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L. media Say, but at present we have no evidence upon 

 which to establish this possibility. 



Lomatople;ura c^sar Reut. Specimens of this in- 

 sect have been secured in many parts of California, as 

 well as in the eastern United States. A damaged specimen 

 was in the collection made at Cape St. Lucas by Mr. John 

 Xanthus. The fusiform second joint of the antenna^ will 

 distinguish this from the similar species in the genus 

 Lopidea. 



Hadronema robusta n. sp. 



Shorter and more convex anteriorly than H . niilitaris 

 Uhler. Black, tinged with gray by the sericeous minute 

 pubescence; the prohotum, scutellum and breast bright 

 red. Head dull black, nearly vertical, strongly convex 

 above; rostrum black, reaching between the posterior 

 coxte ; antenna? short and stout, black, the second joint 

 very long, the third about two-thirds as long, while the 

 fourth joint is very short, acute at tip. Pronotum wider 

 than long, a little sinuated on the sides, minutely scabrous, 

 transversely and finely wrinkled, with the anterior margin 

 distinctly reflexed between the oval callosities ; the cal- 

 losities sometimes black ; the posterior margin broadly 

 curved, slenderly reflexed, and the humeral angles 

 rounded but not raised. Scutellum short, subequilateral. 

 Hemieh'tra opaque, closeh^ and minutely pubescent, ob 

 soletl}^ scabrous, with the clavus shallowh' punctate. Legs 

 blackish or smoke-brown. Venter dull black, the seg- 

 ments fringed with sericeous prostrate pubescence. Mem- 

 brane long, smoke blackish. 



Length to tip of venter 5 , t,H-3H 5 ^ 5 ^V^S m"i- 

 Width of pronotum, iJ^-134 mm. 



Specimens were collected at San Jose del Cabo by Dr. 

 Gustav Eisen. A specimen from Cr3^stal Springs. Cal., 



