NORTH AMKRICAN HOMOPTERA. i .) 



the irroratious are more distinct on the head, pronotuin and scutel- 

 hini, and the elytra have a transverse white band, more or less clearlv 

 indicated, the ocelli also are placed nearer the eyes. The form of the 

 facial pieces and of the female genitalia do not differ materially from 

 those of the larger form. The male is as yet unknown to me, but I 

 hardly think that when found it will establish this form as a distinct 

 species. I would sooner consider fulvidorsum a more recent and still 

 plastic species, as the individuals examined by me exhibit a wider 

 variation among themselves than is common in this genus. Of this 

 smaller form I have before me one example taken by myself at 

 Northford, Conn., May 26, 1883; two exam])les taken by Mr. E. 

 B. Southwick near New York City in June ; one from Ames, Iowa, 

 received from Prof Osborn, and four received from Mr. Uhler; two 

 of these were taken near Baltimore, Md., in September, and two are 

 from Texas. Dr. Fitch reports it on pine. 



11. Phlepsiiis punctii^criptiis n. sp. 



Allied to humidns, but smaller, with the vertex more pointed ; color a uniform 

 soiled white, closely dotted or inscribed with brown. Length 7 mm. 



Length of verte.^ on the median line twice that next the eye, disc depressed, 

 anterior edge subacute, apex obtusely pointed, a little calloused ; front about 

 one-third longer than broad at the ocelli, base impressed, quite strongly angled ; 

 clypeus well widened apically, apex truncated, the angles rounded : lorse not so 

 wide as the base of the clypeus; cheeks rounded without, not perceptibly an- 

 gled, forming a broad margin beyond the lor£e. Pronotum twice the length of 

 the vertex, anterior submargin with a few impressed, irregular areas, wrinkles 

 inconspicuous, discal pits distinct. 



Genital characters.— Female : Ultimate ventral segment (PI. I, fig. 11) scarcely 

 twice the length of the penultimate, posterior margin produced medially beyond 

 the improminent lobate lateral angles, its apex acutely notched, the lateral sinuses 

 shallow. Pygofers short and stout, apex truncated with an oval aperature, 

 slightly exceeded by the oviduct, suture arcuated toward the apex. 



Color soiled whitish, tinged with fulvous on the .scutelluni ; whole insect, 

 omitting the pleural pieces, connexivum and elytra, quite uniformly inscribed 

 with fulvous brown : tip of the vertex white, behind which is an angular brown 

 area, sometimes extended toward the eyes, and formed by the coalescence of the 

 ordinary vermiculate inscriptions; front darker than the lower part of the face, 

 with an abbreviated median line and a trace of the lateral arcs, pale; cheek 

 with a distinct black point near the outer angle of the lora; venter with a 

 nearly obsolete pale median line. Legs with but traces of the ordinary brown 

 marks. Elytra faintly clouded with fulvous across their middle and at their 

 apex, and dotted with fine brown points, more numerous on the fulvous areas, 

 where they are mostly arranged in irregular lines, representing the inscrii)tions 

 characteristic of this genus: nervures slender, brown. Wings whitish, with 

 bn>VFn nervures. 



Texas. Descril)ed fn)in two female e.\aiiiplt's received tVoin Mr. 



TR.YNS. AM. ENT. .SOC. XIX. .\I>KII., lSi)2. 



