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Descriptions of New Species. 



1. Ulltpa citiiudciiMiM 11. sp. — Brachypterus form ; Hspect of U. reticulata 

 Fab. nearly; .siuall, rufous-brown or piceous, roughly punctured and tul)ercu- 

 late, vertex deeply cleft. Length 2.5 — 3 mm. 



Vertex as long as the pronotum, closely punctured, middle one-third deeply 

 excavated more than half way to the base, the rounded lateral lobes flat, with 

 the edges thickened and armed with a row of haii-bearing tulH-rcles. Front 

 slightly convex below, flat above with a shallow transverse depression connect- 

 ing the two overlianging rounded lobes of the vertex, ocelli placed at the ex- 

 tremities of this depression about mid-way from the median line to the eyes, 

 base of the front slightly expanded over the anteniial sciobe; clypeus subcy- 

 Hndrical, a little contracted at base. Pronotum feebly angularly concave behind, 

 of equal length across its whole width ; anterior angles broadly rounded, behind 

 which is an irregular transverse impression, hind angles subacute, the edge tu- 

 berculate; lower angle of the propleura produced, subacute; niesoscutum broadly 

 rounded behiud. Abdomen strongly compressed, forming a dorsal keel continu- 

 ous with a median carina, beginning near the anterior margin of the pronotum. 

 Elytra coriaceous, exhibiting about four stout longitudinal nervures, elliptical 

 in form, reaching onto the third abdominal segment; venter cavernous with the . 

 broad connexivum deflexed at right angles, at maturity becoming nearly flat; 

 hind femora short, feebly curved and tumid at base and apex, tibije armed with 

 a row of short, weak bristles on each angle; whole surface, the disc of the vertex 

 excepted, dotted with small hair-bearing tubercles, which, on the pronotum and 

 scutum, are arranged in longitudinal and diverging lines; rostrum attaining the 

 hind coxse. Eyes prominent. Color rufous-brown, varying to piceous, or some- 

 times almost to a tawny yellow mottled with darker. Legs and beneath paler, 

 the femora and two annulations on the tibiae darker ; anterior edge of the vertex 

 between the rounded lobes yellowish. 



Canada. Described from six male examples, which, with other 

 specimens of the same species, were received from Mr. Alva H. 

 Kilnian, of Ridgeway, Welland County, and Mr. W. Hague Har- 

 rington, of Ottawa. The latter in his " List of Ottawa Hemiptera" 

 saysof this species " Common in moss, etc. Collected in November." 

 I had formerly supposed these insects immature, but a pair taken in 

 coitu shows them to be brachypterus adults. Two or three female-s 

 have been examined by me, but at present I can find only males in 

 my collection. This is an interesting addition to our American 

 insect fauna. 



2. Eutettix piefiiM n. sp. — Form of lurid ns. but a litilc broader anteriorly ; 

 glossy piceous-black ; scutellum, anterior half of the pronotum. base of tlie ver- 

 tex, a transverse band on the face, and the legs pale yellowish white. Elytral 

 suture with an oval white spot. Length S.-'j mm. 



Female: Vertex scarcely longer on the middle than next the eye. strongly im- 

 pressed across the disc, anterior to which the i)iinctures are arranged transver.sely, 

 posteriorly with longitudinal rugse becoming obliciue toward the sides, hind edge 

 smooth, basal median line and a spot on either side impressed, the latter minutely 



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