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Nesosydne c yrt and vl cola sp. nov. 



(5 Vertex longer than wjde, length of face 2.5 times the width, 

 sligjitly narrowed between the eyes, the sides subparallel, median carina 

 furcate about one-third from base; antennae reaching beyond the middle 

 of the clypeus, second joint 1.7 times the length of first; first joint of 

 hind tarsi distinctly longer than the other two together. 



Light green, a fuscous or black line between the carinae of face, 

 clypeus, genae and thorax; pleura and first and second legs (especially 

 the tibiae) light fuscous, hind legs with a longitudinal line along femora 

 and tibiae, the tarsi fuscous ; pygophor and styles dark brown, a few 

 fuscous marks or spots along the medio-lateral line of abdominal tergites. 

 Tegmina hyaline, yellowish, a small dark mark at apex of costal cell 

 and dark along the costa, a larger dark mark at apex of clavus which 

 spreads out over the middle of the tegmen, becoming hghter as it reaches 

 the radius where it reaches to near the apex and to near the base ; veins 

 thick, especially the radius, with minute granules bearing black hairs, 

 apical veins and border light. 



Genitalia figured (figs. Nos. i, 2). Armature of diaphragm forming 

 a thin, small, perpendicular plate below the aedeagus. 



Length 2.6 mm. ; tegmen 1.5 mm. 



9 Similar to male but somewhat lighter, the ovipositor brown. 



Length 2.9 mm.; tegmen 1.7 mm. 



Hab. Glenwood, Olaa, Hawaii, 2->00 feet elevation; a 

 long: series of both sexes and vonng- from Cyvtandra sp. Also 

 some young reared to adults on Charpentieva ohovata Gand. 

 (W. M. Giffard). The young nymphs are light green, later 

 acquiring dark marks similar to the adults. This species 

 comes near to N. anceps but is quite distinct. Type deposited 

 in the collection IT. S. P. A. Experiment Station. 



Notes on Delphacids Collected on a Short Visit to Portions of 



the Intermediate Forests in Olaa and in North and 



South Kona, Island of Hawaii. 



BY WALTER ^l. GIFFAKD. 



During the latter part of August, 1917, I had occasion to 

 make a very hurried visit by automobile from Kilauea to 

 Puuwaawaa, Xortli Kona, Hawaii, via the belt road through 

 the districts of Kau and South Kona. Accompanying me were 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, IH, Xo. 5, April, 1918. 



