1923] The Fulgorid^ of Eastern North America 197 



eeous. Mesonotum blackish ; fore wings deep brownish fuscous at the 

 base gradually paler apically. densely covered with brownish pow- 

 der, veins darker; venter and legs pale yellowish; tips of the tarsi 

 and claws blackish; abdomen brownish fuscous densely covered with 

 brownish powder. 



Length, apex of head to apex of abdomen 2.45 mm. ; to apex of 

 wing 4.20 mm. ; length of wing 3.85 mm. ; greatest width of wing 1.40 

 mm. ; width across the tegula 1.05 mm. 



Holotype S . Brownsville, Texas, November 11. In the collection 

 of the Illinois Laboratory of Natural History. 



Allotype 9 . Brownsville, Texas, November 24. 



Paratypes 2 $ $ . Brownsville, Texas, December, 



Stenocranus arundineus n. sp. 



Figs. 399, 400, 640, 641, 552 



This species may be recognized by its general light orange yellow 

 color without conspicuous black markings except the black eyes and 

 its broad short vertex. 



Head narrower than the pronotum; vertex broad about twice as 

 long as broad at the base, the basal margins strongly elevated and 

 weakly triangularly notched ; the lateral earinte meeting before the 

 anterior margin of the compound eyes ; median carina wanting ; frons 

 about five times as long as broad nearly parallel margined throughout 

 its entire length ; elypeus long about two-thirds as long as the frons ; 

 antennaj long reaching beyond the clypeal margin with segment two 

 about three times as long as segment one ; pronotum about as long as 

 vertex ; lateral carina strongly convergingly curved ; posterior margin 

 weakly excavated between the lateral carinas; mesonotum about two 

 and one-half times as long as pronotum; lateral caringe converging; 

 calcar half as long as the basal segment, strongly appressed; male 

 pygofer about as long as broad; genital styles broad at the base, 

 rather suddenly constricted curving outward and then inward with 

 sharp apices nearly touching; anal tube as long as the pygofer with 

 two strong nearly parallel ventral processes which are quite sharply 

 pointed; female pygofers broad and rather flat; ovipositor narrow, 

 well elevated ; anal tube short without ventral spines. 



Color : General color light orange yellow with the frons and the 

 antenna and two broad stripes just inside the lateral carinas orange ; 



