56 Journal New York Entomological Society. [\'o1. xxvi. 



Prof. John B. Smith in his List of Insects of New Jersey inckided 

 on my authority T. rufipcs from Lakehurst, N. J. But after a care- 

 ful comparison of these Lakehurst specimens with authentic speci- 

 mens of rufipes from Texas in the U. S. N. M., I am convinced that 

 these will have to be placed as a new species. 



Malezonotus fuscosus new species. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum and beneath dull black ; apex of third segment 

 and all of fourth segment of antennae, all of hemielytra except outer anterior 

 margins and membrane, piceous ; remainder of antenna, rostrum, acetabulae 

 and legs rufo-testaceous. Head, as usual, transverse, embedded to the eyes, 

 a little narrower across the eyes than across anterior submargin of the pro- 

 notum, finely punctate in front. Antenna finely pilose, basal segment short, 

 exceeding tylus by one-third its length, about one-third the length of second 

 segment, which is one-third longer than third segment, fourth segment one- 

 fourth longer than second segment. Pronotum, as usual, transverse, with a 

 sparse covering of whitish incumbent hairs ; lateral margins pale, not sinuate, 

 subparallel to a short distance behind eyes, where they are suddenly rounded ; 

 anterior lobe impunctate, posterior lobe very finely punctate and transversely 

 lightly furrowed just before posterior margin, this margin strongly concave 

 and concolorous. Scutellum closely and finely punctate. Clavus piceous with 

 three somewhat confused rows of punctures. Corium finely punctate, costal 

 edge expanded for the anterior two-thirds, this and area within to subcostal 

 nervure, pale. Membrane abbreviated in brachypterous forms, reaching apex 

 of fifth abdominal segment, entirely piceous. Fore femur provided with a 

 single short post-median tooth, sometimes preceded by a minute tooth. Hind 

 tibia armed with short bristles. Venter very finely punctate. In macropterous 

 individuals the membrane attains apex of abdomen. Length (^ 3.5 mm. 



Described from eleven J^'s and five J's (all brachypterous) from 

 Lakehurst, N. J., April 2, 1916, collected by sifting the leaves under 

 huckleberry bushes and a single macropterous (Paratype) Smith's 

 Pt., Fire Island Beach. N. Y., VII, 19, 191 5, in washup (Coll. of J. 

 R. de la Torre-Bueno). Type ^ in my collection. 



This species is closely related to 71/. rufipes Stal. Besides being 

 generally smaller it differs in that the pronotum is posteriorly trans- 

 versely wrinkled or furrowed, the hemielytra except outwardly and 

 the membrane entirely infuscated or piceous. M. angustatus Van D. 

 differs from the other species of the genus in having the head less 

 transverse, the lateral narrowly expanded edge of pronotum not 

 pale and the hemielytra differently colored. This species is usually 

 brachypterous. I have only seen a single marcopterous male labeled 



