Length of body, male 7.5 mm., female 8.5 mm.; length to tip of 

 elytra, male 11.5 mm., female 12.5 mm.; elytral expansion 23.5-24.5 

 mm. 



Redescribed from a pair taken by Charles Dury at 

 Brownsville, Texas, April 12. 



THE GENUS POBLICIA STAL 



This genus was erected by Stal in 1867. It is a tropical 

 one but is represented in the United States by three species, 

 P. fuliginosa, misella, and thanatophana, the latter two 

 occurring only in Arizona. P. fuliginosa is the largest of 

 our native fulgorids and is easily recognized by its wide 

 head, cut almost square off in front. 



They live in bushy places usually near water where 

 the soil supports a rank vegetation. 



Poblicia fuliginosa OLIVER 



(1791 Encyc. Meth., vi, p. 574, Fulgora). 



Recorded from N. C., Ga., Ohio, Mo., Texas and Ariz. 



Fig. 11 Adult Poblicia fuliginosa Oliv., greatly enlarged. (Original) 



Body coriaceous, general color piceous, the elytra minutely spotted 

 with gray, abdomen sanguineous with black spots. 



Vertex short, cut almost square off, foveate, meeting frons in a 

 distinct suture, anterior margin marked with a greenish-gray band 

 which extends along the upper margin of the frons. Frons some- 

 what rectangular, with only a faint trace of a median carina, pos- 

 terior margin emarginate. Eyes large, brown. Antennae short, knob- 



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