1923] The Fulgorid^ of Eastern North America 209 



Color : General color testaceous yellow ; f rons and clypeus brown ; 

 eyes black; wings brownish yellow, veins faint on the base a little 

 brown apically ; abdomen of the male black, the margins and ventral 

 pieces narrowly bordered with pale yellow. 



Length, apex of head to apex of abdomen 2.25 mm. ; to the tips of 

 wings 3.30 mm. 



Holotype S . New Orleans, La. 



Paratypes 2 S $ . Titusville, Fla., November 8, 1911. Cornell 

 University collection. 



Liburnia alexanderi n. sp. 



Fig. 704 



This species may be recognized by the pale yellow color of the 

 head, thorax and legs, the frons, wings and abdomen largely black. 



Vertex narrow about twice as long as broad, more produced an- 

 teriorly ; frons narrow between the eyes widened below ; antennas 

 short, first joint nearly as long as the second ; pronotum shorter than 

 the vertex ; mesonotum short, lateral carinas strongly divergent ; cal- 

 car small, acute ; genital aperture large, ventral sinus shallow ; genital 

 styles together lyre-shaped, contiguous at the base, their basal angles 

 a little produced, the apical margin broadly recurved, the inner angles 

 a little produced. 



Color: General color of the head and thorax and legs pale yel- 

 low ; eyes black, lateral compartments of the frons and clypeus black ; 

 the carina pale yellow, gena largely black; wings piceous brown to 

 piceous black, the veins distinct ; abdomen piceous brown to black, the 

 broad posterior margins of the abdominal segments and the lateral 

 margins pale yellow. 



Length, apex of head to apex of abdomen 1.75 mm. 



Holotype S . Swannanoa, N. C, August 25, 1919. H. Osborn 

 and Z. P. Metcalf . 



Paratypes 1 S . Urbana, Illinois. 1 S Dongola, Illinois, August 

 21, 1916. 



1 S . Tupelo, Miss., March 22, 1921. H. L. Dozier. 



1 6 . Falls Church, Va., August 24, N. Banks. 



