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AMERICAN ni:Mii"i'i;i;,\ iiirriiiiori'EKA — montandon. 



tulMTclcs Ix'loic iiiid Ix-liiiid t lie ocelli. NccK not spinous. Anterior 

 |)iiit ol" (lie |)rono(nMi coNorcd with sni;ill, not xcry Jiciitc tubcn^lt'S, 

 HKU'C! robnsi III tlic niiddir, tlic antciior piiit one I'onrtli sliortrr tliaii 

 tli(^ i)ost('iior which is jiiiinidosc; disk niucli swollen, with ii sli,i;ht 

 lon{»itu«lin;iI inipressi(»n ill the middle; lateral iinji'le slijihtly acumin- 

 ated; ])osterior margin nairowly pidc with two small teeth alonjj^side 

 the seutelhnn. I'^lytra jjaler at the l)ase, the lateral marjj;ins and the 

 small (piadranji'Iar discoidal cell near the inend)ran<'; brownish on the 

 disk and at terminal exterior an.ule. Mend)iane jtaU^ vitr(M»us with a 

 brownish blaeU spot at the interior anj;l(% divided and continued upon 

 the nervures and reacliin.i;- to thecxtremity of the membrane. Ab- 

 doMK^n nuu'libroa«I<M' than the elytra ( i and 9 ),lateially mar};ins larjiiely 

 rounded in the two sexes, espeeially 9 , with w broad pale fascia at the 

 ^wtrendty of each se^ineut. Abdomen beneath f(M'r urinous, paler in 

 the nuddle. Aiiteri(ti' femora as in all species of the ;^'enus Siuea, with 

 sometinu's whitish and Ncry slender haiis. Superior sjiine at the ex- 

 tremity' of the femora robust and pale as thesjjiiu^s of the infeiior part. 

 Antenna' waniin.u' in the specimens before mu\ 



S : Leii}4th Wf"'" ; ab<loiniuai width, 2'f'"". 9 : Len.uth, 11"""; ab- 

 dominal width, 1"'"'. l*anamint \'alley, Calitornia. (lolleetion of the 

 H. S. Natitmal Museum and my own. 



1 take pleasure in ded icat in, <;■ this s[>ecies to Trot". ('. \'. Kiley, who has 

 sent it to me. At lirst si^hl one may identify this si)ecies by its pro 

 portionally jireati'r brea<lth than iu the other species of the ^enus; by 

 the rounded sha|)e of tlu^ abdonu'u; by tiu' pale spots on each sci^nienti 

 of the conne\i\ um, by the i;reatly swollen pronotum posteriorly, and by 

 the very plain brownisii mark of the whitish nu-mbrane. 



