HEMIPTERA OF COLORADO. 53 



Maurodactylus angulatus Uhler n. sp. 



"Mostly pale obscure testaceous above and black beneath, long oval, minutely 

 sericeous pubescent. Head nearly triangular, wider than long, dull black, irregularly 

 testaceous at base, face almost vertical, minutely, sparsely pubescent, feebly convex, not 

 apparently punctate, the occipital edge sharp, nearly straight, not carinate; the tylus 

 narrow, almost acute at tip; rostrum yellow from base to middle, black from thence to 

 tip, reaching to behind the middle coxae, the basal joint reaching to the end of the arched 

 mucro, swollen at tip: the bucculae slender and pale yellow; antennae blackish, moder- 

 ately stont, reaching as far as to tlie middle of the venter, the basal joint projecting little 

 beyond the tip of the head, the second joint stout, of uniform thickness throughout, a 

 little longer tlian the vertex and pronotum, the following joints shorter and more slender. 

 Pronotum short, trapezoidal, transverse, a little polished, impunctate, minutely and 

 remotely pubescent, pale greenisli testaceous, almost flat, with an abbreviated black line 

 crossing the line of tlie callosities, the anterior and i)osterior margins almost straight, the 

 lateral margins a very little sinuated, the pleural flaps deep, ol>scure black, bordered with 

 testaceous; pleural aud sternal areas black, also partly margined with whitish. Legs 

 including the coxae, greenish yellow, the middle of femora, the spines, and apex of tarsi 

 black. l?cutellum dull black, uncovered at base, and with a pale fulvous spot in each 

 basal angle. Hemelytia obscure testaceous, minutely pubescent, placed almost flat, with 

 the costal border a very little curved; clavus dusky towards the tip, corium with a double, 

 long, dusky, widening spot running back to tip, cuneus with a dusky sjx)! near tip; 

 membrane long, pale dusky, darker in the basal cell. Venter polished, black, narrow, 

 with the edges of the segments obscure whitish. 



Legth to end of venter 3 mm. To tip of meml:)rane 3.5 mm. Width of pronotum 1 ram. 

 Only one specimen has thus far Ijeen brought to my notice. It is a male, aud bears some 

 resemblance to Maurodactylus alutaceus Fieber., of Europe." 



Steamboat Springs, July 12th (Baker). 



Maurodactylus consors Uhler n. sp. 



"Form narrow, almost parallel sided on the hemelytra. very slightly pubescent above, 

 black, polished. Head triangular, wider than long, acute at tip; the occipital edge sh:irp, 

 a little raised at the middle; the face moderately conve.x, not apparently punctate; eyes 

 prominent, large, placed nearly vertical, set close to the pronotum, dark brown; the tylus 

 prominent, curving beneatli; rostrum fulvo-piceous, darker at base aud tip. reaching 

 upon the middle coxae; the bucculae pale, narrow; antennae lolack, long, with the two 

 basal joints stout, the second as long as from the scutellum to Inner angle of the corium, 

 the third a little more slender, about three-fourths as long as the second, the fourth 

 scarcely more slender than the third, hardly one-half the length of the third. Pronotum 

 small, moderately conve.x, a little wider than long, minutely scaljrous and a little 

 wrinkled; the anterior lobe short, tumidly elevated, with the impressed line fee])ly 

 defined ; the lateral margins oblique, hardly sinuated; the anterior maigin but very little 

 wider than the space between the eyes, witli the collum obsolete, and a slight indentation 

 behind its middle; the forward slope of surface moderately steep: humeral angles 

 ■wrinkled, a little callous and acute. Scutellum widely exposed at base, longer than 

 wide, obsoletely and remotely scabrous, acute at tip. Femora broad, black, yellow at 

 tip, the anterior and middle parts tibia and the tarsi pale piceous, with the spines black. 

 Clavus obsoletely scabrous; the corium a little more finely so; cuneus separated from 

 the corium by a slender angular pale line; membrane dusky, iridescent, with the l)ase 

 next the cuneus and the looped vein pale. Venter black, short, polished. 



Length to end of abdomen 3 mm. To tip of hemelytra 4..5 mm. Width of pronotum 

 L25 mm. Only one specimen, a male with long, curved, acute genital hooks, has beeu 

 sent to me from Coloiado " 



Leadville, AuglL^t 23d (Gillette). 



Agalliastes apiatus Uhler n. sp. 



"Long-ov.il, polished, dark brown or black, minutely pubescent. Head short, moder- 

 ately wide, highly polished, with an indented line on the middle, the vertex prominent, 

 and a little triangular at base; front moderately convex, nearly vertical; tylus sliort, 



