HEMIPTERA OF LOWER CALIFORNIA. 253, 



joint paler, minutely bristly, a little longer than the clavus. 

 the third joint scarcely more than half as long; rostrum 

 pale fulvous, darker at tip, reaching to the posterior 

 coxse. Pronotum short and very convex, infuscated each 

 side and across the base, the callosities dark brown, 

 transverse, wide apart, the surface minutely pubescent, 

 and the posterior edge yellow, curved, indented in the 

 middle and next the humeral angles; the pleural flap 

 dusky, broadly pale beneath. Anterior coxai pale yel- 

 lowish, the femora pale fulvous, a little sprinkled with 

 brown, especially towards the tips, tibice paler, set with 

 pale bristles; tarsi dark at tip including the nails. Scutel- 

 lum tumid, indented at base, bright fulvous. Hemielytra 

 bright fulvous, long, not much curved on the costal mar- 

 gin; cuneus of the same color; membrane yellowish 

 white, spread with branching brown lines on the sides 

 and tip, the looped vein deep yellow. Venter a little 

 dusky on the disk, sometimes pale fulvous sprinkled with 

 rufous. 



Length to tip of venter, 4/^-5 mm. Width of prono- 

 tum, 2 mm. 



One specimen was taken near Cape St. Lucas by Mr. 

 John Xanthus. In the present collection there are a few 

 specimens marked Cal. 11, and I have examined others 

 which were collected at San Bernardino, Los Angeles 

 and at Flagstaff, Arizona. 



COMPSOCEROCORIS ROSEUS n. Sp. 



More slender than the preceding species, with the outer 

 margin of the corium nearly straight: color roseus, or 

 pale yellow tinged with rufous. Head moderately long, 

 very convex, finely hoary pubescent, distinctly contracted 

 into a neck behind the eyes, the eyes large and very 

 prominent, dark brown; rostrum slender, pale yellow, 

 reachino; over the second ventral segrnent. Antenna? 



