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  rROCEEDIXaS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  one-half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  pronotnm; 
  the 
  total 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  three 
  and 
  

   a 
  half 
  times 
  its 
  length. 
  The 
  pronotum 
  is 
  yellowish 
  in 
  color, 
  with 
  three 
  

   white 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin. 
  In 
  one 
  specimen 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  smaller 
  white 
  spot 
  between 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  lateral 
  ones 
  on 
  either 
  

   side, 
  Scntellnm 
  yellow, 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  broad, 
  pale 
  median 
  stripe. 
  Elytra 
  

   semitransparent, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  golden 
  color, 
  marginal 
  veins 
  green, 
  third 
  

   apical 
  cell 
  pedunculate. 
  Abdomen 
  golden 
  yellow 
  above, 
  pale 
  green 
  

   below, 
  pygofers 
  deep 
  green, 
  last 
  ventral 
  segment 
  moderately 
  produced 
  

   and 
  rounded. 
  Legs 
  yellow 
  near 
  tlie 
  body, 
  tibiic 
  and 
  tarsi 
  blue. 
  (See 
  

   Figs. 
  SG, 
  87.) 
  

  

  Type.—^o. 
  343G, 
  i:.S.X.M. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  two 
  female 
  specimens 
  sent 
  me 
  by 
  Professor 
  W. 
  A. 
  

   Snow, 
  and 
  labeled 
  ''Magdalena 
  Mts., 
  I^, 
  M., 
  Aug. 
  '94. 
  Snow." 
  

  

  EMPOASCA 
  TESSELLATA 
  Fieber. 
  

  

  Chlorita 
  iesseUata 
  Fiebkr, 
  Kat. 
  enr. 
  Cicad., 
  p. 
  U, 
  1872. 
  — 
  PuTox, 
  Cat. 
  d. 
  Hem., 
  

  

  p. 
  87, 
  1886. 
  

   Empoasca 
  aspersa 
  Gillettk 
  .t 
  Uakei;, 
  Bull. 
  31, 
  Colo. 
  Ag. 
  Exp. 
  Sta., 
  p. 
  107,1895. 
  

  

  I 
  do 
  not 
  possess 
  Fieber's 
  description 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  

   specimen 
  from 
  Staudinger 
  & 
  Bang 
  Haas 
  that 
  seems 
  

   identical 
  with 
  species 
  taken 
  here 
  in 
  Colorado 
  and 
  wliich 
  

   were 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  publication 
  as 
  E. 
  aspersa. 
  

   1 
  have 
  also 
  sent 
  Colorado 
  specimens 
  to 
  Doctor 
  Meli- 
  

   char, 
  of 
  Vienna, 
  who 
  assures 
  me 
  that 
  1 
  am 
  correct 
  in 
  

  

  considering 
  the 
  Colo- 
  

   rado 
  specimens 
  identi- 
  

   cal 
  witli 
  fesiiellata 
  Fieber. 
  

   The 
  following 
  is 
  the 
  

   description 
  as 
  given 
  for 
  

   ospersa 
  Gillette 
  & 
  Ba- 
  

   ker. 
  

   Female: 
  Clypeusone- 
  

   third 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  basal 
  suture 
  straight; 
  lorae 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  and 
  

   two-thirds 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  clypeus; 
  genae 
  long 
  and 
  narrow, 
  inoderately 
  

   furrowed 
  beneath 
  the 
  eyes, 
  the 
  fui-row 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  lorae, 
  outer 
  mar- 
  

   gin 
  somewhat 
  concave; 
  front 
  two- 
  thirds 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  superior 
  angle 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  right 
  angle 
  and 
  broadly 
  

   rounded. 
  Face 
  and 
  vertex 
  without 
  sculpturing, 
  the 
  latter 
  glabrous. 
  

   Disk 
  of 
  vertex 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  as 
  next 
  the 
  eyes; 
  

   pronotum 
  slightly 
  less 
  than 
  twice 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  front 
  margin 
  broadly 
  

   rounded, 
  hiiul 
  margin 
  slightly 
  concave, 
  disk 
  very 
  finely 
  longitudinally 
  

   aciculate. 
  Scutellum 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  transverse 
  groove 
  straight 
  

   and 
  black. 
  Last 
  ventral 
  segment 
  with 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  evenly 
  rounded 
  

   and 
  the 
  ])osterior 
  angles 
  slo]nng. 
  Color 
  greenish 
  ; 
  face 
  yellowish 
  green, 
  

   front 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinctly 
  marked 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  median 
  line 
  and 
  with 
  

   transverse 
  concentric 
  pale 
  lines; 
  vertex 
  and 
  pronotum 
  whitish 
  or 
  pale 
  

   yellowish 
  green, 
  with 
  about 
  four 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct 
  deeper 
  yellowish 
  

  

  FlCiS. 
  86 
  and 
  87. 
  

  

  -Vertex 
  and 
  pronotum, 
  and 
  elytron 
  of 
  e.m- 
  

   poasca 
  snowii. 
  

  

  