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Agonatopoidcs gen. nov. 



General form of Goiiatopus, the labial palpi three-jointed, trie 

 maxillary palpi five-jointed, there being three joints beyond the 

 geniculation. front legs with chelae armed for catching Fulgorids, 

 the chelar claw having well-developed lamellate denticles, and 

 a minute but distinct tooth near the apex. 



Agonatopoidcs syiichroiniis sp. nov. 



Ferruginous or testaceous, the abdominal petiole black, the 

 antennae infuscate after the two basal joints, those towards the 

 apex more yellow-tinged than the intermediate ones. 



Head concave between the eyes, the surface nearly smooth and 

 somewhat shining, the sculpture being vers^ indistinct. Antennae 

 slender, the third joint about twice as long as the fourth, which 

 is more than three times as long as its greatest width at the apex. 

 Pronotum with fine close puncturation or sculpture, wliich is not 

 very definite ; mesonotal constriction dull and narrow ; the pro- 

 podeum long-ovate, its upper edge in profile very slightly curved, 

 till it is rounded ofif at the posterior declivous portion, in no wise 

 rising at all abruptly from the mesonotum. The sculpture on 

 the disc is very fine and in some examples evanescent, posteriorly 

 there are very fine transverse wrinkles and few or no hairs are 

 present. The abdomen is hardly visibly sculptured. Trochanters 

 of front legs rather long and slender, there being a distinct, thin 

 basal stalk, the first tarsal joint is as long or rather longer than 

 the fourth, the fifth has two rows of convergent lamellate den- 

 ticles, those nearest the articular cavity being the longest, and 

 not far distant from the cavity ; chelar claw with six or eight 

 denticles. Length 4 mm. 



HAB. Nogales, Arizona; collected on weeds and bred (2473) 

 from a Delphacid, Cochise apachcanns, nymph and adult, found 

 on grass. 



Neogonatopiis Perk. 



1 (2) Chelar claw with a tooth near the apex. . . ..V. minins. 



2 (i) Chelar claw without such a tooth .V. mmioides. 



I. Xcogonatopus iiiiiiiiis sp. nov. 

 Ferruginous or testaceous, abdominal petiole black, al)domen 

 often darker than the thorax or brown, the first two and usually 



