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 NEW CALIFORNIA HOMOPTERA. 



BY E. P. VANDUZEE. 

 (Continued from p. 38, vol. vi.) 



Agallia OCUlata.— Continued. 



Color: Superior edge of the vertex and the broad outer margin of the 

 cheeks whitish; lorce, clypeus and disc of the front pale fulvous. Sutures of 

 the face, central longitudinal line on the verte.x, two round spots on the ocelli, 

 two larger ones above these on the superior margin, three small ones ad- 

 joining each eye, antennal cavities, and a few transverse lines on each side of 

 the front, black. Eyes dark brown. Basal jouits of the antennae whitish. 

 Central longitudinal line of the pronotum, two large oval or subtriangular 

 spots placed obliquely on the disc either side of this medial line, two minute 

 ones near the apex, and a small one on the posterior margin behind each eye, 

 black; anterior margin and an area behind each of the large discal spots ob- 

 scured with brown. Scutellum pale, the basal angles, two small points be- 

 tween them, the short transverse impressed line, and a longitudinal line divid- 

 ing the posterior field, black. Elytra dark brown, paler toward the costa, the 

 nervures whitish. Pectus black. Coxae and legs pale; lower surface of the 

 anterior and intermediate femora and all the tibiae, especially the posterior, 

 clouded with fuscous; claws black. Abdomen testaceous brown, or almost 

 fuscous, sometimes darker on the disc of the tergum and venter; genital 

 pieces pale. 



Described from two individuals, representing both sexes (No. 

 278). The dark markings are without doubt subject to more or less 

 variation in intensity and extent as in our allied eastern form, A. 4- 

 pundata, which this represents in the Californian fauna. The male 

 is paler in color than the female, thus bringing the dark spots into 

 stronger contrast. 



JASSID^. 



3. Jassus lactipennis n. sp. 



Form oval, siiort and thick. Color soiled white or yellowish. Elytra 

 milky, or subopalescent white, nervures simple, strong; tergum black. 

 Length about 4 mm. 



Head a little narrower than the pronotum, prominent before. X'ertex 

 pentagonal in form, obtusely angled before, hind margin slightly concave, 

 length next the eye subequal to the breadth; passage to the front rounded; 

 front narrow, convex, the sides parallel. Clypeus oblong, about one-half the 

 width of the front, truncate at the ends. Lorae small, extending from the 

 lower angles of the front to a little beyond the middle of the clypeus. Cheeks 

 narrow, sides concavely arcuated from the outer angles of the eyes to the 

 lorae, then rounded to the apex, which in the male distinctly surpasses the 

 clypeus. Eyes, viewed from the side, almost round, from above oval. Ocelli 

 minute, on the edge of the vertex quite distant from the eyes. Antenna very 

 long, basal joints stout, base of the seta thick, but tapering rapidly to a slen- 

 der bristle. Rostrum short, hardly reaching the tip of the anterior trochan- 



