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Macropsis Franciscana n. sp. 



Female. Leng-th 4.25 mm. Resembling riifoscutellaia, but 

 shorter for the breadth. Vertex slightly produced at middle. 

 Clypeus with sides gradually converging towards apex. Margins 

 of ledges over antennal grooves nearly in a straight line, but 

 slightly oblique. Front just above clypeus distinctly aciculate. 

 Pronotum with the usual aciculations. Impressed line on middle of 

 scutel gently curved, not angled at middle. Basal half of clavus 

 with adjoining portion of brachial cell, bearing numerous minute 

 white hairs. The remainder of corium, except apical cells, bears 

 black hairs. The first (inner) apical cell is smaller than second. 



Color pale green with a yellowish tinge. Scutel yellowish, the 

 impressed line often darker. Clavus bordering scutel and to beyond 

 inner angle, red brown. 



Last ventral segment broadly, evenly, deeply eraarginate, 

 with a small triangular projection at center. 



Collected at various points in San Mateo and Santa Clara 

 counties in California, by the author. Evidently the West Coast 

 representative of ru/oscutcHata but of diflferent proportions, details 

 of structure, and color. 



