18G KETORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



9. ISCHNOPTEUA INTKICATA sp. IIOV. 



Female: Size, small; body, short and l)road. Antennae slender, 

 about as long as body; the Joints with numerous short hairs. Pro- 

 notum sub-orbicular, smooth, shining; the disk convex, its sides slop- 

 ing; the hind margin straight or nearly so. Tegmina abbreviate, 

 reaching only to second abdominal segment, their inner edges sepa- 

 rated -by a space equal to half their breadth; and gradually tapering 

 obliquely on apical third to the sub-acute ape.x. Wings minute, nar- 

 row, reaching only to first abdominal segment. Abdomen notably 

 l)roader tlian thorax; its width equaling two- 

 thirds the total length. Supra-anal plate short, 

 triangular, obscurely keeled; the preceding seg- 

 ment, smaller and more distinctly keeled. Sub- 

 genital plate broadly convex, entire. 



Color: A nearly uniform shining piceous; the 

 outer margins of tegmina sometimes chestnut 

 Fig. 28. Ischnoptera browu. Lcgs dark reddish brown; wings light 



intricnta sp. nov. Fe- lirown 

 male. One and one- 

 third times natural jMalc: Sizc Small, body narrow. Pronotuiu el- 



^*^^' (Original.) Hptical, sub-corncous, the lateral margins strongly 



defloxed; the hind margin but little convex; the 



disk with an irregular distinct depression on either side. Tegmina 



much longer than the abdomen, rather wide, the veins distinct. 



Color, dark reddish brown to piceous, the tegmina and legs lighter. 

 Antennae light wood brown, the joints very hairy. Head and under 

 side of thorax piceous. Pronotum reddish brown, the posterior mar- 

 gin darker. Tegmina and legs dull yellowish or golden brown. Un- 

 der side of abdomen reddish brown. 



Measurements: Length of body, male, 14.5 mm., female, 12 mm.; 

 of pronotum, male, 3.5 mm., female, 4 mm.; of tegmina, male, 15.5 

 mm., female, 4 mm.; width of pronotum, male, 5 mm., female, 6 mm.; 

 width of tegmina, male, 5 mm., female, 3.5 mm. 



The single male which I refer to this species was taken l)eneath 

 a flat rock on the slope of a high hill near "Wyandotte, Crawford 

 County, May 9, 1899. The females were found to be quite common 

 in the same locality in the last week in June, 1902. Several females 

 were also secured beneath chunks in oak woods near Lake James- 

 Steuben County, on August 7th, two of which had ootheca protrud- 

 ing. I am by no means certain that the male belongs with the fe- 

 males; if not, the nnmo applied will be referred to the latter sex. 



