HEMIPTERA OF COLORADO 



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Allygiis coloradensis n. sp. 



Male: Clypeu* less than twice as long as broad, constricted in tlie middle, nearly as 

 broad at apex a^ at base, half as Ions as the front, basal suture soniewlial curved; lorae 

 subovate, as long and as broad as tlieclypeus; genae gently and evenly rounded at the sides 

 and attaining the tip of the clypeus: front a fifth longer than wide, sides inwardly curved 

 at the antennae, narrowed towards the clypeus, superior 

 angle very obtuse; face Hud anterior margin of vertex 

 finely shagreened. Disc of vertex slightly transversely 

 depressed, length at middle nearly once and a half that 

 next the eyes; prouotuni broadly rounded in front, dis- 

 tinctly concave behind, twice as broad as long, posteiior 

 angles very broadly rounded, opaque, not distinctly 

 sculptured. Scutellum broader than long, transverse 

 suture arcuated. Color dull smoky yellow; eyes' dark; 

 face somewhat smoky with narrow concentric light lines 

 above; on genae at middle of loral suture a small black 

 spot; vertex smoky yellow mottled with darker shades; 

 two small black spots within hind margin near compound 

 eyes and a narrow black median line; pronotum with 

 anterior fourth lighter, and with four short black dashes 

 on either side, posterior three-fourths heavily and some- 

 what transversely mottled with dark; scutellum yellowish 

 with basal angles and transverse gniove blackish; elytra 

 subhyaline, nervures dark brown, clavus with cells mot- 

 tled with blackish and with three distinct pearly white 

 spots on the inside margin, two more indistinct ones on the 

 outside; disc of elytra with scattered black mottling 

 within the cells; transverse veins on costal margin broadly 

 black; elytra pearly, wings brilliantly iridescent; venter 

 yellow with apical margins of segments black; legs light yellow, anterior coxae with a 

 large black spot on anterior portion, anterior femora with numerous small black spots; 

 tibiae with spines arising from black siiots, posterior tarsi annulate with black. 

 Length 4 mm. Described from one male. 



Glenwood Springs, August 24th (Gillette). 



Athysanus anthracinus YanD. Det. A^anDnzee. 



Colorado (VanDitzee, 4). 



Montrose, June 24th (Gillette). 



Athysanus artemisiae n. sp, 



Female: Clypeus one-half longer than broad, broadly and shallowly depressed below 

 the middle, sides nearly parallel, tip truncate; lorae about as long but not quire as broad 

 as the clypeus; genae broad, scarcely depressed beneath the eyes, outer margin broadly 

 angled, attaining the tip of the clypeus and 

 broad beneath the lorae; front one-fifth 

 longer than broad, superior angle rounded 

 and more than a right angle, fact- and ante- 

 rior half of vertex finely hhagiiencd; eye 

 with a narrow and acute euiiirgin.ition witli- 

 in near the antenntte; dis:? of vertex not do- 

 pressed, sloping iit sides, length tit middle 

 once and a half that at eyes. Pronotum with 

 two small approxiniiite pits nesir the an eiior 

 margin, posterior two-thirds very indistinc'ly 

 transversely wrinkled; scutellum finely sli i- 

 greened; hind margin of last ventral segment 

 with posterior angles bioadly rounded, slight- 

 ly produced, with a rather large narrow 

 notch having at its center a small blunt 

 tooth. Color black; front with about six 



