﻿NO. 
  1138. 
  AMElilC 
  AX 
  TYPHLOCYBIXAE— 
  GILLETTE. 
  731 
  

  

  EMPOASCA 
  UNICOLOR, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Color 
  varying 
  from 
  yellowish 
  to 
  gieeuisli. 
  without 
  conspicuous 
  mark- 
  

   ings, 
  3.5 
  mm. 
  long. 
  

  

  Face 
  yellow 
  above, 
  without 
  markings, 
  shading 
  into 
  green 
  below, 
  the 
  

   length 
  exceeding 
  the 
  breadth 
  by 
  about 
  one-tifth, 
  clypeus 
  exceeding 
  

   the 
  lorae 
  by 
  about 
  one-third 
  its 
  length, 
  considerably 
  constricted 
  below 
  

   its 
  base 
  and 
  rather 
  pointed. 
  Vertex 
  almost 
  entirely 
  yellow 
  in 
  some 
  

   specimens 
  but, 
  in 
  all, 
  a 
  median 
  pale 
  stripe 
  and 
  a 
  pale 
  or 
  bluish 
  blotch 
  

   next 
  each 
  ej'e 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  plainly 
  visible. 
  In 
  some 
  specimens 
  there 
  

   are 
  also 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  green 
  dots 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  vertex 
  and 
  

   rather 
  near 
  the 
  median 
  pale 
  line. 
  The 
  vertex 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  produced, 
  

   its 
  length 
  is 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  almost 
  exactly 
  

   twice, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  breadth 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  about 
  3.7 
  times. 
  Pronotum 
  

   slightly 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long, 
  yellowish 
  in 
  

   color 
  but 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  tinged 
  with 
  green 
  posteriori}^ 
  and, 
  in 
  most 
  

   specimens, 
  a 
  small 
  white 
  spot 
  can 
  be 
  seen 
  on' 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   margin. 
  Scntellum 
  deeper 
  yellow 
  than 
  tlie 
  pronotum 
  and 
  m 
  ith 
  a 
  pale 
  

   or 
  bluish 
  blotch 
  just 
  before 
  the 
  ai>ex, 
  which, 
  in 
  some 
  cases, 
  extends 
  for- 
  

  

  58 
  5:) 
  

  

  Figs. 
  58, 
  59, 
  and 
  59((.-- 
  Tektex 
  and 
  pkonotujm, 
  elytron, 
  and 
  last 
  VEXXiiAL 
  skgment 
  of 
  ie.aiale 
  of 
  

  

  EMPOASCA 
  UNICOLOR. 
  

  

  ward 
  to 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum. 
  Elytra 
  a 
  golden 
  green, 
  the 
  col- 
  

   oration 
  stopping 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  the 
  cross-veins, 
  the 
  tips 
  slightly 
  smoky. 
  

   Abdomen 
  yellowish 
  above 
  and 
  below, 
  the 
  last 
  ventral 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  

   female 
  having 
  two 
  deep 
  oblique 
  notches 
  or 
  slits 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  

   inclosing 
  a 
  stout 
  blunt 
  tooth 
  between 
  them. 
  Legs 
  greenish 
  yellow, 
  

   tarsi 
  blue. 
  (See 
  Figs. 
  oS^ 
  59, 
  59a.) 
  

  

  Typc—^o. 
  3423, 
  U.S.^.M. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  from 
  Salineville, 
  Ohio, 
  

   sent 
  by 
  Cornell 
  University, 
  a 
  small 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  from 
  Micliigau 
  

   Agricultural 
  College, 
  taken 
  by 
  Professor 
  Davis, 
  July 
  15, 
  on 
  apple 
  trees, 
  

   and 
  a 
  good 
  number 
  taken 
  by 
  myself 
  from 
  Cvategus 
  coccinea 
  in 
  Horse- 
  

   tooth 
  Gulch, 
  near 
  Fort 
  Collins, 
  August 
  10. 
  1 
  have 
  also 
  seen 
  specimens 
  

   from 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  labeled 
  '' 
  1 
  ). 
  C, 
  ()-19, 
  on 
  grape."' 
  

  

  EMPOASCA 
  SPLENDIDA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Colors, 
  blue, 
  yellowish 
  brown, 
  and 
  orange. 
  Length, 
  3.5 
  mm. 
  

   Face 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  species 
  (tinicolor). 
  Vertex 
  n 
  little 
  pro- 
  

   duced, 
  reddish 
  orange-yellow 
  anteriorly 
  and 
  deep 
  blue 
  posteriorly 
  (in 
  

  

  