1923] The Fulgorid^ op Eastern North America 213 



nearly as long as the vertex, posterior margin nearly straight. Meso- 

 notum small, carina wanting or very faint. Braehypterous wings 

 short, reaching the second segment ; abdomen short and stout. Male 

 pygofer short, broad, about twice as broad as long; aperture broad, 

 triangularly excavated ventrally ; genital styles slender, nearly hori- 

 zontal; the inner margin expanded to the middle then suddenly con- 

 stricted, the styles ending in acute reflexed tips ; anal segment short, 

 the anal processes long, acutely pointed, anal styles short, barely 

 exserted. 



Color : General color black with the head, thorax and legs largely 

 testaceous yellow, the posterior margin of the pronotum and the apical 

 margin of the wings bordered with whitish; head testaceous yellow; 

 eyes blackish ; f rons with the carinse narrowly bordered with fuscous. 

 Pronotum testaceous yellow ; posterior border margined with whitish. 

 Alesonotum testaceous yellow, the posterior borders whitish ; fore 

 wings blackish, the apical margins bordered with whitish; legs tes- 

 taceous yellow ; femora lineate with fuscous ; claws and spines black- 

 ish; abdomen shining black with each dorsal segment with a median 

 testaceous yellow dash on the posterior border ; pygofer fuscous and 

 anal segments bordered with yellow posteriorly. 



Length, apex of head to apex of abdomen 2.60 mm. 



Holotype $ . New Haven, Conn., June 1920. B. H. Walden. 



Paratypes 1 5 . Urbana, 111., June 1913. 1 9 . Forest Hills, Mass., 

 August 1919. 



This is a very pretty little species and has apparently escaped 

 attention previously. 



