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one suborbicular, hairy prominence, of a fuscous color, 

 which extends from behind the middle of the eyes to their 

 lower line; the neck of medium length, bounded ante- 

 riorly by a row of black bristles, sides of the head more 

 or less infuscated, erect pubescent; tjdus long, fuscous: 

 eyes prominent, dark brown, placed almost vertical; ros- 

 trum pale greenish, dusk}^ at base and tip, reaching upon 

 the first ventral segment; antenna? moderately stout, black- 

 ish, pale at the joints, the first joint short, the second a 

 little shorter than the anterior tibijK. Pronotum trapezi- 

 form, almost flat above, the sides distinctly sinuated, ob- 

 liquely narrowing towards the front, with the edge clear- 

 ly carinated; the surface either ^'ellow or green, set with 

 black bristles, the transverse line distinctly depressed, 

 with two subquadrate dark spots behind it, which cover 

 most of the posterior lobe, the callosities distinct, large, 

 oval, prominent, brown. Scutellum 3^ellow, set with 

 blackish bristles, feebl}^ convex, the base exposed and 

 marked with fuscous. Legs greenish, blackish above 

 and dotted on the sides of the femora, the tibice mostly 

 blackish. Clavus fuscous and together with the corium 

 spread with erect black hairs^ corium greenish, the costa, 

 a diagonal stripe on the middle and an uneven band at 

 tip blackish; cuneus pale greenish-yellow, sparsely set 

 with dark hairs, the inner basal angle with a small trian- 

 gular black spot; membrane dusky, the vein greenish- 

 yellow. Venter and pleural segments green, the apex of 

 the venter sotiietimes blackish. 



Length to tip of venter, 2^—3 mm. Width of base of 

 pronotum, i^ mm. 



Specimens in this collection are labeled " Cal. 9." A 

 damaged specimen from Lower California was sent to 

 me several years ago b}" Mr. Henry Edwards. 



