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the sides, base of vertex a little bluntly arched, the face 

 marked with an uneven, curved, black line each side of 

 the middle : the tylus moderately long and tapering, with 

 a black line each side ; tip of suture between the cheeks 

 also black; the rostrum slender, reaching to the posterior 

 coxge, piceous at base, and the two apical joints piceous; 

 the eyes large, dark brown, prominent, almost in contact 

 with the pronotum; the antennae stout, black, with the 

 second joint nearly as thick as the short first joint, and 

 not quite as long as the clavus, the third more slender, 

 and about half as long as the second. Pronotum short 

 and wide, trapezoidal, a little sinuated at the side of the 

 front lobe, the callosities large, connected, prominent, 

 deeply impressed behind, yellow, with a black dot each 

 side, and the suture more or less black; surface dusky, 

 clothed with erect blackish hairs. Scutellum black, pu- 

 bescent, having a yellow stripe on the middle. Legs 3'el- 

 low, speckled with black, and with black spines, knees, 

 and tarsi. Sternum and pleural segments yellow, with a 

 black bead-like spot at the upper end of each coxae and 

 of two lateral orifices. Hemielytra dull blackish, minute- 

 ly yellowish pubescent, with the costal margin, an obHque 

 fine next inward which forks at the posterior end, anoth- 

 er obHque fine parallel with the clavus, the posterior bor- 

 der of the corium, and the border all around the cuneus 

 pale yellow ; the costal margin moderatel}' curved ; mem- 

 brane smoke-blackish, with the veins pale yellow. Ven- 

 ter 3'ellow, with a submarginal curved line of black dots 

 along its length. 



Length to tip of venter, 5 mm. Width of pronotum, 

 2% mm. 



One specimen is in the collection, labeled " Cal. 10." 

 Fragmentary specimens have passed my inspection, 

 which were taken at San Bernardino, and at Cape St. 



2d Ser., Vol. IV. ( 18 ) June 20, 1894. 



