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somewhat humorous, when, after indicating' that the three 

 species in question have not even specific value, he de- 

 scribes a var. pneta, "suffused with reddish," of the species 

 laeta. Just so we might have a var. nigra of many Jassids 

 and a var. albiflora of most plants with colored flowers. 

 For any who may wish to compare the species atra, magna 

 and Califomica with each other and with the descriptions 

 of humilis and misclla, I transcribe these latter from the 

 orijjfinal source. 



"513 Stragania humilis Stal. 



Griseo-albida; fronte, loris, medio verticis thoracisque, scutello, 

 apice excepto, macula mag-na lateral! mesostethii basiqne coxarum 

 posticarum iiigris; tegminibus breviter fusco-pilosis; capita thorace 

 vix angiistiore. Fem. Long. 4 mill. (Coll. Signoret.) 



514 Stragania misella Stal. 



Flayo-testacea, *ubtius cum pedibus stramiueo-albida; tegmin- 

 ibus sordide hyalinis, fusco-pilosulis, scutello, clavo. apiee excepto, 

 maculaque subapicali dorsi abdominis nigris; scutelli maculis 

 discnidalibus tiavo-testaceis; capite thoracis parte posteriore paullo 

 angustiore. Mas. Long. 4 mill. Vera Crus. (Mus. Holm,)" 



Macropsis Nicaraguensis n. sp. 



Female. Length 4.5 mm. Vertex evenly rounded, of equal 

 length throughout its breadth. Clypeus parallel sided, the apex 

 broadly rounded. Margins of ledges over antennal grooves strongly 

 oblique. Front ju.st above clypeus nearly smooth. Pronotum with 

 the usual aciculations. Hairs on ba.s.Tl third of elytra very pale 

 brownish and rather weak, on apical two-thirds (except area of 

 apical cells) much stronger and black. 



Color very variable. Ground color sordid straw color, some- 

 times somewhat greenish. A small area on hind margin of prono- 

 tum usually darker, sometimes even black. Basal angles of scutel 

 dark, sometimes blackish. A spot at middle of claval margin and 

 sometimes whole basal half of clavus brown to black. Extreme tip 

 of clavus usually dark. 



Last ventral segment with a broad deep evenly rounded emar- 

 gination, at the center of which is a slight rounded projection which 

 with adjacent margin is red brown. 



Collected at San Marcos, Nicaragua, by the author. 



