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Bruchomorpha decorata n. sp. 



Figs. 57, 223 



This species may be recognized by its very short nasal process, 

 nearlj'^ vertical frons and strongly contrasted colors. 



Vertex short, strongly sinuate on the anterior margins, nasal pro- 

 cess not produced, broadly rounded anteriorly ; frons more nearly 

 vertical than in any other species of the genus ; frons broad about one 

 and one-half times as long as broad ; the intermediate carina broadly 

 arched ; pronotum produced anteriorly, posterior margin broadly 

 sinuate with a distinct median notch. Mesonotum short and broad, 

 about twice as long as the pronotum ; tricarinate, the lateral carinte 

 strongly elevated; M'ing coarsely reticulate; male genitalia broad at 

 the base, gradually narrowed to the acute apices, the inner margins 

 nearly parallel, the apices a little curved anteriorly. 



Color: General color ochraceous orange, heavily and irregularly 

 marked with black; frons ochraceous orange, the lateral compart- 

 ments irregularly marked with black ; genae black. Pronotum ochra- 

 ceous orange, with a row of heavy black spots anteriorly. Mesonotum 

 varying from ochraceous orange with a few black spots to black with 

 a few ochraceous orange spots; wings with the veins mostly pale, the 

 cells irregularly clouded with fuscous or black ; legs blackish fuscous 

 or brownish fuscous; dorsal portion of the abdomen ochraceous buff 

 or ochraceous orange varied Avith blackish ; venter of the abdomen 

 black. 



Length of the male 2.25 mm. ; of the female 2.75 mm. 



Holotype S . Brownsville, Texas, November 21, 1911. 



Allotype ? . Brownsville, Texas, November 21, 1911. 



Paratype 1 9 . Brownsville, Texas, November 21, 1911. 



Aphelonema rosa n. sp. 



Figs. 2, -226, 227 



This species may be recognized by its small size, narrow vertex, 

 general reddish color and short obtuse genital styles of the male. 



Vertex short, about six times as broad as long; frons short and 

 broad, the intermediate carinie strongly arched, pustules inconspicu- 

 ous; clypeus with an evident median carina. Pronotum with the an- 

 terior margin strongly curved laterally, the posterior margin almost 



