438 Illinois State Lahoratorij of Natural Histoyij. 



irrorate with hlack anteriorly; Ijehind lateral angles piceous, the 

 two dorsal lobes brown ; apex same color, with a transverse white 

 band just before; sinus between two dorsal lobes white, ex- 

 tending usually down to lateral borders in a zigzag manner. 

 Tegmina clear, veins brown, apical border brown. Legs 

 yellow, tibiae with row of spines on each side, tarsi black. 

 Abdomen black below, apei light brown. Length 4 mm. 



Described from one specimen. Type in author's collection. 

 Hah. — Arizona. 



In this species the second discoidal cell is divided by a 

 longitudinal venule, the exterior part much narrower; also the 

 median basal cell is divided into two parts by the coalescence of 

 the basal veins. This feature may be of generic value. 



XXL Ophiderma, Fairm. 



131. O. SALAMANDRA, Faimi. 



1846. Ophiderma salamandra. Fairm. Rev. Memb. 



493, 1. 

 1851. Opliiderma salamandra. Walk. List Horn. B. M. 



588, 1. 

 1854. Garr/ara puhescens. Emmons, Agr. N. Y. v, 



157, pi. 13, fig. 2. 

 1856. Ophiderma salamandra. Fitch, 3d Rep. Ins. N. 



Y. in Trans. Agr. Soc. 405, 191. 

 1890. Ophiderma salamandra. Smith, Cat. Ins. N. J. 



442. 

 Ifab.—lS. Y. (Fitcli), D. C. and Va. (7^//^//), X. J. 

 {Smith), III (ForU-s), Mich. (Cook). 



132. 0. FLAVIGUTTULA, U. Sp. 



?. Head triangular, yellowish ; eyes prominent, dark 

 brown ; ocelli equidistant from each other and the eyes, red ; 

 convex, densely pubescent. Prothorax with very slight 

 median carina, densely pubescent, an irregular yellow patch 

 starting at lateral border and extending upwards and for- 

 wards, midway between base and apex ; an irregular band at 

 base, concolorous with head, extending along sides in a greenish 

 gray line ; otherwise dirty brown, lightly punctured ; apex of 

 posterior process not reaching apex of tegmina. Tegmina sub- 



