EDMUND H. GIBSON 93 



General aspect above yellowish brown. Membranous portions hyaline with 

 nervures yellow. Crest of hood more or less embroA\Tied. Pronotum proper, 

 brown. Inner border of elytra more or less embrowned. Faint brown 

 band across apex of elytra, tumid elevations more or less brown and a slight 

 brown spot in each anterior-lateral angle of elytra. 



The type in the United States National Museum and many 

 other specimens have been studied. This is a western species, 

 occurring in California and Arizona. 



Heteromelei, a manuscript name of Heidemann, refers to this 

 species. Heteromeles arhutifolia is the food plant. An excellent 

 treatise on its life history and description of nym])lis was pub- 

 lished by M. C. Pemberton.- 



33. Corythucha brunnea new species 



Pronotal hood fully twice as high as median carina, its height more than 

 one-half its own length. Top of hood from crest forward slightly concave. 

 Crest very angulate. iNIedian carina distinctly shorter than hood, of medium 

 height. Lateral carinae normal. Reticulations of hood larger than those of 

 paranota. Spines on memljranous margins rather short and not at all numer- 

 ous. Costal margins of elytra nearly straight. Length 3 mm., width l.S mm. 



General dorsal aspect dark. Nervures brown or yellowish. Hood almost 

 entirely embrowned. Paranota with two dark spots. A wide basal and 

 apical dark brown band across elytra. Apical band fully one-third the 

 length of elytra, and with three large areoles more or less hyaline and others 

 hyaline at their centers. 



Type. — 9 , Alexandria, Loui-siana. (Collection of United 

 States National Museum.) Allotype. — c^, same data as type. 

 Paratypes.—Six female and seven males, same data as type. 



The above mentioned specimens were taken from Crataegus 

 species. Other specimens from Logansport, Shrevesport and 

 Monroe, Louisiana, and Lilxu'ty, San Antonio and Dallas, Texas, 

 have been examined. 



34. Corythucha bellula new species 



Pronotal hood more than twice as high as median carina, its height is more 

 than one-half its own length. Crest of hood distinctly angled. Areoles of 

 hood large. IMedian carina low, not arched, shorter than length of hood. 

 Lateral carinae normal. Spines on membranous margins normal. Costal 

 margins of elytra straight. Size, 3 mm. long, 1.9 mm. wide. 



Color; nervures of hood embrowned; paranota with a distinct brown spot, 

 sometimes a less distinct second spot. Elytra with basal and apical band. 



Mourn. Econ. Eiit., Vol. 4, Xo. 3, p. 339, 1911. 



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