304 E. p. VAN DUZEE. 



of the pronotuin, scutelkim, etc., are quite strongly tinged with yel- 

 low, and there is generally a distinct brown dot at the outer angle 

 of the lorffi. 



5. Deltocephalus simplex n. sp. — Larjje, pale yellow tinged with 

 greenish. Abdomen black, witli a broad yellow margin, the venter sometimes 

 clouded with brown ; vertex one-fourth longer on the middle than nest the eye, 

 anterior edge with an oval black spot above each ocellus and a larger triangular 

 one on the apex, i)isected by a slender, yellow, longitudinal line: front broad, 

 marked with a triangular brown patch resting on the apex and reaching nearly 

 to the base and divided longitudinally by a pale line, and on either side by about 

 eight brown arcs; clypeus broad, scarcely narrowed apically, with the sutures 

 very feel)ly arcuated. Elytra subhyaline, tinged with yellow on the co,sta and 

 slightly fuliginous at tip; nervures prominent, yellow ; breast claws and oviduct 

 black. 



Genital characters: 'J,.— Valve broad and short, obtuse; plates triangular, 

 about twice the length of the valve, apex acute, sides moderately excavated with 

 long bristles. Female : Apical edge of last ventral segment excavated either 

 side of the uarow, acute, median tooth, the apical angles prominent, rounded : 

 pygofers slightly exceeded by the oviduct. Length 4 — 5 mm. 



Described from one male and four female examples. Canton 

 Marsh, Md., October 2d, Mr. Uhler. Astoria, L. I., July and Ho- 

 boken, N. J., June, Mr. E. B. South wick. This large, clearly 

 marked species may be readily distinguished by the four large black 

 spots on the anterior edge of the vertex and the black abdomen. 

 The hind tibiae are sometimes blackish below. 



6. Deltocephalus Osborni n.sp. — Large and broad, of a uniform tawny 

 yellow color and bearing a slight resemblance to Athysanus ohsoletus. Length 

 about 5 mm. 



Vertex nearly one-half longer at the middle than next the eye; anterior edge 

 obtuse, whitish below, above marked with a distinct geminate dark brown spot 

 at tip and two small paler ones either side of each ocellus; hind edge and an 

 oblique vitta from the base of the brown impressed median line to each ocellus, 

 whitish: front with an interrupted median line and about six arcs paler ; clypeus 

 but little narrowed toward the apex, pale with a tawny median line; lorse and 

 cheeks pale, the sutures tawny. Pronotum with five nearly obsolete longitudinal 

 lines; scutellum with a pale area on either side ; tergum dusky in the female, in 

 the male black, with a broad pale border, ornamented with two black points on 

 each segment; venter more or less blackish along the sides and on the counexi- 

 vum, with a cloud on the middle of the basal segment. Elytra a little longer, 

 or at times slightly shorter than the abdomen, nervures strong, whitish, bordered 

 more or less with fuscous. 



Genital characters: "J, .—Valve short, rounded behind; plates broad-triangular, 

 but little more than twice the length of the valve, their tips but slightly pro- 

 duced, acute. Female: Last ventral segment rather short, its outer angles cut 

 off obliquely exposing the rounded outer corners of the plates, the short hind 

 edge feebly arcuated either side of the nearly obsolete median tooth ; pygofers 



