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There is no doubt that this variety will be found wherever the 

 typical form occurs, if thorough collecting is done. 



Cicadella hieroglyphica sub-species lutzi n. sub-sp. 



Male: Vertex shorter and wider in proportion than in either 

 hieroglyphica or the variety dolobrata, eyes more prominent, two longi- 

 tudinal, slightly elevated ridges passing over the ocelli, leaving the 

 central disk and the area between the ocelli and eyes slightly but 

 distinctly concave. The whole vertex has otherwise a rather flat 

 appearance. Pronotum rather short, and only slightly convex, lateral 

 margins of the elytra, from dorsal aspect, tapering gradually to an 

 acute point. 



Color. A shining black spot on the apex of vertex and face, the 

 refiexed portion of the face is finely lineated with brown, curved lines, 

 lateral edge of vertex just behind the refiexed portion of face with a 

 strong, short, black line almost touching the eyes. Front yellowish- 

 white, mottled with black, but little broken up; this mottling is extended 

 so that it connects with the apical spot at four places, a strong, median 

 light stripe running from the black spot at the apex to the clypeus, 

 sometimes interrupted by the black mottling crossing it. Genee pure 

 white, immaculate. Lorae bright yellow, fuscous along the clypean 

 suture. Clypeus cream yellow with a dark, narrow median line. 

 Pectus black with a broad white spot just below the eyes followed by 

 a smaller one. Vertex with the characteristic hieroglyphica "T," but 

 differing principally from the typical hieroglyphica as follows: A 

 strong black line following around the base of the "T" up along both 

 sides of the stem, following along under the divergent and recurved 

 parts of the "T, " going back obliquely across the ocelli, striking against 

 the eyes, a lateral branch shooting forward between the ocelli and eyes, 

 terminating before it reaches the margin in a somewhat angulate spot; 

 the light stem of the "T" passes uninterruptedly through to the apical 

 spot. 



The suture between the refiexed portion of the face and vertex 

 marked with a delicate, black line, pronotum dark with an anterior 

 light band irregularly marked with black and dark brown, markings 

 more pronounced, and of a vermiculate character on the anterior band. 

 Scutellum with two black vittae running from basal margin slightly 

 inside and parallel to the lateral margins until it strikes the dark, 

 impressed suture, directly backwards striking the lateral margins 

 before the tip. Elytra bluish-black, the costal margin and margins of 

 claval suture bright bluish-gray, sometimes with green mottling, 

 nervures dark, cells irregularly sparsely spotted or mottled with gray. 



Females unknown. 



This sub-species can be separated from typcial hieroglyphica 

 and var. dolobrata by its shorter, broader and flatter vertex, 

 smaller size and more pointed posterior. Its general dark- 



