450 Pomona College Joiirnal of Entomology 



Redescribed from one male collected at Boulder, Colorado, by I'rol. T. D. 

 A. Cockerell. Food-plant: Capsicum aiinuum (pepper). 



The single male specimen sent me by Prof. Cockerell was imperfectly colored 

 as compared with the description by Sulc. His characterization of color 

 and of the genitalia of both sexes was used in the above description since 

 these characters were not readily available in my specimen. The striking 

 similarity to P. ocellata is apparent. The two species may be distinguished by 

 the following characters : 



Paratrioca ocellata : Facial cones nearly porrect and horizontal ; antenn:e 

 inserted on frons sublaterad ; vertex with a white macula in center ; thorax ; 

 usually distinctly striped. Anal valve of male long and rather narrow, with 

 a small rounded epiphysis posteriorly ; vertical axis longer than horizontal axis. 



Paratrioza cockerelli: Facial cones not porrect, projecting outwardly, hori- 

 zontal ; antennae inserted more nearly in front ; macula in center of vertex 

 brown ; thorax not distinctly striped. Anal valve of male relatively shorter ; 

 posterior lobe or epiphysis large, triangular, long at base, subacute at apex ; 

 vertical axis shorter than horizontal axis. 



Paratrioza maculipennis (Crawf.) 

 ( Syn. Trioca iiiaciilipeiinis Crawf.) 

 (Fig. 153, O) 

 Pomona Journ. Entom. Vol. II, No. 2, page 237. 



The facial cones are somewhat larger and more prominent in this species, 

 but arc manifestly of the same type. The male genitalia are more accurately 

 represented in the figure herewith shown than in the location cited above. 



Neotrioza n. gen. 



Head witii eyes distinctly broader than thorax. Facial cones <|uite long, 

 very slender and acute, closely appressed and not in the least divergent. 

 Vertex raised plate-like. Antennae inserted in front below vertex. Thorax 

 very slender and narrow. Pronotum short, depressed below head and 

 dorsuluni. 



Type of genus: Ncotvio::a iiiiiiniciilato Crawf. 



Synopsis of the Genus Neotrioza 

 A. Facial cones long, vertical; amc into e\e nmrc than 1. Wing al)out two 



and a half times as long as broad. A', iiiimacuhtta Crawf. 



A.\. Facial cones retrose, not very long; cone into eve less than 1. Wing 



full\- three times as long as broad. .V. laticcps Crawf. 



Neotrioza immaculata (Crawf.) 



(Trioca immaculata Crawf.) 



(Fig. 153, A, E. T; 155, P) 



Length of body 1.7 mm.; length of forewing 2.7 mm.; greatest width .'' 



mm.; width of vertex between eyes .36 mm.; with eves .39 mm. General color 



dark brown, thorax lighter; vertex l)lack with yellowish border; facial cones 



whitish : antenna; lilack throughout. 



