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Length of body, 20 mm.; of antennfe, 5.5 mm.; of tegmina, 15 mm., 

 of hind tibiae, 14.5 mm. 2 9, taken March 26 and May 1, in Dallas, 

 Texas, by J. Boll. ' 



Psoloessa {i^'oloc) nov. gen. 



Allied to Tragocepliala. Head but slightly tumid above ; front reg- 

 ularly arcuate and slightly declivant, the frontal costa broadening 

 constantly in width toward the labrum, acuminate above ; vertex nar- 

 row, the eyes being separated by a space less than equal to the diam- 

 eter of one of the eyes, the fastigium scarcely declivant ; eyes pretty 

 large, sub-acuminate above ; antennte equal to or shorter than the 

 combined head and pronotura, the joints flattened, on the apical half 

 punctate. Disc of pronotum nearly flat; the median carina distinct 

 but slight, broken once in the middle; lateral carin^e distinct through- 

 out, sinuate, at first approximating a little and then diverging 

 greatly in passing backward ; posterior margin bent at more than a 

 right angle ; tegmina slender but not extending much beyond the 

 body; wings with the principal cells of the front area longer than 

 broad, pellucid with a more or less fuscous tip ; lower interior apical 

 spine of the hind tibiae nearly, quite, or more than half as long again 

 as the upper one. 



34. Psoloessa texana. Summit of the head with a very slight 

 mediodorsal carina reaching as far as the base of the fastigium of the 

 vertex ; this is about as broad as one of the eyes in the female, 

 slightly narrower in the male, having much the form of that of P. 

 ferruginea. Head blackish on the upper half, below paler, livid, with 

 olivaceous tinges on the sides, heavily mottled Avith yellowish and 

 blackish in front (excepting the frontal costa) and about the mouth 

 parts ; extreme basal joints of antennae yellowish, beyond dusky, 

 darkening toward the tip, joints 4-5 minute, but the sixth longer than 

 broad. Pronotum blackish above, faintly and inconspicuously flecked 

 with dull yellowish, the sides mostly dull yi^llowish with a blackish, 

 longitudinal, irregular band below the middle ; tegmina blackish 

 fuscous, the veins blackish, a few pale dots indistinctly seen in a row 

 near the costal margin beyond the middle; wings faint bluish hya- 

 line, distinctly fuliginous on the apical fourth, fading interiorly ; all 

 the veins black; legs brownish-yellow, dashed and dotted with bhick; 

 the apex of the hind femora blackish, and the spines of hind tibiae 

 black excepting at base. Abdomen bright reddish, or roseate above, 

 duller beneath and on sides. 



