HEMIPTERA OF COLORADO. 



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Pediopsis fumipennis n. sp. 



Female: Form of bifasciata. Face little more than one-sixth wider than long; 

 clypeus short and hroad, suddenly rroadcned and widely depressed before the rounded 

 apex, sides nearly parallel on basal two-thirds, but slightly broaJening towards base; 

 front slightly constricted before 

 antennae, rapidly narrowing 

 towards clypeus. Front and ver- 

 tex finely rugose, with scittered 

 inconspicuous punctures. Vertex 

 one-fifth longer at eyes than at 

 middle, width between eyes nearly 

 eleven times length at middle. 

 Pronotum two and one-fourth 

 times wider than long, curvature 

 three-fourths of length, sculptur- 

 ing like that of front but coarser. 

 Scutetlum finely rugose, basal 

 angles shagreened. Last ventral 

 .segment with hind margin slightly 

 emarginate. Head, pronotum, 

 legs and venter green, or yellowish 

 green. Elytra deep smoky brown, 

 costal margin greenish. Propleura 

 without a black spot. Valves of ovipositor yellow at base, green at tip. 



Length 5.5 mm. Described from one female. 



Steamboat Springs, July 15tli (Baker). 



Pediopsis sordida A^anl). Det. ^'anDuzee. 



Colo. (VanDuzee, 4). 



Estes Park, July 12th; North Park, July 20th; Steamlioat 

 Springs, July 26th: Gore Pass, July 29th (Gillette). Steam- 

 boat Springs, July 15th on willow (Baker). 



Pediopsis viridis Fitch. 



Canon City; Clear Creek Canon, on willow (Uhler, 5). Colorado (Uhler— see 

 VanDuzee, 1). Colorado (VanDuzee, 4). 



Dolores, June ISth (Gillette). Fort Collins. August 11th; 

 Steamboat Springs, July 15th on willow (Baker) . Colorado 

 Springs, August (Tucker). Some slightly smaller, more 

 yellowish specimens from Montrose, June 24th (Gillette), 

 we had consideied distinct, but aside from these differences 

 there are no characters on which they can be separated. 



Idiocerus alternatus Fitch. 



Colorado (VanDuzee, 4). West Clifl, Custer County, July 31st; a'so high 

 alpine (Cockerell, 10). 



Spring Canon, May 11th; Horsetor>th Gulch, April 21st to 

 May ISth; Fiist Canon, June 12th; Fort Collins, June 14th; 

 Estes Park, July 12th; Steamboat Si^rings, July 26th; Lead- 



