1933] The Fulgorid^ of Eastern North America 205 



Color : General color pale yellow, eyes black ; the lateral margins 

 of the pronotum and mesonotum, the costal margins of the wings 

 faintly fuscous, the lateral margins of the abdomen blackish, leaving 

 a broad pale median vitta. 



Length, apex of head to apex of abdomen 2.50 mm. 



Holotype S . Ellis Bay, Anticosti, Quebec, August 29. 



Allotype $ . Ellis Bay, Anticosti, Quebec, August 29. 



This species might readily be confused with 3Iegamelus notulus 

 but the male genitalia are very distinct. 



Pissonotus speciosus n. sp. 



Figs. 32, 450, 680 



This species may be recognized by its small size bright colors and 

 distinct genitalia. 



Vertex not short, produced ; f rons short, the median carina forked 

 just below the apex of the head; pronotum a little longer than the 

 vertex, sinuate posteriorly; mesonotum very small, wings reach- 

 ing nearly to the pygof ers ; genital aperture small, ventral sinus 

 produced ; genital styles terete at the base broadly curved, the apices 

 expanded and truncate, the inner angles produced meeting on the 

 median line, the basal angles obtusely produced ; anal processes 

 strongly produced, obtuse and finger-like apically. 



Color: General color black and bright ochraceous orange and 

 black, strongly contrasted ; vertex and frons black ; eyes, gena and 

 first segment of the antennae black; clypeus and second segment of 

 antennae bright ochraceous orange ; pronotum black ; posterior border 

 broadly white ; mesonotum black ; wings transparent ; scutellar por- 

 tion of the mesonotum and basal segments of the abdomen bright 

 ochraceous orange; apical segments largely black with distinct white 

 powder, paler in the dorsal line and on. the posterior borders; legs 

 pale ochraceous buff. 



Length, apex of head to apex of abdomen 1.90 mm. 



Holotype $ . Wrentham, Mass., June 27, 1920. G. W. Barber. 



Paratypes 2$ S. Wrentham, Mass., June 27, 1920. G. W. 

 Barber. 



