. 



Gypona cinerea Uhler, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., vol. 3, p. 460, 1877. 



Besides the comparisons as noted under fraterna Spangberg, 

 it may be said that the abdomen of cinerea Uhler is usually darker 

 and the male plates are comparatively narrower. The female seg- 

 ment is deeply bisinuate. 



33. GYPONA DRACONTEA, new species. 



The vertex is about one-half as long as pronotum and generally 

 concave, not produced, anterior margin thin. Ocelli comparatively 

 small and placed midway between median line of vertex and eyes. 

 Pronotum not much wider than head. Elytra reticulate toward 

 apex, apical area rugose or wavy. Female segment notched at the 

 middle with a blunt tooth. Size, females 6.5 mm. long. Short and 

 robust, having the general appearance of an XeropJiloea. 



Color, the upper surface finely punctate with red. Ground color 

 yellowish. The red punctures sometimes become brown. Elytra 

 tinged with red and mottled more or less with brown. Veins of the 

 elytra spotted. Elytra opaque to apical area, which is transparent. 

 A light spot at center of claval suture. 



Type. — Female; allotype, male; paratype, 1 female; Huachuca 

 Mountains, Aiizona. (Collection of U. S. National Museum.) Cat. 

 No. 21887. 



Paratype. — 1 female, Nogales, Arizona, Koebele. (Collection of 

 Herbert Osborn.) 



The most higlily colored and distinctive species in the genus 

 occurring in the United States. 



