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long head, narrow and cleft at apex, the rounded anterior margin of" 

 the humeri, and the pale irregular teeth on the sides of the prono- 

 turn anteriorly will distinguish this species. It has been described 

 as B. Jf. punctata by Provaneher and later placed by him under B. 

 aunulatn Fabr. Dr. Uhler in his check list entered Provancher's 

 name as ^ notata. 



^'Brochynieiia inyops Stal and latJcornis Say. 



These are the only species from our territory that I have not yet 

 seen. Judging from Stal's synoptical notes mycps should be distin 

 guishable fronj quadripastidata by the pale calloused latero-anterior 

 margins of the pronotum which are unarmed or nearly so. Could 

 not Say's Pentutoma laticonris be the same? 



Brocliynieiia obscura H. Scb. 



As represented in my collection this species is a little smaller and 

 proportionately broader than quadr ipustu lata, the cheehs are shorter, 

 scarcely exceeding the tylus and marked above with longitudinal 

 smooth pale rugae; the surface of the pronotum is more evenly and 

 closely punctured, and the sides anteriorly are armed with about 

 three stout acute teeth ; the scutellum is shorter, with the apex less 

 produced and the surface closely and deeply punctured as is the 

 pronotum ; the second joint of the antennae is almost equal to the 

 third, and the rostrum is longer, reacliing to the middle of the third 

 ventral segment in the female. On the upper surface there is a 

 smooth median line, somewhat interrupted, from the tip of the tylus 

 to the apex of the scutellum. This species seems to be peculiar to 

 the Southwestern States, occurring from Colorado to California and 

 southward to Mexico. 



Brocliyiueiia aftinis^ n. sp. 



Very closely allied to 4-pusfu'ata Fabr.; differing principally from that species 

 ill havinfi the genital segment of the male very short and broad, extending on 

 either side beyond the sixth ventral segment and beyond the projecting apex of 

 the membrane, and heavily fringed with long pale hairs either side of the median 

 sinus. Two basal joints of the antennae rufous, the remaing joints black with 

 rufous incisures, second joint nearly or quite as long as the third, fifth a little 

 shorter than the preceding. Head about as in 4-ptistulalu but with the tylus 

 scarcely shorter than the cheeks. Sides of the pronotum distinctly rounded and 

 strongly toothed before the sinus. Scutellum perhaps a little broader and more 

 rounded at tip than in A-piistulata. Eostrum reaching to the middle of the third 

 ventral segment, pale with a black tip and median line within. Other characters 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXX. FKBEUARY, 1904. 



